Children in the Woods

03/16/21 • 19 min

Why do so many people go missing in national parks and forests? Why are the stories so similar? Let's talk about cases of children who went missing on public lands, and what the National Park Service is doing about it.

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Blumhardt, M. (2019, May 30). Unsolved Mystery: Jaryd Atadero's Disappearance Haunts

Family, Searchers 20 Years Later. Coloradoan.

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/05/30/colorado-missing-toddler-jaryd-atadero-poudre-canyon-mountain-lion-disappearance-mystery/3708176002/

DeGrazier, M (Director) & Paulides, B. (Director). (2016). Missing 411 [Motion picture]. United

States: The Orchard.

Eaton, N. (2020, July 10). DeOrr Kunz Vanished 5 Years Ago Today. Here's Where the

Investigation Stands. East Idaho News.com.

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/07/deorr-kunz-vanished-5-years-ago-today-heres-where-the-investigation-stands/

Errick, J. (2013, October 24). Why Don't States Run National Parks? National Parks

Conservation Association.

https://www.npca.org/articles/291-why-don-t-states-run-national-parks

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https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm

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What do you fear the most? Could it be that you're not alone when the lights are off or is it the rustling of leaves as you walk through the woods? What about that man, you can't describe his face because he doesn't have one.

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