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In this week's episode, Tanner takes listeners on a journey into understanding how Toddlers, ages 1-3 years old, that become lost in the wilderness behave. All of the information shared in today's podcast comes from Tanner's own Search and Rescue training accompanied with statistics from the last 50 years of Search and Rescue efforts around the world. 
This topic is not easy to listen to, it's also not easy to research or discuss, but the information shared in this week's episode is important to know and understand. 
Tanner wishes he could go more in-depth on the topic, but there's just not enough time in the day to discuss everything that comes along with missing persons cases, especially that of missing toddlers. 

If you'd like to learn more, we encourage you to take a course with your local Search and Rescue team, volunteer with your local Search and Rescue teams, or pursue further knowledge on your own time.

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In this week's episode, Tanner takes listeners on a journey into understanding how lost hikers and lost hunters behave in mountainous conditions, according to Search and Rescue training and statistics from the last 50 years. 

Follow along as Tanner discusses how someone can become turned around in the wilderness without meaning to and at times, without knowing they've become lost until its much too late to change course effectively. 

This is the final episode of 2023, our next podcast episode will air on January 4th, 2024 where we will discuss the Behavior of Children who become lost in the wilderness. 

Until then, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you and yours!

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Carroll "Don" Parkins, 78 years old at time of his disappearance, took off into the wilderness to "shed hunt" on April 22nd, 2023 and was never seen again. Don, as his friends called him, was an avid-outdoorsman, proficient hunter, and knew the area he was venturing into pretty well.
Don parked his vehicle at a private property land  entered private timber land property off of Rooster Rock Road, directly south of the Table Rock Wilderness and just prior to the Rooster Rock Trailhead.
Don was last seen possibly wearing; "brown boots, blue jeans, a black-and-white plaid hickory shirt, a brown flannel over-shirt, suspenders, a black baseball cap with orange on the bill or similar outdoor clothing." (According to local news articles)

Investigating Agency:
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Case ID:
23-008383

Source Links:
Sheriff's Office Link:
https://www.clackamas.us/sheriff/2023-04-26-CCSONR-ParkinsSearch.html

News Media Links:
https://www.kptv.com/2023/04/26/search-and-rescue-looking-missing-78-year-old-man-molalla-forest/

https://www.kptv.com/2023/05/03/search-missing-78-year-old-colton-man-suspended/

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Maureen "Anu" Kelly vanished on June 9th, 2013 while camping with some friends at the Canyon Creek Campground in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 
Maureen had said she wanted to go on a "Spiritual Quest" and at 5pm on June 9th, Maureen stripped completely naked, dawned a fanny pack containing a compass, matches, and a knife before crossing over Canyon Creek, heading northbound towards Forest Road 54. This was the last time Maureen was ever seen.

Our team will be heading into the Canyon Creek area of Gifford Pinchot National Forest before the end of 2023, searching for any sign of Maureen Kelly in hopes we can bring closure to her family after a decade of wondering what happened to their beloved Maureen.

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Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, is shrouded in mystery.
Known by the indigenous peoples of the area as a sort of no-man's land, where large bipedal "devils" and "stick Indians" roamed and kidnapped people. Often times hurling them into the crater filled with water below.
 
This weeks episode will cover two cases that occurred less than 30 miles from each other, with only eight years between their disappearances.
Derrick Engebretson vanished in 1998, 30 miles south of Crater Lake National Park in the Winema National Forest.
Sammy Boehlke vanished in 2006 from the famous North Rim Drive of Crater Lake National Park in central Oregon.
Both of these disappearances have confused law enforcement, search and rescue teams, and independent searchers for the past decade and a half.

Please keep the Boehlke and Engebretson family in your thoughts, and once again, if you find yourself hiking the back country near where these two cases occurred please remain vigilant for anything that may bring answers or closure to these grieving families.
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Links to their cases on NAMUS:

Sammy Boehlke
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/5862
Last seen wearing:
- A blue winter coat.
- A long sleeved black and green stripped shirt.
- Cargo pants.
- Red sued slip on shoes.

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Derrick Engebretson
https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/6037
Last seen wearing:
- Denim jacket size 12-14
- Rt 66 pants navy blue
- Oakland A's t-shirt
- Black sweatshirt
- Camo boots
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https://www.klamathcounty.org/Directory.aspx?DID=26

Klamath County Sheriff Phone Number:
541-883-5130

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Jeromy Childress vanished into the thick vegetation of the Tillamook State Forest on October 16th, 2004 and has never been seen or heard from since. 
Jeromy was a loving husband to a beautiful wife named Kristen, and two children a three year old daughter and an 8 month old son. 
Jeromy was an avid-outdoorsman and knew this particular section of the Tillamook State Forest very well. 

11 days of searching resulted in no sign of Jeromy in the region, and 19 years later, nothing of Jeromy's has ever been discovered. 
Please keep the Childress family in your thoughts, and please take the following information into account if you ever find yourself venturing into the area.

Physical Description: 

5’10

170lbs

Brown Hair

Brown Eyes

Mustache

Previous fracture of fingers on right hand.

Upper two front teeth are crooked, one on the left is chipped.

Tattoo of dolphin and number “14376” on right shoulder blade.

Tattoo of a rising phoenix on left shoulder. 

Clothing Description:

Dark brown carhartt jacket

Size 32x34 stonewashed Levi’s blue jeans

Blue Nike baseball cap w/light blue swoosh

Brown Copeland hiking boots

Silver Citizen watch w/eco-drive

Gold wedding band w/five diamonds in diagonal angle.

In possession of:

Rifle, wallet, car keys, half-pack of cigarettes, pocket knife, possibly chewing gum.

Sources:

NAMUS - https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP870

Statesman-Journal - 

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/10/17/mom-still-haunted-sons-disappearance-hunting/17438527/

Associated Press - 

https://apnews.com/article/6f6ad5be7559d803aeaca404761b8de5

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On October 14th, 2016 Shawn Higgins, his son Trevor, and Trevor's uncle Will were hunting in the Siskiyou National Forest in SW Oregon when Shawn vanished. Shawn knew this section of the forest like the back of his hand. He had been in the area many times as a teenager skipping school to hunt turkeys. Searchers spent 11 days looking for Shawn without finding a single piece of gear or clothing that belonged to him.

This podcast episode tells Shawn's story in hopes that it may spark a renewed interest and awareness in the case in hopes we can some day provide answers and closure to his grieving family. 

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