The Appalachian Trail's Zone of Death (unsolved disappearances)

The Appalachian Trail runs directly through the Bennington Triangle. It's quite bizarre. The story of Paula Jean Welden, and the Bennington Triangle.
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  • @dennismitchell5414
    @dennismitchell5414 Жыл бұрын

    I've heard of these disappearances before and they're all strange but the guy who dissapeared off the bus is the strangest .

  • @polymathperspective
    @polymathperspective Жыл бұрын

    The fact she asked for directions and how long the trail was, means she was unprepared to be there and through this she vanished assuredly.

  • @matthewmosier8439

    @matthewmosier8439

    Жыл бұрын

    I disagree. Being unprepared is why a person would have less chance of surviving. BUT, not why they would vanish. Her being inexperienced and underprepared would logically make her less likely to have made it far before an accident or the cold got to her. A trace of her never being found is what is mysterious.

  • @virginiaviola5097

    @virginiaviola5097

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe she did turn around, hike back to the road and hitched a lift with the wrong person.

  • @lydiapetra1211

    @lydiapetra1211

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@virginiaviola5097exactly...

  • @yelitzagalan5670
    @yelitzagalan5670 Жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one who thought the disappearances could be a serial killer? Especially since the disappearances were all close in proximity and time-wise. I'm enjoying these trail crime stories!

  • @Mr.HerksHouse

    @Mr.HerksHouse

    Жыл бұрын

    No evidence linking them

  • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252

    @chemistryofquestionablequa6252

    Жыл бұрын

    Could be one killer using different methods and victim types (super predator), or a group of people living in the woods who did them.

  • @Honest-abe76

    @Honest-abe76

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 I really believe there's several serial killers out in the woods .. some on the at one in Pacific. One up in bc Canada.. google highway of tears... Animal got them?? There would be clothing n equipment left behind... Deffinnatly a 2 legged critter

  • @DrewJ79

    @DrewJ79

    Жыл бұрын

    That's what I was thinking.

  • @forensic_bones185

    @forensic_bones185

    Жыл бұрын

    Serial killer cases are really rare, there may be one every decade or so, the 80's/90's for varying reasons were hot decades for serial crimes. BUT it's already been said by specialists in the US that there are always an estimated 25-50 serial killers active in any given year. Now this does make serial killers really rare still, but that could also be a product of victims not being connected or something similar. Hikers disappearing in some of the most remote parts of the country isn't so so suspicious to murder unless it's proven otherwise and that can be difficult if they're never found.

  • @natehikes
    @natehikes Жыл бұрын

    My first ever backpacking trip was to Glastenbury. I stayed at Goddard. Crossed Hell Hollow Brook and felt creeped out (I believe this is where the spent shell casing was found). It was the middle of summer but creepy quiet. Didn’t see a soul the entire time. I was struck with awful knee pain on the second day. I could barely hike out. It was sort of scary. I always chalked that trip up to being a beginner until I found out about the Bennington Triangle. I don’t believe in that kind of thing, but I won’t go solo there. Nooooope

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't blame you!

  • @IDGAF56852

    @IDGAF56852

    Жыл бұрын

    You were lucky you got out safely.

  • @SearchingNewAdventures

    @SearchingNewAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, if you ever want to be escorted in, just know who to call me!

  • @tchaikca

    @tchaikca

    10 ай бұрын

    This year on my hike of the LT I slipped at hell hollow brook and smacked my head on a rock. Had to get off trail for stitches. (Hadn’t watched this before I went!)

  • @natehikes

    @natehikes

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tchaikca so sorry to hear that. I did the LT in 2021 and made it a point to cruise right past that spot and the Goddard shelter. I hope you’re able to get back on trail 💚

  • @bmfsnc8466
    @bmfsnc8466 Жыл бұрын

    You know, something tells me Kyle actually likes hiking 🤔

  • @nanskiboutski243

    @nanskiboutski243

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣

  • @marianparoo1544

    @marianparoo1544

    3 ай бұрын

    Ya think?!

  • @bmfsnc8466

    @bmfsnc8466

    3 ай бұрын

    @@marianparoo1544 could be

  • @MyJourneyOM

    @MyJourneyOM

    3 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @woowoochuggachugga
    @woowoochuggachugga Жыл бұрын

    The Bennington Triangle was delineated and named by author Joseph Citro, who wrote a series of books about strange mysteries. One of them was called Strange New England. Nice man, I met him when I was the cashier at The Wayside Restaurant.

  • @sci-fi.tsunami
    @sci-fi.tsunami11 ай бұрын

    I love how nobody in the search parties ever go missing. Over 400 people spread out over the entire area & nothing ever happens to them.

  • @The_Real_Jammy

    @The_Real_Jammy

    11 ай бұрын

    they have walkie talkie communication and are usually in pairs at least I imagine

  • @rachelquinn3923

    @rachelquinn3923

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@The_Real_JammyAlways

  • @o.mcneely4424
    @o.mcneely4424 Жыл бұрын

    I’m also a native Vermonter from the same area as these events and let me tell you, it’s left a mark. Shirley Jackson wrote a novel based on the Welden disappearance, and the state police were founded as a direct result of those events. I don’t know what to make of it, but a lot of people I know around here do think it might have been some kind of serial killer, because of the fairly short timespan and the proximity of the events.

  • @marvinbone1379

    @marvinbone1379

    6 ай бұрын

    mcneely...after reading your comment...i just ordered the book. Thank you for letting me know about this. Read Jackson's bio YEARS ago and loved the story of her life. Have read several of her books, but wasn't familiar with The Hangsaman.

  • @samsprague2846
    @samsprague2846 Жыл бұрын

    Some viewers may be from flat states. Vermont may be different than your perception. It is difficult to describe how challenging the terrain and weather can be. Even the main roads are mostly twisting hilly mountain roads that have very steep (icy?) inclines and sharp curves. It is like that area north of Little Rock, with all the hairpin turns but add cruel winters with pop up ice storms and nasty squalls. Most of the state seems frozen in time many decades ago from an infrastructure perspective. Wooden covered bridges, main routes are reduced to one lane going under a bridge. It is difficult to find anything open on Sunday and you may drive for hours without finding any kind of food at all, depending on your route.

  • @humbaba2762
    @humbaba2762 Жыл бұрын

    I tracked her route on a Google map. It's a basically rural region surrounded by dense forests and mountains. Even today, it's pretty easy to lose your way. She probably went off the road, entered a forest, and vanished.

  • @mattk8810

    @mattk8810

    8 ай бұрын

    Bear

  • @sicooper4230

    @sicooper4230

    5 ай бұрын

    @@mattk8810 possibly or hypothermia.

  • @jonhamilton5789

    @jonhamilton5789

    5 ай бұрын

    @@mattk8810 They’re usually in hibernation by December, possibly the warm weather kept them active that year.

  • @brianmo180
    @brianmo180 Жыл бұрын

    Me and my friends got a hitch from the Walmart there back to the trailhead, and our ride sent us off with an entire rotisserie chicken and a sandwich bag full of weed. You bet we sat at that trailhead smashing that chicken getting high AF. Quite the evening. Ended up camping at said trailhead cuz we were too full and high to hike. That was our Bennington Triangle experience. Lol

  • @samsprague2846

    @samsprague2846

    Жыл бұрын

    Well done.

  • @cleitzel.23

    @cleitzel.23

    Жыл бұрын

    Lucky man!! 😂

  • @loridavis5699

    @loridavis5699

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats my kind of hiking trip.

  • @bronsontolliver9027

    @bronsontolliver9027

    Жыл бұрын

    Bennington High Angle

  • @samsprague2846

    @samsprague2846

    Жыл бұрын

    That should be a commercial for VT tourism. "(^_^)"

  • @lspthrattan
    @lspthrattan Жыл бұрын

    I recently saw a post where someone had overlaid a map of mysterious disappearances on top of a map of cave systems throughout the lower 48 states. The two were pretty damn close to a match. Coincidence? hmmm

  • @3chordwonder857

    @3chordwonder857

    Жыл бұрын

    Great point! Mammoth cave in Kentucky connects all the way up to the south of lake Michigan. The gas companies used to pump and store natural gas in these huge limestone domed caverns in the Midwest until the EPA shut them down. Anyway, lots of spelunking tunnels & holes all over the AT system. Lots of cougars too. They drag their dead back to their underground/cave dens. No evidence to be found.

  • @tinsoldier5621

    @tinsoldier5621

    Жыл бұрын

    Could you post the link please?

  • @lspthrattan

    @lspthrattan

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tinsoldier5621 can't find the darn thing but both maps must be online somewhere...if I find it I'll be back...

  • @freeheel748

    @freeheel748

    Жыл бұрын

    No coincidence. It's bigfoot. He's pissed.

  • @jennywarren

    @jennywarren

    Жыл бұрын

    Sinkholes would check out

  • @hdwarrior8830
    @hdwarrior8830 Жыл бұрын

    It was my dream to hike the Appalachian trail but a brain wasting disease put that dream to an end. I grew up in GA and moved to ME with my husband and have hiked parts of the trail in several states, but of course never had the opportunity to do the whole trail. It never ceases to amaze me how people will hike in with "day hiker" mentality and get in serious trouble and folk who hike alone also strike me as not too bright. Anything can happen. Here in Maine I was stalked by some creep until he realized I was not going to be alone at any point in time. Hubby let the man see he was armed and I wasn't going ANYWHERE alone, not even the bathroom. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I'm still alive, so I think it was to my benefit to be that cautious.

  • @5ve1e79

    @5ve1e79

    11 ай бұрын

    I go hiking alone all the time doesn’t mean I’m stupid. Just means I don’t know anyone. I prefer to be alone anyways.

  • @ParksLover

    @ParksLover

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@5ve1e79Yeah, I do pretty much all my hiking with my parents because I'm not married and I don't make friends easily. Once my parents are gone, I'll probably either have to hike alone or just stay home the rest of my life, the latter of which is insanely depressing to think about.

  • @lydiapetra1211

    @lydiapetra1211

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@ParksLovercan you find hiking buddies?

  • @MichaelDeNicola
    @MichaelDeNicola Жыл бұрын

    I've listened to SO MANY videos about that triangle but this is the very first time anyone's mentioned the Appalachian trail cutting through. Great video

  • @alyishiking
    @alyishiking Жыл бұрын

    Cool, I'm glad I watched this AFTER my thru hike. I hiked through the triangle on a beautiful day and had a lovely time on Glastonbury Mt and I'm very glad I experienced nothing creepy. There was even a big ole doggo up there to greet me! When I first clicked on this video, I actually thought you were going to be talking about a stretch of trail in Virginia where there have been multiple murders (specifically the Wapiti Shelter area, and the Atkins area)

  • @richmondvand147

    @richmondvand147

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish to hear about the doggo lol

  • @beeperbugs6535

    @beeperbugs6535

    Жыл бұрын

    ...was it ... a black dog??

  • @connorregannd
    @connorregannd11 ай бұрын

    I completely believe in the Bennington Triangle. My grandfather, George Joseph Regan, was a lawyer in New York City who built a vacation home in Pownal, VT, and was there with his family when Paula Jean Weldon went missing. He joined one of the first search parties to search for her. He told my father when he was older that there was a triangle in Vermont where weird things happened and how he’d never forgotten how shocked he was they never found a trace of Paula Jean.

  • @davidlinehat4657
    @davidlinehat46577 күн бұрын

    My friend, who has lived in the area for about 20 years now, thinks the disappearances have to do with abandoned underground wells. There used to be mining (?) towns up on Glastonberry and there are abandoned wells up there. Love your videos!

  • @jimo2665
    @jimo2665 Жыл бұрын

    It's been over 70 years, and in the 70 years since the last victim probably a hundred thousand have hiked the AT and Long Trail by thru, section and day hikers. I think it's safe to say the curse of the Bennington triangle is over.

  • @freeheel748

    @freeheel748

    Жыл бұрын

    Or is it?

  • @arlettasloan6453

    @arlettasloan6453

    Жыл бұрын

    And, there were a lot of people living around there and working in the woods before that, and locals hiking it, before that. Just because not everyone disappears doesn't mean someone else won't.

  • @mypostyart8989

    @mypostyart8989

    Жыл бұрын

    My socks disappeared there

  • @freeheel748

    @freeheel748

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mypostyart8989 You're a person of interest. They will be found and justice will be served.

  • @freeheel748

    @freeheel748

    Жыл бұрын

    It's now a trapezoid. Don't be obtuse.

  • @Mark_Jacobson81
    @Mark_Jacobson81 Жыл бұрын

    Dude, you're about to smash through 50k subs soon, well done. I don't think it's from heckling viewers to subscribe, I think it's videos like this. Really enjoy your content, stuff like this is super interesting and it's not just hikers who enjoy hearing it no doubt.

  • @brettrobinson2901

    @brettrobinson2901

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope...I'm a subscribed heckler......KYYYYYYLLE...KYYYYYYYLLE!.....KYYYYYYYYYLLE!!!

  • @beckylynn209

    @beckylynn209

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out Donovan Dread and Lilith Dread's channels, plus Mr Ballens u-tube channels.. Excellent stories!! 🤗

  • @kmm21201

    @kmm21201

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct. I'm no hiker!

  • @Tula_Bear
    @Tula_Bear Жыл бұрын

    This comment is 100% meant to be constructive. I recently came across your channel and I find the stories fascinating, and you come across very genuine and likable. I do find the music to be really distracting, and I can’t focus on listening to the actual story. Maybe it’s just me, and that’s totally fine!

  • @prairiedawn7753
    @prairiedawn7753 Жыл бұрын

    I am also a Vermonter 🎉 I lived in Bennington for a period but was raised in Chittenden county. I listen to missing person cases often but you did a great deeper dig, more info than I have ever heard of.

  • @normarinker3909
    @normarinker3909 Жыл бұрын

    You're crushing it with these cold cases. Great job! Was glad to see you represent LMNT on another video. LMNT is huge in the keto world. Share some with a salty friend lol they are really good the other video disappeared as I was about to comment. KZread has been weird for me lately. Anyway, great stories!

  • @bmfsnc8466
    @bmfsnc8466 Жыл бұрын

    Started following recently. Love the spooky trail stories, even if I've heard some of them before. Keep em coming!

  • @amypondhikes
    @amypondhikes Жыл бұрын

    You tell the stories well. It's a good fill for your content. Looking forward to future hikes from you! Was good to see you in Miranda's live stream chat yesterday!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Amy!! My next episode of Trail Tales (my podcast) is going to feature her as a guest!

  • @amypondhikes

    @amypondhikes

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KyleHatesHiking That is awesome! Looking forward to it!

  • @godiskungen27

    @godiskungen27

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree❤❤❤

  • @MsGhostofficial

    @MsGhostofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    💛

  • @c.b.mottor
    @c.b.mottor Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making this video. I hike this area often (I'm out of North Adams) and knew nothing about this. I found your channel yesterday and I've been binge-watching your mystery videos. Next, I'm moving on to your hikes to compare notes and experiences. Great channel.

  • @Ed-xq7lj
    @Ed-xq7lj Жыл бұрын

    One of your best Kyle I’m planning a 2024 thru and these stories fascinate me - looking forward to trekking the triangle! Keep ‘em coming this genre of trail lore will get you more followers

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching Ed! Good luck out there!

  • @beckylynn209

    @beckylynn209

    Жыл бұрын

    Channels to check out: Mr Ballens u-tube channel, Donovan Dread's and Lilith Dread and Dark Waters.. Amazing stories!! 🤗

  • @Honest-abe76

    @Honest-abe76

    Жыл бұрын

    Pack a firearm 😁😁🇺🇸

  • @MsGhostofficial

    @MsGhostofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't do it!!! 😱JK but don't

  • @Flame44

    @Flame44

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy Trails!!! Are you documenting your adventures here on you tube?

  • @PeaceLoveAndMagic22
    @PeaceLoveAndMagic22 Жыл бұрын

    You find stories I've never heard before and even if I have heard the story you seem to have details I've never heard and its always interesting. Thanks for the great content.

  • @BrittleBones100
    @BrittleBones100 Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoying your story telling in these videos.

  • @VenturingValerie
    @VenturingValerie Жыл бұрын

    You are so close to 50k! Super excited for you Kyle, great job!😁

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't of done it without all the awesome people who watch, so thank you Valerie!

  • @captainflux4967
    @captainflux4967 Жыл бұрын

    Gonna start volunteering to help search in these events, in my local community. Honestly crazy how these things happen so fast

  • @thomasdidymus1393
    @thomasdidymus1393 Жыл бұрын

    Kyle you should continue making these types of videos. Yes, they will be dark and ultimately sad videos, but its very important that people understand the risk involved w/hiking. This is an extremely important subject you're covering and w/your expert opinion describing what could have been/what you would have done differently you may ultimately be saving lives. Keep up the great work!! 👏🏼

  • @SearchingNewAdventures

    @SearchingNewAdventures

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @Reyvil777
    @Reyvil777 Жыл бұрын

    Found your channel while just skipping videos looking for interesting stuff and glad i found yours, great stories.!!

  • @richmondvand147
    @richmondvand147 Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you take the sane route to these instances, they don't need to be fantastical (read paranormal) to be fascinating or tragic and honestly its far more respectful.

  • @herstoryanimated

    @herstoryanimated

    4 ай бұрын

    Exactly this. Four of those people got lost in the woods, the only somewhat odd case is the chap who got off the bus one stop early (so should have been found at some point really, as he was in/near civilisation)

  • @NJGardengirl1961
    @NJGardengirl1961 Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoying these stories amongst your gear videos and shenanigans. Good luck, nearing 50K!!!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @teelamorissette5615
    @teelamorissette5615 Жыл бұрын

    This channel just popped up yesterday, with the story of "Otter". Must be a suggestion based on my love for Mr Ballen and hiking. Liking the channel so far, and may end up watching/listening to all. Just not while hiking, lol. I'm enjoying the stories about people, and the way Kyle relays them.

  • @JoshBearheart
    @JoshBearheart Жыл бұрын

    3 points on a map form a triangle??? That's crazy! 🤣 JK but I had to poke a little fun here. You can more likely than not do the same thing with other disappearances in popular hiking and camping locations, I'm really not sure why this one gets singled out so much, but here we are. Great video, love your channel

  • @mikaross4671
    @mikaross4671 Жыл бұрын

    Very sad stories of the people who disappeared. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of these cases.

  • @flowergirl52
    @flowergirl52 Жыл бұрын

    Great research and delivery, enjoying your videos!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @ManivanAdventures
    @ManivanAdventures Жыл бұрын

    Killin’ it with these storytelling vids, my dude! 🤙🏼

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! Glad most folks have been enjoying them

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    @kevinrice7635

    Жыл бұрын

    Dudesville station homie...Kool jerking all the way....

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    @volkanbekdas9 ай бұрын

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  • @ThatFrigonHiker
    @ThatFrigonHiker Жыл бұрын

    Love that you did a video on this!! I've been fascinated by the Bennington Triangle for a while, especially since I had the realization that the AT goes right through the heart of it. There's definitely something weird about that area... besides all those unexplained disappearances, if I remember correctly, wasn't it on Glastenbury Mountain that you saw that weird shofar guy and had that too-close-for-comfort moose encounter right at the summit? There's no telling the kind of weird stuff that could happen out there... 😁

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    That was on Stratton mountain, but very close by!

  • @billlabrie-so6ek
    @billlabrie-so6ek11 ай бұрын

    Your doing a great job .. Ty and keep them coming

  • @elbaestridge6503
    @elbaestridge65033 ай бұрын

    Hi Kyle. Thank you for sharing this story. All your stories are learning lessons for me, and I really appreciate.

  • @BlakeJames42
    @BlakeJames42 Жыл бұрын

    Wow your channel has really grown over a couple months

  • @jimhenderson387
    @jimhenderson387 Жыл бұрын

    Another very interesting tale! You're really good at this story telling stuff.

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks so much Jim!

  • @anonyvatedalexander5902
    @anonyvatedalexander5902 Жыл бұрын

    Love your content. Just liked and subscribed! I’d LOVE to support you. Thank you for your hard work preparing for these mini-docs and providing entertainment for us all! ❤

  • @mazokuchan
    @mazokuchan Жыл бұрын

    This is your second video I'm watching and I chose to hit the subscribe button because I like true crime, mysteries and hiking! Looking forward to see the other vids (mysteries and hiking tips) :)

  • @MsGhostofficial
    @MsGhostofficial Жыл бұрын

    GREAT CHANNEL! Just discovered it!! Congrats on 50K subs!!! 💛👻

  • @easypeezie4494
    @easypeezie4494 Жыл бұрын

    I’m digging these investigative videos. Good stuff Kyle👊🏼

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @jcbaily5559
    @jcbaily55597 ай бұрын

    I have been enjoying your channel and especially when you use maps to show the area you are talking about....thanks!

  • @ms.steps_6664
    @ms.steps_6664 Жыл бұрын

    Loving all the true crime stories! Great job

  • @david_W5QDF
    @david_W5QDF Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the info and updates 🥾🥾🥾

  • @tadharsh678
    @tadharsh678 Жыл бұрын

    Still catching up on all your vids! Interesting stories!

  • @christinebrandecker9254
    @christinebrandecker9254 Жыл бұрын

    Kyle you are an awesome story teller! This was so interesting I love it!💛

  • @mattbenza
    @mattbenza Жыл бұрын

    Dude, killing it with these stories.

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks Matt!

  • @333ivan333
    @333ivan333 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent and fascinating vid. This case has always fascinated me. I'd hike either trail to be honest, too much joy comes from hiking to be scared off. But something IMO was up. Too many coincidences over a short period of time (relatively)

  • @KennyPowersHikes
    @KennyPowersHikes Жыл бұрын

    I think this is the best one yet. I haven’t heard of this one. Nice work Kyle.

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @freeheel748
    @freeheel748 Жыл бұрын

    Mr. Ballenhateshiking lol.

  • @ukeleleiguana

    @ukeleleiguana

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 I love Mr ballen

  • @Snap-Time

    @Snap-Time

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s trendy and he’s gotta do what he can to stay relevant.

  • @JadeAkelaONeal

    @JadeAkelaONeal

    Жыл бұрын

    Omfg right?! MrBallen actually led me to this channel in a roundabout way. Got me interested in hiking because I wanna be taken by the cryptids. 😂😂😂

  • @wandering_butnotlost

    @wandering_butnotlost

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @carliecole2563

    @carliecole2563

    Жыл бұрын

    Pshaw ... Everyone knows if it WAS gonna be anything like that it'd clearly be: "MrBallenHatesCaveDiving" ...& Perhaps?#MrBallenAlsoHasAnObviousInfatuationWithTheMissing411Phenomenon&DavidPaulidesBooks&Research 🥺🥀⚠️🪨🪵🌳🌲🏞️⛰️🏔️ 🖕🏻🆘🌋🌪️⚡⛈️...💥. ..☠️🪦⚰️

  • @LPrimeaux2
    @LPrimeaux2 Жыл бұрын

    Killing it with these stories!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Larry! Always appreciate you watching!

  • @Archer21344
    @Archer21344 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, new stuff is really interesting. Good job. Thanks

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you're diggin' it Ryan

  • @joshwood3
    @joshwood3 Жыл бұрын

    Loving these videos

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Josh!

  • @TheOutdoorsMan-vd3lx
    @TheOutdoorsMan-vd3lx Жыл бұрын

    Born and raised in the town over from glostenbury, I have hunted it since I was born, seen alot of creepy things up there and the story's my grandfather had told me it's just crazy and trust me Bigfoot might be a factor to. Also loved this video thank you for explaining it so well!

  • @GrislyAtoms12

    @GrislyAtoms12

    Жыл бұрын

    After that teaser and you don't tell even one story? Let down.

  • @aubreyiris1479

    @aubreyiris1479

    6 ай бұрын

    I've had encounters with bigfoot. Two very close up intense ones. I believe you. What have you seen?

  • @sicooper4230

    @sicooper4230

    5 ай бұрын

    @@aubreyiris1479 🤣

  • @amairican
    @amairican7 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Awesome story-telling…

  • @mobilewintercamp7515
    @mobilewintercamp7515 Жыл бұрын

    Vermont has seriously crazy weather swings. In 24 -48 hours you can practically get it all.I believe one of these disappearances sparked the formation of the Vermont State Police. That’s why it was National guard, volunteers and such doing the searches, the Troopers didn’t exist yet

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @jazziered142

    @jazziered142

    Жыл бұрын

    When I was there last September, for my two week vacation, all it did was rain. I still love Vermont. ♥️♥️♥️

  • @benjamintryon813
    @benjamintryon813 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. You should definitely do a video on the lady that was thru hiking the Appalachian trail with the help of her husband. She went missing in Maine I believe, and was found dead less than a mile off trail with her tent set up. It's just such an odd story. It still doesn't make sense.

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    I did a video on this story a month or so ago!

  • @benjamintryon813

    @benjamintryon813

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KyleHatesHiking just watched it. Thank you! Great content. I hiked the AT and PCT as well, so it's cool to see a fellow thru hiker make content on and about thru hiking in a unique way. Keep up the good work!

  • @Latabrine

    @Latabrine

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@KyleHatesHiking Was this the lady nicknamed inchworm?

  • @trailname_ziplock
    @trailname_ziplock Жыл бұрын

    That glimpse of Flossy at 3:45 😍 I miss him on this channel... But for real, these videos are great and so interesting!

  • @jessetellez134
    @jessetellez134 Жыл бұрын

    Great job on this video!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @chriscon8463
    @chriscon8463 Жыл бұрын

    That’s a lot of research! Nice job!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Chris!

  • @1990Co
    @1990Co Жыл бұрын

    Killin it dude this channel rips

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! And thanks for your support on the livestream the other night

  • @1990Co

    @1990Co

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KyleHatesHiking I’ll have an eye out for the next one dude keep ‘em comin

  • @BearTrekAdventures
    @BearTrekAdventures Жыл бұрын

    Smashing job! I heard about the triangle from a friend who used to be a GMC and AMC caretaker and trail maintainer. I wanted to camp on top of Glastonberry on my thru hike last year for this reason 😂 - mileage didn’t work out…next time definitely will.

  • @beckylynn209

    @beckylynn209

    Жыл бұрын

    Every time I hear of Glastonbury mountain, I think for sure it's in the UK somewhere.. 😶

  • @mg7096
    @mg7096 Жыл бұрын

    I love the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story form.

  • @notquiteultralight1701
    @notquiteultralight1701 Жыл бұрын

    Kyle, the last time i was up there with a buddy of mine we dry camped both nights off trail. There’s several little campsites all up and down that stretch from rte 9 to the top. You probably already know that. First night we camped at some point where we could see wind turbines and then second night a different spot. Great time! Went up the tower, checked out the view, etc.. Last day, we’re like a mile away from the trailhead and I twisted my ankle something so fierce that my ankle still isnt right. That was September 2020. Creepy place for sure. Thanks so much Kyle for this genre! NQU

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Creepy!! Thanks for watching!

  • @bobbiingram4258
    @bobbiingram4258 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Bobbi! Thank you so much!

  • @dennissmith1435
    @dennissmith14357 ай бұрын

    From a fellow Vermonter, though not a native. Love your content and ytour narrative style. Really enjoying your channel.

  • @XaraFiasco
    @XaraFiasco Жыл бұрын

    Can you please put the temperatures in celsius if possible too on the screen? I love your channel immensely. Tysm for all you do.

  • @yup_pea
    @yup_pea Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video 👍 creepy stuff 😳

  • @JudyCarolA
    @JudyCarolA Жыл бұрын

    Great videos!

  • @michellete8545
    @michellete8545 Жыл бұрын

    The story of Weldon doesn’t add up. A young woman native to Vermont decided to go hiking with no supplies, wearing clothes not adequate for the storm (which granted she seems to not have known about at the time she took off but once she was at the forest she most certainly did) and decides to just go into the woods anyways alone when it was already getting dark? And by then knowing it was already getting cold??? Really?

  • @beeperbugs6535

    @beeperbugs6535

    Жыл бұрын

    And that guy, that , allegedly, was the last to talk to her...

  • @billyshears921
    @billyshears921 Жыл бұрын

    Kyle, that was a great video. You should do one on the 8-year old who went missing at Spence Field on the AT in 1969. The book, "Lost" is about creepy disappearances in the Smokies. Thanks!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    I've never heard of it, I'll have to check it out! Thanks Billy

  • @chriswhittington294

    @chriswhittington294

    Жыл бұрын

    Dennis Martin

  • @MrJol420
    @MrJol420 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting. I grew up in the Hudson valley and honestly past Putnam Valley all the way to around there on either side of the Hudson river. It gets super sketchy. It reminds me of Idaho and Nebraska. It's just very isolated but the thick forrest .. some of those towns are super spooky. You gotta have your wits about you and a weapon around that AT. I spent my first 25 Years really hiking around the NY at I almost never went without some sort of hatchet, machete, gun, or at least hunting knife.

  • @dianevillemaire8286
    @dianevillemaire8286 Жыл бұрын

    Loved this video

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Diane!!

  • @beckylynn209
    @beckylynn209 Жыл бұрын

    New Sub.. Great content and you don't clown up the stories like some people do.. Good times. 🤗

  • @MsGhostofficial

    @MsGhostofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    !!!💛it!

  • @basedgod205
    @basedgod205 Жыл бұрын

    fun fact: any three points can be connected to create a triangle

  • @loucatozzi7656
    @loucatozzi765616 күн бұрын

    Interesting stories. I grew up in Rutland, Vt in the 60's and 70's and was a member of the Green Mountain Club and I have never heard any of these stories before. I do remember backpaacking thru the Glastenbury area and spending a cold night with my hiking partner and 8-10 others at the open-front shelter near the top of the mountain. It snowed that night and we were all huddled together and miserable.

  • @adamheckle2198
    @adamheckle2198 Жыл бұрын

    thats crazy!! I actually got lost in that same section in 2005. We couldn't understand why. We ended up having to go down the side of the mtn to the nearest rd.

  • @MsGhostofficial

    @MsGhostofficial

    Жыл бұрын

    Whhhhaaaattt???!!!

  • @joelspaulding5964
    @joelspaulding59646 ай бұрын

    Fabulous recounting. Familiar with the material. This is my home turf- Though I was native Upper Valley. 70's and 80's. Glad I was not aware of this when lost for a few hours, around Benson, turkey hunting ~ 12 yrs old. Not the same place- close enough, it would have been for a lost, imaginative 12 year old.

  • @wassupitsann
    @wassupitsann Жыл бұрын

    Forget the haters and keep doing this! Love me some crime stories (and hiking,too!)

  • @robertmagill5837
    @robertmagill5837 Жыл бұрын

    When are you going to compile all of these trail mysteries into a book of missing or lost hikers of New England? Your research is great!

  • @georgecaserta2360
    @georgecaserta2360 Жыл бұрын

    Was up in lake George two weeks ago. Ot went from dry to hail to snow ( required plowing) back to rain. How do you prepare for that

  • @JonathanHughes8372
    @JonathanHughes8372 Жыл бұрын

    Your channel is becoming a niche True Crime vlog, Kyle. 😄

  • @norushat4life
    @norushat4life Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE everything about the AT ( Except the hiking part )🤠☕️☀️

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @lonnieclemens8028
    @lonnieclemens80285 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this video.

  • @dangerpudge1922
    @dangerpudge1922 Жыл бұрын

    I think you might have hit your stride here; while I find your slightly salty (like your mom), sarcastic delivery pretty entertaining, I think this 'true trail crime' genre is something unusual and pretty nifty. There's a guy (Base Camp Chris) I catch occasionally who does sasquatch stories in a spooky way and you might borrow a bit of his staging and ambience for these. Thanks for the vid; pretty cool stuff.

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I'll have to check out Chris's channel

  • @beckylynn209

    @beckylynn209

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KyleHatesHiking Hey there! I think your work is excellent! I think story teller's who try to sound spooky are annoying.. You do just fine and don't need to change anything!! Here are my favorite channels.. Donovan Dread, his wife Lilith Dread and Mr Ballens all on u-tube.. They talk normally like you and don't clown the stories up.. 🤗

  • @beckylynn209

    @beckylynn209

    Жыл бұрын

    So I suppose you like the channel Chill's.. That channel is ridiculous! Anyway, you need to watch Donovan Dread, his wife Lilith Dread and you probably already know Mr Ballens u-tube channels.. They don't clown it up when they tell their stories and they have a lot of sub's.. I've heard Base Camp n I'm not a fan.. This dude is doing just fine.. Dark Waters is another channel that's kinda good. He has some good content anyway.. 🤔

  • @climb37775
    @climb377756 ай бұрын

    I've backpacked that area a number of times and don't believe in any mysterious triangle, but I noticed an abundance of predators as well as trails that aren't well marked in some areas. Other than that I never noticed anything mysterious.

  • @new_england_times553
    @new_england_times553 Жыл бұрын

    There's a lot of strange stories of people missing Lincoln, NH and west of that. I'm really surprised no one has looked into it.

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll check it out!

  • @cladyjovicaplv
    @cladyjovicaplv20 күн бұрын

    About the kid it could just be an accident: as a child time passed way too slow for me, and once my family left me on a carousel for less than a minute so they could pay for my tickets and it felt like an eternity so I got off the ride and walked away. Fortunately people saw me and brought me back to my family, but if the 8 year old was alone for an hour and wanted to go to the mountains, he might have gotten bored quite fast and decided to take a walk. Then it would have been easy for him to get lost, not following the tracks but rather feeling adventurous... so a recipe for a disaster. He could've been kidnapped, yes, but he could definitely also have simply wandered off, gotten lost and then either gotten attacked by an animal or simply walked further into the wilderness making it impossible for him to be found again... Either way his disappearance is heartbreaking and I hope that the family gets answers someday! 💔

  • @molmer2380
    @molmer2380 Жыл бұрын

    :50 into vid, atta boy Kyle. Calling out the slackers, the can't hackers and camp chair packers!! Doing gr8 on these, keep it up bud. When I think of some these disappearances.....on purpose????

  • @razzbazle1582
    @razzbazle1582 Жыл бұрын

    Not to be a wet blanket but take three of anything and connect them. It makes a triangle. To attribute meaning to it is ignorant or misleading.

  • @utubeu8129
    @utubeu8129 Жыл бұрын

    congratulations, you passed 100k subs!!

  • @KyleHatesHiking

    @KyleHatesHiking

    Жыл бұрын

    woohoo! Couldn't of done it without you

  • @pungo147
    @pungo147 Жыл бұрын

    Really good!