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Creepy Unsolved Mysteries - From unsolved murders to unidentified people to unexplained supernatural events, what are some of the creepiest unsolved mysteries you've ever heard of?
Is there any reason to think she was low IQ? The mentions of her being slow, overweight, bad sense of direction and balance and having been lost before makes me wonder how her cognitive deck was stacked.
"It is essentially impossible to move through without leaving a clear trail, and someone of Christina’s size and physicality would likely be unable to venture more than a few metres off-trail."
So, does this confirm someone kidnapped her? I'm confused. If it was a wildlife encounter, wouldn't there be evidence? If a bear or some other critter got her, wouldn't there be a drag path or torn up vegetation?
I really don't lean toward a kidnapping, tbh. It's pausible, but I would think there would be signs of a struggle. They would have had to drag a long way back to a car or something.
I mean, I guess they could have killed and buried her too--they'd have to be quick and find a way to cover up her scent from dogs too.
Granted, it was at least 7 or 8 hours before authorities were even notified.
It would make me suspicious of the friends--you have to admit, their story is flimsy--but from what is presented there was no ill will between them?
I would refocus on the friends. I mean, if authorites are dead-sure there was no way she could go off-trail without evidence, then I would really be suspicious of the friends.
I am over-speculating I know. But their story doesn't totally pan out to me.
They admitted to drinking the night before. Maybe something happened then?
There were no reported bear sightings in the park for some time prior to her disappearance, there are only black bear in that region, there's not a single case of a bear attack in that park, and Canada's leading bear attack expert ruled it out as it would leave clear evidence.
If you zoom out you can see the trail also continues for a very long way in the opposite direction
It's not entirely unreasonable to think she went to the falls, turned back, then just missed the campground at the fork
If she was bad with directions, it all just looks like trees. Doesn't take long to get disoriented and brain fogged in the summer with no provisions. She had 7 hours to get lost in an incredible amount of forest. Between scavengers and decomposition there wouldn't be much left after a few days.
That sort of shit happens ALL THE TIME at national parks and campgrounds and it's the number one reason why if someone in your party goes missing you report them immediately before they have seven hours to create distance.
Possible, she could also have just been out of her depth. It sounds like her friends were also all kinda dumb so my guess is that they were just sheltered city kids. One thing that the post doesn't mention is their ages, Christina was 21 when she disappeared and I'd be more than willing to believe from her and her friend's behavior that this was probably their first time being on their own when planning and executing a trip like this.
I think she and two of her friends were only 20 and Edward was 19. I believe they all lived with their parents and none of them even owned their own cars. Very sheltered.
If she was bad with directions, it all just looks like trees. Doesn't take long to get disoriented and brain fogged in the summer with no provisions. She had 7 hours to get lost in an incredible amount of forest. Between scavengers and decomposition there wouldn't be much left after a few days.
The OPP says the entire area was extensively searched but who knows? It's not like any of us were there and who's to say if there are old wells or mine shafts in the area.
The OPP says the entire area was extensively searched but who knows? It's not like any of us were there and who's to say if there are old wells or mine shafts in the area.
From what I understood in the article they were focusing on the falls, with the theory being that she fell into the water. Hence the sonar and divers and what have you. It would be unlikely they thoroughly searched all that forest, she could have been miles away.
Black bears don't typically attack humans, but they do scavenge. Possible she fell unconscious and was dragged well off trail and buried by a bear.
There are also wolves and cougars there, which do prey on humans.
I think she and two of her friends were only 20 and Edward was 19. I believe they all lived with their parents and none of them even owned their own cars. Very sheltered.
That was kind of my first tip-off was that they had to borrow a parent's car and then ran it out of gas. That doesn't instill confidence that these are well adjusted independent adults.
The OPP says the entire area was extensively searched but who knows? It's not like any of us were there and who's to say if there are old wells or mine shafts in the area.
Even just a ravine would be enough, and you can completely hide even a pickup truck under as little as six and a half feet of water so a body is much easier. My guess is that she either lost the trail either on the way back to the fork or after taking a wrong turn at the fork, and then followed false trails through the woods until she either stepped into a hole big enough to jack up one of her ankles or just plain became exhausted and dehydrated. It may not have been terribly hot that day but that region gets wicked humid and you aren't getting a breeze through thick scrub like that. In those conditions even the 75F makes you feel like you're going to melt and breathing is difficult even if you are in shape.
There are also deer, which makes trails large enough for a human, even a full grown man of over six feet, to follow with relative ease. If she were turned around by one of those then the searchers, if they even were in the correct area, may have dismissed it as a deer trail rather than follow it because sure they would know better but she may not have.
Of course this is all pure speculation on my part but Occam's Razor tends to be a reliable tool in these sorts of situations. Which is also probably the reason why they focused the lion's share of the search efforts on the falls and river.
From what I understood in the article they were focusing on the falls, with the theory being that she fell into the water. Hence the sonar and divers and what have you. It would be unlikely they thoroughly searched all that forest, she could have been miles away.
Black bears don't typically attack humans, but they do scavenge. Possible she fell unconscious and was dragged well off trail and buried by a bear.
There are also wolves and cougars there, which do prey on humans.
There was another article that mentioned the search of a 58 km trail outside of the park as well as cleared areas like hydroelectric lines, but I don't know how much bush bashing they did. If she was lost yet had false confidence that pushing through some portion of dense bush would lead her back to the park, she might have done it.
I've also seen that, but when she got lost during a day hike previously, she stayed put and waited for rescue, but maybe that was embarrassing and she didn't want to let it happen again.
I've also seen that, but when she got lost during a day hike previously, she stayed put and waited for rescue, but maybe that was embarrassing and she didn't want to let it happen again.
Possible. I honestly don't know man. It's also possible she just got lost slightly off trail and had already passed out from exhaustion or perhaps even pain by the time the rescue team came near her and the thick scrub just kept her from being seen. I've come within six feet of deer who were bedded down in scrub like that and only saw or heard them as they bolted. The only reason I knew how close I was to them was due to finding their beds after they'd jumped out of them. Obviously deer are a bit more camouflaged than a human but it's still easy to lose sight of people in the brush.
literally all of this reads like it's the script of some Scary Movie ripoff called Camping Horror Movie and all the characters are cosmically retarded and just following every trope possible to allow themselves to be slaughtered in the woods
additionally i think the most humiliating part of all of this is:
Possible. I honestly don't know man. It's also possible she just got lost slightly off trail and had already passed out from exhaustion or perhaps even pain by the time the rescue team came near her and the thick scrub just kept her from being seen. I've come within six feet of deer who were bedded down in scrub like that and only saw or heard them as they bolted. The only reason I knew how close I was to them was due to finding their beds after they'd jumped out of them. Obviously deer are a bit more camouflaged than a human but it's still easy to lose sight of people in the brush.
A retired OPP search and rescue coordinator speculated that she had defied all expectations and wondered far outside of the probable search area. He does a lot of research on the statistical probabilities of where missing people are likely to be found, and seems to suggest that expecting her to behave like a lost hiker mislead the investigation as she was so ill-prepared to be lost in the woods that her behaviour couldn't be predicted. He also says that she could have been abducted. There's no precedence for either in that park, so she seems to be an outlier regardless.
I've also seen that, but when she got lost during a day hike previously, she stayed put and waited for rescue, but maybe that was embarrassing and she didn't want to let it happen again.
The time of day and what they were doing plays a role here too. They went running in the morning, so I'm assuming they had a tiny or more likely no breakfast. Limited water, as they would be back soon.
So tired, on an empty stomach, little or no water and lost in the woods.
Could be EVEN stupider too, there is an infamous story of a hiker who left the trail to go pee, going so far as to not see the trail because she was worried someone would see her. She got so turned around she never found the trail again and died in the woods.
Could be EVEN stupider too, there is an infamous story of a hiker who left the trail to go pee, going so far as to not see the trail because she was worried someone would see her. She got so turned around she never found the trail again and died in the woods.
That was Geraldine Largay. She went way off trail, a couple hundred feet, to pee and got lost in the thick woods of middle of nowhere Maine. If you've never been in a real forest, not a park, it's hard to understand how easy it is to get lost. Or it was interdimensional Bigfoot.
And you didn't adjust for Canadian inflation.
50,000 Canadian in 2007 is now 74,203.68. 74,203.68 Canadian in real money is $52,711.18. But most likely they're still only offering 50K in maple syrup-backed Canadian dollars.
I don’t remember the exact verbiage, or the exact situation; I think it was a troop of scouts who went on a canyoneering trip in Zion in the early 90s, didn’t take heed of the high water conditions, passed the “cannot turn back” point, and then were in a rapid water flow canyon unprepared. If I recall a couple of the scout leaders ended up drowning.
But, the quote that’s stuck with me is something like “survival hinges on recognizing when your fun trip has turned into a survival situation soon enough to act accordingly, before survival becomes impossible”
Who knows what happened to the poor girl, but absent malign intervention, completely preventable. It’s morbid, but worthwhile, to read accident/rescue accounts and try and identify when that survival tipping point occurred.
It’s probably been mentioned, but if anyone is interested the guy who found the “Death Valley Germans” has, or had, a website outlining how he found them, it’s a really good read:
