Paulides' desire to believe in the occult (like Mulder's I WANT TO BELIEVE poster, as amended by the kid in "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" to read I BELIEVE) colors his narrative of disappearance in several ways. There are so many dubious leaps of logic and/or faith in this story that it's impossible to believe any of it wholly. Deputy says the sketch looks just like the location. Search there a second time, find the body. The deputy goes and shows the drawing to the locals, and a retired carpenter says he recognizes it, knows right where it is. Problem #4 (Wycoff): 1 psychic drew a sketch (not reproduced): "the picture appears as though you're looking down on a body and high grass, near a beaver pond and creek" (119), a description which is markedly generic for the area of the disappearance, Michigan's UP. Paulides is all more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger about the closed-mindedness of the brass but doesn't notice he's contradicting himself. OR "gave interviews saying he wasn't really involved in Larry's case but was ordered by supervisors to meet with the psychics who had volunteered and keep them out of the hair of the investigators on the case" (119). Problem #3: (more specific to the Wycoff disappearance) "I would never push assistance away" (emphasis added): but the deputy in this case "got five psychics to help him" (118). Problem #2: " assists in finding": not the same as " finds" Problem #1: "too many instances": none cited I would never push assistance away from someone who is a proven success in finding people" (118) I have seen too many instances where someone called a psychic, remote viewer, and so forth steps into a case and assists in finding the person. "I am one of the most open people you will ever meet when it comes to understanding missing persons cases. He says in his discussion of the disappearance of Larry Wycoff (116-119): He wants it to be Bigfoot or at least some sort of other cryptid (or maybe aliens. Paulides is getting worse at hiding his Bigfoot theory behind his claims of objectivity. This is a collection of missing persons cases, this time of hunters, almost exclusively male and almost exclusively white-and I don't know whether this is because white men are the predominant hunters in America, whether they're the hunters most likely to go missing, or whether it's unconscious selection bias on Pauldies' part, either in choosing to focus on hunters or in choosing the hunters he focuses on. The mystery and stories of the victims will baffle and confound the avid outdoorsman and seasoned hunter. The vast majority of the cases in this edition are new and they don’t appear in other books in the series. The incidents parallel other disappearances documented in prior Missing 411 books. Missing 411- Hunters explains a subset of the research and documents 148 cases of hunters who have vanished in four countries. The identification of over 59 geographical clusters of missing people in North America is one of the mysterious, unsettling and unexplained elements in the Missing 411 series. The books have revealed the names and facts behind people who have disappeared in the national parks and forests of the world. In this podcast we are going to look at these particular cases and point out a number of things Paulides and the searches missed.Author David Paulides has released the sixth installment in his best selling series, Missing 411. In Missing 411 The Hunters, Paulides finally offers a tantalizing explanation. What is even worse is when they just disappear without a trace with no explanation as to how or why. The fact of the matter is, there is nothing but sadness and grief when it comes to missing persons cases. In the latest Paulides movie, we are able to look at some of the cases of people who have gone missing, and finally, Paulides is suggesting some reasons why. A number of people seem to be disappearing without a trace and there are thousands of police officers, searchers, park rangers and relatives that have come forward to testify. People who read them understand there is a major problem in our national parks and wilderness areas. David Paulides is known world wide for his Missing 411 books. Missing 411 The Hunters opens interesting paranormal portals and possibilities in perpetuity.
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