Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project Podcast , host Tanner Hoskins investigates the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Curtis Hair and Scott Jon Smith , two longtime friends from Beaverton, Oregon , who vanished after heading out on a simple outdoor trip in mid-September 2025. Their red 2005 Jeep Wrangler (Oregon plate 494 QKW) has yet to be found, leaving behind only questions and heartache for their families. Tanner explores the timeline, terrain, an...
Oct 09, 2025•21 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we journey deep into the remote wilderness of Alberta, Canada, where four men vanished without a trace. Howard Metacat, Benjamin Laboucan, Gavin Edkins, and William Bereziuk each disappeared under mysterious circumstances—hunting, traveling, or simply moving through the unforgiving northern landscape. Their stories span decades, from the 1970s through the 1990s, yet all remain unsolved. We explore the harsh terrain, unpredictable weather, and search efforts that...
Sep 24, 2025•17 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore two men who entered the wilderness under very different circumstances—one who fought to live, and one who vanished into the shadows. First, we follow the incredible survival story of Ralph Sawyer , a 52-year-old mountain biker from Gresham, Oregon, who disappeared in Mount Hood National Forest and was missing for six long days. Against the odds, Ralph found his way back, relying on instinct, grit, and the simple decision to follow a creek downhill. Hi...
Sep 04, 2025•17 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of the PNWMPP Podcast, host Tanner Hoskins sits down with his good friend and elite K9 handler Jensen Huffman — owner of Huffman K9 Obedience and Executive Director of CHAIS (Charon Human Advocacy and Intervention Services). With more than 20 years of experience training and deploying working dogs across North America, Jensen shares his journey from traditional obedience training to leading a trauma-informed, mission-ready nonprofit changing the face of ...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Send us Fan Mail In this haunting episode of the Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project Podcast , we venture beyond borders into Canada’s vast, untamed wilderness—where stories vanish into the fog, survive against impossible odds, or dissolve in waves. 🔹 Mélanie Ethier – A 15-year-old vanishes after a short walk home in New Liskeard, Ontario. Despite decades of investigation, no trace has ever been found. 🔹 Sam Benastick – An experienced hiker disappears in remote British Columbia… and reem...
Jun 26, 2025•13 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Send us Fan Mail Travis Decker, 32 year old army veteran, wanted for the murder of his three children, Paitlyn, Evelyn, and Olivia. Decker has been on the run for nearly a month in the remote backcountry of Chelan and Kittitas Counties in Washington State. In this episode Tanner informs listeners how to be prepared in the backcountry to human threats, truly the worst possible scenario a hunter, hiker, or camper could face in the wilds. Support the show Visit our websites: www.pnwmpp.org www.pnwb...
Jun 18, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Send us Fan Mail In this gripping episode, we journey deep into the heart of two baffling disappearances that continue to haunt the American wilderness. First, we head to the rugged mountains of Montana, where experienced hunter Aaron Hedges vanished under mysterious circumstances in the Crazy Mountains in 2014. Despite extensive searches, bizarre clues and puzzling behavior left more questions than answers. Then, we revisit the heartbreaking case of Jaryd Atadero , a spirited 3-year-old who dis...
May 22, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Send us Fan Mail The Pacific Northwest is a place of mist, mystery, and myth—but beneath the towering trees and winding trails lie stories that never made it home. In this cinematic and chilling episode, host Tanner Hoskins walks you through three of the most haunting unsolved disappearances and murders in Pacific Northwest history: 🔹 The Cowden Family Disappearance – A quiet family camping trip in 1974 ends in tragedy when an entire family vanishes from a serene Oregon campsite, only to be dis...
May 14, 2025•20 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us Fan Mail On April 26th, 2025, the PNW Bigfoot Search team made a shocking discovery along the White Salmon River near Willard, Washington—a clear, unexplainable track believed to be from a Sasquatch. Join Tanner Hoskins and the team as they document this discovery in real-time, analyze the evidence, and explore what makes this remote section of the Pacific Northwest a hotspot for Bigfoot activity. This may be one of the most compelling finds in recent years. Could this be the proof we've...
May 05, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us Fan Mail Release Date: April 16, 2025 Mount Rainier stands as one of America’s most breathtaking — and dangerous — natural landmarks. In this chilling episode, we examine three haunting disappearances that occurred on its icy slopes. First, we dive into the 2010 vanishing of Eric Lewis — a seasoned climber who was roped in with his team, only to vanish near the summit without a sound, a footprint, or a trace. What could cause a man to disappear under such tightly controlled conditions? T...
Apr 16, 2025•12 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us Fan Mail The Mount Jefferson Wilderness in Oregon is a breathtaking yet unforgiving landscape. In this episode, we examine two disappearances that have haunted the region since 2016. On June 23, 2016, 59-year-old Sanford "Sandy" David Rice, an experienced outdoorsman, set out on a solo hiking trip near Marion Lake. He never returned. Despite extensive search efforts, no trace of him has ever been found. Just a month later, 21-year-old Riley Zickel vanished while hiking alone near Jeffers...
Mar 28, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us Fan Mail Episode Description: Mount Hood—a breathtaking yet unforgiving giant—has claimed the lives of many who dared to explore its rugged terrain. In this episode we uncover the chilling disappearances of Fred Frauens and Kenneth "Ken" Budlong, two experienced outdoorsmen who vanished without a trace. What happened to them? Were they victims of the mountain’s deadly conditions, or is there something more sinister at play? Join us as we unravel these unsolved mysteries, delve into the d...
Mar 19, 2025•8 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search Podcast, hosted by Alberto Quinones, Kelly Stolp, and Tanner Hoskins, with special appearances by Mike Palagi, we dive into two perplexing missing persons cases from the rugged wilderness of Priest Lake, Idaho. First, we explore the mysterious disappearance of David Walter Uhl, an experienced outdoorsman who vanished without a trace in 2010. His truck was found abandoned with a half-full cup of coffee, but despite extensive...
Feb 16, 2025•9 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us Fan Mail Podcast Episode Description: In this chilling episode we dive into three unsettling disappearances in the remote wilderness of Idaho. Susan Adams , a nature lover, vanished without a trace from the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in 1990, leaving behind only questions and eerie speculation. Gordon White , a seasoned outdoorsman, took his ATV out for a routine ride on his Idaho property in 2020—only for searchers to find his vehicle abandoned, with no sign of him. Just three months ...
Jan 30, 2025•21 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us Fan Mail Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search is following-up on leads brought to us by logging crews in the Tillamook State Forest regarding strange bare footprints, vocalizations, and sightings of upright, hair-covered bipeds roaming an area known as Giveout Mountain and Round Top near the rugged Salmonberry River in northwest Oregon. This week's episode Tanner shares some of the reports we have personally received, leaving out the most recent reports to protect the research area from poss...
Jan 22, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us Fan Mail Everett Ruess a 20 year old adventurer, poet, and artist known for his solo-expeditions throughout the High Sierra Mountain Range, the Coast of California, and the American southwest departed for a two month trip into the remote and rugged Utah desert never to be seen again. Vilate Young, a 15 month old girl vanished from a picnic at the Newell Steed Ranch near Bryce Canyon Utah in 1953. One minute she was watching a family member churn ice cream and in the blink of an eye, she ...
Jan 15, 2025•11 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail Tanner shares updates from the Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search (PNW Bigfoot Search) research team, including two documentaries we have in the works! One documentary will be released in December of 2025 and another will be debuting in February or March of 2026, stay tuned for that! Our expeditions are in full-swing and in this week's podcast Tanner discusses our research efforts in the Mount Hood National Forest near the 2020 wildfire scars that reshaped the topography of the la...
Jan 08, 2025•10 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us Fan Mail Kyron Horman was a loving and intelligent 2nd grader when he vanished from Skyline Elementary School in rural Washington County, Oregon on June 2nd, 2010. Kyron's disappearance would kickoff the largest and most expensive Search and Rescue mission in Oregon State history. Fourteen years later, not a single item belonging to Kyron has ever been located and no definitive sightings have ever been made. What happened to Kyron? SOURCES: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/06/kyr...
Dec 26, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us Fan Mail Known as the Bermuda Triangle of Utah, the Mirror Lake Highway and adjacent wilderness is a beautiful location full of high-strangeness and mystery. The area is full of dense vegetation, beautiful clear running water, and boulder fields. What could cause a seasoned outdoorsmen and a boy scout to vanish in the region? This area is well traversed and very well known by the Summit County Search and Rescue (SAR) team that deploy to the area on a routine basis. This SAR team conducts...
Dec 18, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us Fan Mail Kevin Mitchell (2015) an Alaska Native vanished in September of 2015 after driving south of Girdwood, Alaska and going on a hike. KEVIN SOURCES: https://www.adn.com/anchorage/article/eve-their-anniversary-anchorage-woman-searches-missing-husband/2015/09/25/ https://www.adn.com/anchorage/article/missing-anchorage-mans-truck-found-south-girdwood/2015/09/26/ https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/2015-09-28/troopers-end-search-for-anchorage-man/ https://www.juneauempire.com/news/sea...
Dec 05, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us Fan Mail Yosemite National Park and its 748,000 acres of land and 750 miles of hiking trails is shrouded in mystery, with well over 1,300 people who have died within the park boundaries since 1890 and more than 30 missing persons cases from 2003 to 2023. In this week's episode we share the stories of three individuals who vanished without a trace Kieran Burke SOURCES: https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/54202?nav https://www.missing.ie/missing_persons/kieran-burke-dublin-us/ https...
Nov 21, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Send us Fan Mail First case: Lisa Brost, is a 55 year old caucasian female, standing at about 5’3” tall, weighing about 140 pounds with blonde hair, brown eyes. Lisa left her residence in Ellensburg on March 15th, 2024 in her 2002 Red Toyota Tacoma pickup truck with Washington License Plate: C06224H. It’s believed that Lisa Brost was likely suffering from a mental health episode at the time of her disappearance. If you locate anything of interest or may have seen Lisa or her vehicle, please cont...
Nov 12, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Send us Fan Mail This week’s podcast has to do with the strange, spooky, and true life horror stories that have been shared with our team via email from individuals who wanted to tell their hair-raising stories of either becoming lost and how they self-rescued or of strange things they witnessed and experienced while recreating in the great outdoors. This podcast episode is part two of two, and is shared in a campfire story format utilizing AI voiceover to narrate the story on behalf of the witn...
Oct 25, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Send us Fan Mail This week’s podcast has to do with the strange, spooky, and true life horror stories that have been shared with our team via email from individuals who wanted to tell their hair-raising stories of either becoming lost and how they self-rescued or of strange things they witnessed and experienced while recreating in the great outdoors. This podcast episode is part one of two, and is shared in a campfire story format utilizing AI voiceover to narrate the story on behalf of the witn...
Oct 25, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode Tanner fills you in on the poor record keeping from the United State's largest law enforcement agency the National Park Service. Tanner also shares the stories of three individuals, two adults and one child, that vanished in the wilderness without a trace, all within very close proximity to Yellowstone National Park. These are just three cases, of the nearly 3 dozen (or more) cases, within an 80 mile radius of the Yellowstone National Park boundary. Whethe...
Oct 22, 2024•16 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Send us Fan Mail James J Arthur a decorated military veteran set off on June 28th, 2008 for a day-hike with a plan to fish in the area of Iron Lakes and spend some time photographing landscapes and wildlife. After encountering two other hikers on his hike, a hike that should have taken him less than an hour, James was never seen or heard from again. 12 years later, Sandra "Sandy" Lyn Johnson Hughes vanished just 22 miles from where James was last seen. Despite multiple sightings over the course ...
Oct 15, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project Podcast, we explore the mysterious disappearance of Robert Bissell, a seasoned outdoorsman who vanished in the rugged Roaring River Wilderness on July 12th, 2010. At 57 years old, Robert set out for a solo camping and fishing trip in the Rock Lakes Basin, near Middle Rock Lake, planning to return by July 16th but Robert never made it out of the woods. As we delve into Robert’s story, we also address rumors surround...
Oct 10, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we unravel the eerie and mysterious disappearances of Curtis Holmen and Father John Kerrigan, two men who vanished just days apart in the same Montana wilderness in 1984. Curtis, a 31-year-old Missoula man, left to change his truck's battery and was never seen again. Days earlier, Father Kerrigan, a Roman Catholic priest, disappeared after a jog in Ronan, leaving behind bloody clothing and unsettling questions. Were these cases linked to something more sinister,...
Oct 03, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Send us Fan Mail Charissa "Hazel Grace" Caster, a 32 year old traveling mental health nurse vanished in the area of Otter Way and River Road in the Sequim, Washington area on July 18th, 2024. Ms. Caster's vehicle was located abandoned off of Otter Way and no sign of Ms. Caster has been seen since. If you have any information regarding Ms. Caster's whereabouts, or saw Ms. Caster after July 18th, 2024 please contact the Clallam County Sheriff's Office at 360-417-2459 Sources: PNWMPP personnel - ww...
Sep 26, 2024•10 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Send us Fan Mail Jason Lovelady vanished while gathering pine cones with his family on October 5th, 2013. Jason was wearing green shorts, black and red flannel, and brown work boots. Jason was also carrying a bucket at the time he disappeared. To donate to our team: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=7D8GF5RM2V274 SOURCES: https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP24763 https://www.kxly.com/news/regional-news/searchers-looking-for-man-missing-near-baker-lake/article_ea4a9592-1ff4-5f42-8da6-0...
Sep 13, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 22
