In July of 1971, eight-year-old Douglas “Dougie” Legg was spending the weekend with family at Great Camp Santanoni in Newcomb, New York. When his uncle told him to run back to the lodge and change into long pants before a hike, Dougie set off on a short, familiar walk of just a few hundred feet. He never arrived. What followed became one of the largest search operations in Adirondack history—yet no trace of the boy was ever found.

More than fifty years later, the disappearance of Douglas Legg remains one of the park’s most haunting unsolved mysteries. Was he lost to the vast Adirondack wilderness? Or was something more sinister at play?

If you have any information regarding the disappearance of Douglas Legg, please contact the New York State Police Troop B in Ray Brook at (518) 897-2000.


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