In June of 2013, a man vanished during a visit to Mesa Verde National Park on what should’ve been a quick and easy hike. Despite an extensive search,his whereabouts remained unknown for years—until skeletal remains were discovered in 2020, sparking more questions than answers. Did the search miss something crucial, or did fate simply take a tragic turn?

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Episode Sources:
Durango.com, More Than Just Parks, NPS, Durango Herald, The Journal, Youtube - Missing Enigma_1, YouTube - Missing Enigma_2, Alltrails_1, Alltrails_2

**We do our own research and try our best to cross reference reliable sources to present the most accurate information we can. Please reach out to us if you believe we have mispresented any information during this episode and we will be happy to correct ourselves in a future episode.

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