Odc. 90 – Missing 411 PL – Tajemnicze Zaginięcia ze Stanu Alaska – Część I

Odc. 90 – Missing 411 PL – Tajemnicze Zaginięcia ze Stanu Alaska – Część I

Hello, Damian Dąbrowski here, welcome to the 90th episode of the Missing 411 series on Dębowa Chatka (Oak Cottage) With this video we will start discussing issues from the state of Alaska. I managed to find as many as 42 disappearances, so we’ll break all this material into several longer videos.

Alaska is the largest of the US states, but with the lowest population density of only 0.42 people per square kilometer. For comparison, the population density in Poland is over 120 people per square kilometer. 740,000 people live in Alaska, which is less than in Krakow. It is a huge mountainous, cold, densely forested area.

The temperature in winter here drops to minus 51°. And in summer it even reaches plus 32 °. Winter here lasts 9 months and is very frosty. During it, winds reach speeds of 100 km/h. Strong winds, which contribute to the formation of snow storms typical of the tundra zone.

Interestingly, this is where the most planes crash in the United States. All cases from this and other films were based on David Paulides’ Missing 411 books, supplemented with materials from press articles and internet sources.

Some of them have already been discussed on Polish YouTube channels, so I hope this will not discourage you from watching this material to the end. That’s it for the introduction. So let’s move on to issue number one. Charlie Fogg, 22, disappeared on July 7, 1982.

Charlie came from the picturesque town of Bradford, located in Vermont. He was the son of Luis and Czester, one of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Fogg. Over time, wanting a change of scenery and new experiences, he left his hometown and set off on a long journey to Oregon.

There, fascinated by the endless sea, he decided to work on a fishing boat. For a long time he enthusiastically devoted himself to hard work, and finally, in June 1982, his steps headed towards the wild spaces of Alaska. There he started working in Łódź, owned by Grant Trask.

Grant and Charlie quickly found a common language – Grant admired how Charlie carried out the tasks entrusted to him with commitment and precision and did not hide his satisfaction with their cooperation.

In July 1982, when Grant’s boat docked in Sitka, a picturesque town in Alaska, Charlie decided to take advantage of his day off and climb Mt. Verstovia. It was an opportunity for him to break away from the daily routine on the boat and have a moment to struggle alone with nature.

Meanwhile, Grant was to resupply, and the joint voyage was to resume on July 6 at 3 p.m. Charlie planned to return on July 6 around 8 a.m. Mt. Verstovia rising to a height of 1022 m above sea level. It was a challenge that took about 5 hours to complete both ways.

However, when Charlie did not return at the agreed time, Grant, knowing his reliability and punctuality, became concerned and reported him missing to the Sitka police the next day. He was convinced that something disturbing must have happened. According to Grant, Charlie was equipped with a backpack, sleeping bag, food supplies and a raincoat.

As an experienced wildlife lover, he never took unnecessary risks. The next day, July 8, Sergeant Ed Thorton of the Sitka Police Department and a team of officers and rescuers boarded a helicopter belonging to Alaska Lumber and Pulp. Their goal was to reach the top of Mt. Verstovia to find Charlie.

The search team began its operation methodically, traversing the area and slowly making its way down the mountain. Despite a thorough search of the area, no traces of the missing person were found. Once down, additional support was organized.

More rescuers and a specialist team with tracking dogs, as well as three members of the National Guard, joined the action. Unfortunately, even the trained dogs were unable to detect any trace of Fogg’s scent. The surprised investigators could not believe that no trace had been found on the mountain, which was not particularly high.

At the end of the day on July 8, Charlie’s sleeping bag was found at the very top of the mountain. It seemed that he had not spent the night there, as it was soaked with rain. No other items or the missing person were found in the area.

The helicopter circling the mountain also did not bring any new information. The next day, July 9, Alaska State Troopers took over the case, and an additional 11 searchers arrived at the scene. They were transported to the top, from where they began a thorough search of the area and descended.

Charlie’s backpack was found early in the morning. Near the backpack, clothes were found neatly arranged on a rock ledge. This was about a mile from where the sleeping bag was found on the summit. However, the missing man’s shoes were not found.

As fog rolled in, reducing visibility to just 12m, searchers left markers in place and a helicopter was called to pick up a team from the summit. Investigators were deeply concerned and perplexed by the findings.

Everything pointed to Charlie having reached the top. Perhaps he had laid out his sleeping bag with the intention of resting, but suddenly it began to rain. It is possible that he then decided to leave this place. It is unknown what prompted him to leave his sleeping bag behind.

Was it the fact that he was wet or was something that scared him? Then, descending 1.5 km, he took off his backpack. He undressed almost naked, folded his clothes and placed himself on a rock ledge, and then, wearing only his shoes, which were ultimately never found, he set off in an unknown direction.

On July 10, when the weather improved slightly, searchers again went by helicopter to the place where the clothes and backpack were found. While flying over the area about 200 m below between rocks and snow, a naked body was spotted. It was Charlie.

His body was recovered and transported to Sitka, ending the 22-year-old’s tragic story. Interestingly, the investigators’ answer to the local press’s question about the cause of the man’s death is astonishing. In his official statement, Sergeant Thorton presented the following theory. We believe that the missing person may have taken off his clothes to sunbathe.

It is also possible that he fell asleep on the ledge, which could have led to him being too close to the edge and falling, suffering fatal head injuries. This interpretation of events, to put it mildly, seems very far-fetched.

You don’t have to be a mountain climber or a quantum physicist to see its logical flaws. Let’s consider the situation: it’s a sunny day, and yet you decide to strip naked on the top of a mountain where it was raining just a moment ago and the wind is probably very strong.

Do you lie down on the rocks completely naked and go to sleep? Moreover, Fogg was not wearing shoes, which were never found. Many cases in the Missing 411 series describe situations in which people die, leaving behind carefully arranged clothes in the forest or in the mountains.

As if they were forced to do it under hypnosis or for unknown reasons they did it voluntarily. Considering that he was wearing a raincoat and it was July, it is difficult to say that hypothermia was the reason for such behavior.

Even investigators prefer to accept the sunbathing theory as more likely than the possibility that Charlie was caught off guard by the rain. His body cooled down, he undressed, put his clothes on, and then, in a sort of trance, he walked forward and fell into the abyss. Suicide also seems unlikely.

Is it possible that something scared the 22-year-old while he was upstairs sleeping in a sleeping bag, then forced him to undress, kidnapped him, and finally threw him down naked? Or is the sunbathing version more likely? These questions remain open, and the mystery of Charlie Fogg’s death still raises many doubts and speculations.

Case number 2, Ralph Marian Wolen, 39, disappeared on May 27, 1993. Wolen was born and raised in New Jersey. He always dreamed of a life full of adventure, so he often went on expeditions to remote areas. He loved spending time outdoors.

His passion took him all the way to Alaska. Once there, Ralph hiked the local trails, got to know this wild corner of SA, its beauty and the dangers associated with it. Tanana is a small village located in the center of Alaska. It became the starting point for the 39-year-old.

The local police chief and the residents warned Ralf about the dangers that might await him in the forest. However, the man was determined to continue his journey.

On May 27, 1993, Wolen, equipped with a large backpack, ample supplies and a shotgun, set off from the village of Tanana along the Allakaket Trail to visit his friend Christian, who lived north of the Tozitna River. This river flows from the northeast, bends and flows into the Yukon River west of Tanana.

That day, one of the inhabitants of this small town took Ralph to the trail and showed him the way, and the 39-year-old set off north. He had to cover about 30-35 km in a straight line through the forest. This was the last time anyone saw him alive.

The area Wolen was traveling through was difficult to traverse and flooded with spring water from melting snow, making the journey even more dangerous. In July 1993, Christian, a friend of Ralph’s whom he intended to visit for over a month, went down to Tanana earlier to replenish supplies.

When he learned that his friend had set off on a journey but had never reached him, he organized a search and rescue team. On July 10, 1993, the team headed north, where they found an abandoned cabin. Inside were some of the missing 39-year-old’s belongings, including his compass.

However, the backpack and the shotgun were missing. This suggested that perhaps the real had encountered some wild animal and was forced to leave its supplies behind. The search lasted several days, but yielded no traces. Difficult terrain conditions and the lack of any clues made finding Ralf impossible.

The 39-year-old became one of many people who went missing in Alaska and were never found. Interestingly, we can read the report from January 9, 2018 on the MUFON website.

He says that on that day, over the village of Tanana mentioned in the case in question, the inhabitants observed 2 red balls of light, an unpleasant white ball. The facilities were the size of a football field.

Many residents took out their cell phones to record this unusual phenomenon. However, all devices refused to turn on. Similar reports are coming from all over Alaska.

I don’t think this event had anything to do with this disappearance, but the number of witness reports of strange lights in places where people die makes one wonder if there is more to it than just a coincidence. Case number 3. Kevin Robert O’Keefe, 36, disappeared on October 8, 1985.

Glacier Bay National Park is located approximately 70 miles northwest of Juneau. The park spans a vast, wild and remote area where the Pacific Ocean creates a mosaic of both small and large bays, flowing widely north from the Funter Bay State Marine Park region.

Kevin O’Keefe, based in Sacramento, California, arrived in Juneau on or about September 20, 1985. He went to the Glacier Park headquarters and registered to attend a wilderness survival workshop at the park. On September 22, he was transported by seaplane to Miur Inlet north of Wolf Point, where he set up camp.

The man was traveling alone, intended to spend about 2 weeks in the park and use the camp as a base for expeditions deep into this protected area. With this in mind, on October 8, 1985, National Park Service Ranger David Nemeth and his partner were patrolling the Wolf Point area in a boat.

After discovering Kevin O’Keefe’s abandoned campsite. At around 4:00 p.m., the search team began operations to find the missing person. The campsite appeared to have been abandoned in a hurry, which caused concern among rescuers. The damaged center tent support and found food storage suggested that O’Keefe may have left the camp unexpectedly.

After opening the tents, a sleeping bag was found inside, spread out on a foam mat. And next to it, the missing man’s backpack. Near the tent there was a line made of various types of pieces, wood, sand and stones, indicating the furthest reach of the sea waves.

Despite an intensive search in the area and repeated calling of his name, no traces of his presence were found. On October 9, 85, the search party returned to the campsite to further investigate the site and surrounding area. The condition of the camp remained unchanged, indicating no return at the kiwa.

An extensive search officially began that day, informing authorities in Bartlett Cove and Alaska State Troopers that he was missing. Air support was also requested to search a larger area.

On October 10, an inventory of the equipment left behind by the pokiwa was made, which allowed us to better understand what he might have taken with him. Flying over the search area yielded limited information due to dense vegetation. Tracking dogs and guides arrived at the scene and searched the area until dusk.

Despite intensive efforts, no new traces were found. On October 11, the search was extended to include an additional guide and his dog, which allowed for a more thorough search of areas with a high probability of finding the 36-year-old.

Search teams focused on areas that might have been attractive to the missing person or where he might have sought refuge. Despite full commitment and use of available resources, the day ended without any new information.

3 days later, i.e. October 14. The final day of the search began with rescuers searching the coastline and areas from the air.

Despite full commitment and the use of available resources, no new leads could be found due to the lack of progress and the exhaustion of all possible options, the search for Kevin O’Keefe was officially abandoned that day.

On October 17, 1985, the Anchorage Daily newspaper published an article describing the rangers’ findings at Kevin’s campsite: Tracking dogs found his shoes and hat about a half-mile away in a ravine. His food supplies and hiding places were also found, but no traces of the 36-year-old tourist were found.

Later in the article, the guards speculated about Kevin’s fate. What happened to Kevin O’Keefe may remain a mystery. Rangers dismissed early theories that he might have been attacked by bears.

They also added that no bears were reported in the area around Kevin’s camp and even stated that there were almost no signs of wild animals there.

Analysis of the park services report and the list of items belonging to Kevin indicate that his personal belongings were located at distances of 18, 36, 60 and 90 m from the tent. His shoes and hat were found in a ravine. It seems that everything he needed to survive remained in the camp.

To sum up, what happened to the 36-year-old remains a mystery. In his book, Paulides reported that the sleeping bag and other items were outside his tent. However, reports clearly indicate that both the sleeping bag and backpack were located inside the zippered tent.

The 2 caches contained numerous supplies that would enable us to survive for about a month in the wilderness. Did something scare Kevin when he was outside the tent, did he run into the forest for unknown reasons, took off or threw away his gloves, shoes and hat and disappeared, or did something kidnap him?

Or did something else happen? Some speculated that it was the wave that carried Kevin away and that the animals took his shoes, gloves and hat away from the camp.

It was suggested that the salt from sweat collected in his shoes, gloves and hat attracted deer and deer, which strangely did not take an interest in Kevin’s completely different wrestling. No traces of a bear or any other animal that could have frightened the missing person were found.

There were also no animal traces found that could have been carried by his shoes. In my opinion, in this difficult area, the search operation lasted far too short, only 5 days, and with too few rescuers. Kevin was never found. Case number 4, Michael Timothy Palmer, 15, disappeared on June 4, 1999.

Michael was one of the 3 sons of Charles and Lisa Palmer. Around the time of this incident, Lisa remarried, taking the surname Rearick. In early June 1999, Michael spent time hanging out with friends and attending a graduation party. Lisa wasn’t overly worried about Michael because he was a responsible child.

The boy always informed her when he was going to be late or in cases where he needed her support. On June 3, 1999, Michael decided to accept a friend’s offer of a ride to his graduation party, which was being held approximately 9 miles from his home in the Medows Lakes neighborhood of Wasilla.

Around 3:30 a.m., Michael’s group of friends decided to ride their bikes home, covering the mentioned distance of 14.5 km. Michael borrowed a bike from one of his friends. According to Lisa, this was the first school event Michael had attended.

While riding home on Pittman Road, which runs along the Little Susitna River, Michael began to lose contact with the rest of the group and was the last cyclist in the group. That was the last time anyone saw him alive. The other boys stopped and waited for him at the 7-Eleven on Parks Highway.

After waiting a few minutes, wondering if Michael had taken a different route or gone back to the party, they decided to go home. Police officers interviewed a group of boys who saw Michael for the last time. They were questioned many times and subjected to rigorous lie detector tests.

Investigators went to Pittman Road, where Michael was last seen, and began a thorough search of the area.

They discovered the bicycle he was traveling in lying in the Little Susitna River bed. This river, although not very wide, is characterized by a crystal clear current. Despite initial doubts about Michael’s presence in the water, it was decided to send teams of divers to search the area. Unfortunately, the 15-year-old was not found.

The search continued, and Michael’s soaked and muddy conversation sneakers were found 200 meters from the river on the grounds of a small private airport. These shoes, lying next to each other on the ground, looked amazing. one of the shoelaces was tied and the other was not. Michael’s other personal belongings were never found.

Analyzing an aerial map of Pittman Road and the surrounding areas, it can be seen that north of the airport there are dense forests stretching for over 100 km. If Michael’s bike ended up in the river and his shoes were wet and muddy, it suggests he may have been heading towards these woods.

Taking off and leaving the shoes seems incomprehensible. Pittman Road is one of the northernmost roads in the Wasilla region, with nothing but wilderness beyond. Is this just a coincidence? In the first two weeks after Michael’s disappearance, Alaska police interviewed more than 20 people, including students and other potential witnesses.

The boy’s disappearance has deeply shocked Palmer families. They missed the 15-year-old and were shocked that the services were unable to find their son. Michael’s disappearance was very unusual, but what happened some 11 years later once again caused incredible pain to the Palmer family.

Charles “Chuckie” Palmer V, 30, reported missing on April 10, 2010. Chuckie was the older brother of Michael Palmer. It was he who called his father to tell him the disturbing news about the boy’s disappearance. on April 9, 2010 in an area approximately 70 miles north of Wasilla.

Charles, along with 4 other family members and friends, set out on an adventure on his snowmobile. This was an area southeast of Talkeetna known as Bald Mountain. Their route led from the hills adjacent to Bald Mountain, off Mastadon Road.

After covering about 8 km, they were to reach the hut where they planned to spend the night. It was a rare opportunity for Chuckie to break away from his daily duties and just relax.

Charles was at the end of a column of snowmobiles heading toward the cabin when, unexpectedly, for unknown reasons, he turned in a different direction and began heading toward the eastern side of Bald Mountain. As the snowmobiles continued to the cabin, heavy snow began to fall.

After most of the group reached the cabin, they began to await Chuckie’s return from his unplanned escapade.

After an hour, worried about his absence, they set out to look for him, but the fresh snow erased all traces, so they returned to the house, hoping that the thirty-year-old would show up soon. Unfortunately, this did not happen.

At 7:15 a.m. on April 10, Charles was reported as the second family member missing in Alaska. Police officers immediately headed towards the direction where the witnesses last saw the 30-year-old riding his snowmobile. They discovered an abandoned vehicle trapped in deep snow about 12 miles from the cabin.

On the eastern slope of Bald Mountain. A thorough search of the area around the scooter turned up no trace of the man or any of the things he was carrying. It was snowing constantly and the weather conditions were unpredictable and dangerous. The rescuers decided to retreat, hoping for better weather conditions.

The following Monday, search teams composed of Talkeetna emergency responders, state troopers, and volunteers, with support from helicopter crews and volunteers from Willow, arrived on scene and searched the area, but were unsuccessful. No traces were found indicating the whereabouts of the elder Palmer brother.

Search teams were forced to wait for the warmer months to arrive. They returned to the site of the disappearance as soon as conditions permitted. Despite subsequent extensive searches for the man, he was never found.

In conclusion, this family tragedy is very unusual. Two brothers went missing in the wilderness area or in its immediate vicinity. The two cases were separated by 11 years and approximately 110 km.

While reviewing the documents and articles, it was impossible not to read the searchers’ frustration at the lack of key clues in both disappearance cases. It is astonishing that two men disappeared so close to each other and were never found. The fact that they were brothers adds an aura of mystery to the case.

Making it one of the most unusual double disappearances. Charles was intimately familiar with the Alaskan forests, knew the risks associated with operating a snowmobile, and knew what would happen if he drove about 12 miles off the designated route and fell into a snowdrift.

Investigators determined that he was in good mental condition at the time of the incident and the possibility of suicide seemed unlikely. Even if it did happen, it was expected that his body, gloves or other equipment would be found. However, nothing was found.

The true disappointment and frustration of the searchers could be felt in the May 4, 2011 article published by KTNA. It included an interview with the Talkeetna Fire Chief.

In that conversation, Chief Ken Farina expressed his thoughts on the search, noting that rescuers found no animal signs in the area where Chuckie abandoned his snowmobile. When asked for his opinion on what might have happened, Chief Farina admitted that he was leaning towards his original alien abduction theory.

As he was unable to find any other logical explanation for this disappearance. Case number 6, Gerald Deberry, 53, disappeared on October 10, 2011. The story of the disappearance is very unusual, because it is rare for one of the searchers to go missing while searching for a missing person.

The whole story began on October 10, 2011 at 2 a.m. Melinda Stratz, a Utah resident, was riding an ATV behind other members of her family in the northeastern woods of Fairbanks. At some point, the woman separated from the group and went missing.

Melinda was driving a red quad with a trailer and her Jack Russell dog was riding with her. A search operation for the woman began in the morning. Rescuers, soldiers stationed in Alaska, and volunteers appeared on site.

One of them was Gerald Deberry. He had extensive experience in search operations and knew the area perfectly. The 53-year-old arrived at the Long Creek Lodge on his green Yamaha Kodiak quad bike.

Late in the afternoon, Gerald mentioned to the other searchers that he was feeling cold, so the rescuers built a fire and one of them gave Gerald an extra coat. After warming up, Gerald set out to look for Mindy again. Meanwhile, another volunteer found the woman alive and well near Frozen Foot Creek.

As the searchers began to gather and return home, someone noticed that Gerald had not returned. Several search teams immediately returned to the site and searched for him. Gerald was last seen about 6.5 km from the trail where the rescue operation began.

Searchers were informed that Gerald had health problems, but the details were never publicly disclosed. In the early morning of October 11, two helicopters equipped with thermal cameras began combing the forests, looking for the man’s heat signatures. Soldiers from Alaska sent their helicopter and Piper Supercub plane to the site.

While the National Guard deployed rescue teams to thoroughly search the area. Both formal and informal searches for Gerald continued for a week, but yielded no traces. The owner of the cabin that served as a base for the searchers was Paul Potvin, an old friend of Deberry’s.

On October 14, 2011, The Alaska Dispatch newspaper published Paul’s statement about the search for his friend. “It’s a mystery, Quad is gone. Something must have happened to him. He couldn’t have gotten lost. Everyone agrees on that. He’s been there too many times to get lost. That’s the most surprising part.”

If Gerald wasn’t lost, where was his deck, if his engine was on and he was around the time a helicopter with a thermal camera scanned the sky, his heat signature should have been detected. However, this was never detected.

This could mean several things, or the ATV had had its engine turned off for a long time. He was hidden, for example, in some cave or was taken from this area together with the missing Gerald.

Nearly a year after Gerald’s mysterious disappearance, on Labor Day 2012, a miner walking near the Faith Creek mine at mile marker 111 of the Steese Highway came across Gerald’s ATV. The vehicle was on a small hill. It was functional and its engine was turned off.

This discovery led to another massive search for the man in the region surrounding his vehicle, but again they yielded no results. Gerald Deberry was never found. Case number 7 Paul Michael Lemaitre, 66, disappeared on July 4, 2012.

The disappearance in question occurred during one of the world’s oldest races in a place that had never before seen any fatalities, not disappearances. We’re talking about Mount Marathon in Seward, Alaska. Word is a picturesque port town located approximately 96 miles south of Anchorage.

The main attractions of which, Mount Marathon, 1,471 meters above sea level, rise majestically over the area. On the Seward Chamber of Commerce website, Mount Marathon is described as follows. “Seward’s Mount Marathon Race is considered one of the most difficult short-distance mountain races in the world.

Up to 30,000 people come to Seward to watch the chaos and celebrate Independence Day. The grueling route climbs to an altitude of 922 m above sea level before a fast and dangerous descent. The race route is 5 km long. It has an average slope of 34° and 60° at its steepest point.

The first organized race took place in 1915, making it one of the oldest foot races in the US. According to Mount Marathon lore, the race began when two runners argued about being able to get up and down the mountain in less than an hour. “Impossible,” said one of them.

To settle the dispute and the resulting bet, a race was held with the loser providing drinks for the audience. Enterprising merchants prepared clothes and other attractions for the winner and proposed that the race be held on a day off from work, for example July 4.

The runner who assumed that it was possible to complete this route in less than an hour lost the bet because the winner finished the race with a time of one hour and 2 minutes.

Nowadays, over 1,000 men and women take up the challenge, and the town of Seward is filled with spectators. If you are coming from out of town, be sure to plan and reserve your accommodation at least a few days in advance.

The race start is at the corner of 4th Avenue and Adams Street in downtown Seward, with the finish line located at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Washington.

On July 4, 2012, 66-year-old Paul Michael Lemaitre was preparing for a race. The man was in impressive shape for his age. Paul worked as a civilian advisor at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Where he helped soldiers transitioning to civilian life prepare their CVs in order to find another job.

He registered for Mount Marathon, receiving starting number 548. The 66-year-old’s family gathered at the starting line at 3 p.m., when the shot that started the race was heard.

He decided that his goal would be to finish the race and not to compete for first place – he simply wanted to finish the race in a decent time.

As a reference point, he chose the 72-year-old participant of this race, Fred Moore, who completed the route in 1 hour, 11 minutes and 34 seconds and it was his forty-third run in a row. There were several unusual incidents during the race.

In two separate incidents, runners suffered serious injuries after falling on a steep section of the course. Information about these events was sparse, limited only to stating that the injuries sustained were serious.

This was an unusual event for this race, which had a reputation for being a safe event. Proudly highlighted by the Chamber of Commerce. On race day, Paul wore black shorts and a black running shirt.

According to available information and family testimony, the man had poor eyesight, and yet he did not take his glasses with him that day. By all available accounts, Paul was the last person to reach the top of the mountain.

An article published on July 9, 2012 on KTUU.com included an explanation from the person who last saw Paul.

“According to information from the Chamber, the measurement team stationed at the summit began its descent at approximately 5:45 p.m. The chief timekeeper, whose name was not released, spoke to Lemaitre at approximately 6:00 p.m. as he approached the summit of u.

The man reported that Mr. Lemaitre had verbally confirmed his desire to continue running. In a statement, representatives of the Chamber wrote on Monday that he looked good both physically and mentally and there was no indication that anything was wrong. He moved slowly but steadily up the hill.

The men passed each other when the 66-year-old was about 60 meters from the summit. The timekeeper then continued down the trail.

At 6:00 p.m., a race official spoke to Paul’s wife, Peggy LeMaitre, informing her that he had been spotted and was OK. It was explained that if he did not come down the mountain within 90 minutes she should contact the authorities, but was assured that nothing bad would happen to him.

Around 8 p.m., Paul’s wife contacted the race organizers, alerting them that her husband had not returned. In response, competition officials contacted the Seward Fire Department, which in turn notified the Alaska State Police, initiating a search operation. Rescue teams encountered treacherous terrain as they tried to search every possible corner Paul could find.

Visibility was terrifyingly limited at times, especially when thick fog appeared in the mountains. Searchers on the ground also came across two black bears, which quickly ran away when they saw people. No Grizzlies sighted.

There was still snow near the summit of Mount Marathon the night Paul went missing. Despite a thorough search of the area, no traces of Paul were found. Helicopters equipped with thermal imaging cameras were flying in the air. However, while constantly monitoring the area from above, nothing was seen.

An Alaska mountain rescue team searched the area and found no evidence of Paul’s presence. To explain the scale of the search for the missing runner. The Alaska Dispatch published an article on July 9, 2012, which listed all the units that participated in the rescue operation.

Hundreds of volunteers were involved in the effort, including Alaska Mountain Rescue. Nordic Ski Patrol, Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs, Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department, National Park Service, Seward Police and Fire Department, Air National Guard, Alaska State Troopers and numerous Seward residents.

As well as players who returned to the city to support the search. Several rescue teams with Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs searched the mountains for a sign of Paul. Unfortunately, these teams also failed to find any clues about what happened to the 66-year-old.

To summarize, the story of LeMaitre’s disappearance attracted widespread media attention, becoming one of the most famous on the grim list of Alaskans who disappeared without a trace in the state’s wilderness.

His disappearance was particularly striking because he was participating in an event that draws tens of thousands of spectators to Seward and hundreds of runners to the mountain each year. One of Paul’s relatives said in a 2016 interview, “the mountain swallowed this man.”

We can hear the same words when we analyze other cases, the disappearances of people from the Missing 411 series, for example from Mt. Shasta or from Mt. Rainier. After the official search for Paul was abandoned, the family continued the search on their own.

LeMaitre was legally declared dead in October 2012. His wife sued the race and the Seward Chamber of Commerce for $5 million, alleging negligence and emotional distress. In 2014, a settlement was reached with the family for $25,000.

Paul’s disappearance changed the way the race was organized. New rules have been introduced, including one that says runners must now sign a certificate saying they have run the entire five-kilometer marathon course at least once before race day. Participants who do not reach the halfway point within an hour are disqualified, and race officials are now expected to follow the last runner to the top of the mountain and back down.

Although LeMaitre has been legally declared dead, he is still considered a missing person. In 2014, pieces of a human skull were found near Tonsina Point, a few kilometers from the race route. After DNA tests, it turned out that they belonged to a 39-year-old tourist from Arkansas who disappeared in the 1990s.

Paul Michael Lemaitre went missing in a mountainous region during a race attended by hundreds of runners. The area was clearly marked and it was virtually impossible to get lost there. The peak itself is characterized by sparse vegetation and is dominated by rocks and boulders.

Despite an intensive search that lasted four and a half days, the 66-year-old was never found. It was also impossible to find any evidence that he was there at all. The last person to see Paul was one of the survey team members.

LaMaitre knew which route to take back. He was only 3 km away from his family. The story of Paul’s disappearance is one of many in the Missing 411 series where the person walking or in this case running last disappears and is never found.

If he had fallen, broken his leg and was unable to move, he would have stayed there until rescue teams found him. Thermal cameras should detect his body heat. Even if he had poor eyesight, on July 4, 2012, the sun rose in Seward at 4:40 a.m. and didn’t set until 11:20 p.m.

So it was still light at 6 p.m. However, the man’s poor eyesight, thick fog and age could have caused him to get lost one way or another, stray off the route, get lost and die of exposure and fatigue. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s strange that it was never found.

Why did this happen? It remains a mystery to this day. These are all the things prepared in this episode. To the persistent viewers, thank you for listening to the end. As always, I invite you to comment, like and subscribe to the channel.

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Źródła: seria książek Missing 411 – David Paulides,

Landing

https://www.loc.gov/
https://www.newspapers.com/
Locations Unknown EP. #58: Kevin O’Keefe – Glacier Bay National Park – Alaska (Live)

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/kevin-robert-okeefe
https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP67110
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ak-ralph-marian-wolen-39-fairbanks-27-may-1993.683174/
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/67110?nav
https://www.ufo-hunters.com/sightings/search/5a76ed269d2e4cd48683b075/UFO%20Sighting%20in%20Tanana,%20Alaska%20(United%20States)%20on%20Tuesday%2009%20January%202018

Sprawy z dzisiejszego odcinka:
Charlie Fogg, 22 lata, zaginął 7 lipca 1982,
Ralph Marian Wolen, 39 lat , zaginął 27 maja 1993,
Kevin Robert O’Keefe, 36 lat, zaginął 8 października 1985,
Michael Timothy Palmer, 15 lat, zaginął 4 czerwca 1999,
Charles “Chuckie” Palmer V, 30 lat, zaginał 10 kwietnia 2010,
Gerald Deberry, 53 lata, zaginął 10 października 2011,
Paul Michael Lemaitre, 66 lat, zaginął 4 lipca 2012,