I called Alaska home for 12 years! I loved Alaska, but. Many, many people go missing up there. Often, without a trace. This is an excellent article! Thank you.
Your voice is very easy to listen to...I found your channel and now I'm up for hours...it's 3:00 am right now. Last night I finally went to sleep at 6:00 am...I will watch all your videos...hope your channel makes a million.
He looks like such a good and kind man... I pray he's found one day... Bless his heart... It shows that regardless of someone's experience, the wilderness isn't discriminate on who it takes.
It's so vast up there and it is also a place where grizzly bears can be a problem, especially in spring before the salmon return. My thought is that he had a bear encounter or an accident that left him unable to care for himself. People disappear up here every year, often without a trace.
A severely sprained ankle can be a fatal scenario because you a reduced to very slow progress. A broken ankle or leg, that far out in the wilderness, alone, would almost assuredly be fatal. Without a high powered rifle, you are on the menu.
they are called accidents for a reason, i argue this with my boss, he says they are caused, i say they are an accident, hence the name. but he wont listen.
Our son lives in Fairbanks with their four kids. One January they came to visit us for a month. Our son worked in Prudoe Bay and had to go back to work so I invited my daughter in law to stay with us for awhile. She insisted on going back to AK, but when she got there she call and my husband heard her saying in the background, “I’m an idiot, I’m an idiot.” Because the temps were -60 degrees.
If you got to the wilds in Alaska you will see how absolutely easy it is to disappear here.. I feel for this guy . I researched his case years ago. I think he bit off more then he could handle..
Thanks for the video. I spent the summer with him, and a couple others, at a primitive camp the year before he went north. He was a pioneer seeking adventure.
Thank you for posting this. Like has been said many people go missing in Alaska every year and I never found. You mentioned the boundary waters in Minnesota, which is where I grew up. I spent many summers as a youngster in the boundary waters canoe area and enjoyed every experience I had there. But I could see how things can happen there too as it’s an extremely large park. My prayers and condolences to his family and friends. And I hope that one day he can be reunited with them.
Bryan, you really are working hard to bring us these cases. Good work bro! I sometimes think Alaska is the perfect place for those to *actually want* to disappear. Its vast size allows people to live well away from society.
Thank you! I appreciate your feedback🙏 i just hope some of these people can be brought home to their families, one way or another 🙏 thanks for watching and your feedback!
I lived up there for many years, temperatures can be brutal. Lowest I experienced was -65 Below, and I had to snow machine about 300 miles round trip , the wind chill was well over -100 below doing that. Lot of lost souls out there.
Sounds like Ft Greeley area! Was stationed at Ft Richardson back in the 70s but sent TDY to Ft Greeley for 2 months during the winter. Went down to -90, have a photo of. -70:) prefer 0 or warmer!
I don't know how anyone can stay warm in such extreme temps. I've been in the interior of British Columbia where the temps. only go down as far as 2c (-4F) and I can't even imagine being any colder but -90? That's scary cold!🌎
I was also thinking how late in the season he waited. I lived near Fairbanks for 3 years and by mid October it's freezing. Temperatures drop quick after August and Fall is very short. If he fell low on food and supplies, combined with the vastness of the terrain, I could see how even an experienced person could disappear.
Trying to find an apartment when your notification popped up. Thank God. Nice little break. I don't know why I'm obsessed with these missing person videos, but I am. The Brooks Range is brutal. Can't believe he went alone, regardless of how experienced he was. I say he either drowned or encountered a grizzly. Thanks, Bryan, for sharing another baffling disappearance. 🙏🙏🙏
I have a little obsession with missing persons cases as well. They are such compelling stories, but frightening and sad. However, I have a much greater awareness of the inherent dangers of the outdoors. Thank you Bryan!
@@bawattsyl It's been a while since I moved. Let me tell ya, it sucks. Unless you wanna pay like at least $13-1400 in my area. Gonna have to move across the state. Completely disgusted. But, thanks for commenting, Bryan!
@@Suzanne1999 trust me I understand, it's awful in northern VA.. our rents are a bad as NYC. An average 1 bedroom in a building that's is less than 10 years old starts at like 1600..a new building you're looking at 1800.. ive been in the same small little 600sg foot apt for years now because places here are so expensive! I wish you all the best finding something that's both nice and not too pricey 🙏🤗
A pack of Timberwolves is a far bigger threat then a grizzly....He would have know how to handle a griz. If he did get njuried a pack of wolves would be on him like white on rice and would stalk him until his eventual death.. I'll bet he put up a good fight and went out like a hero . We will never know but I hope that thought process brings them some comfort 🤎
You present these stories in a manner that is very easy to listen to. I really admire the respect you pay to all the people in the videos - whether they are the victims, their families or others involved.
The land up around the Brooks Range is so vast... All the more reason to make a detailed plan, tell many people, and stick to the plan. Of course, this day and age there are many types of emergency locators that can come close to pinpointing the location if you get into trouble. But most capable hikers never think they'll need such a thing.
My ears always perk up when I hear Wisconsin mentioned. We don't even have any mountains. It is sad that he has never been found but it just goes to show, experience doesn't make you invincible. And the size of that park is truly astonishing.
Godspeed Thomas. I hope your soul is at peace in the wilderness somewhere. Great info on this one man! It seems like even the most well trained people can succumb to the dangers of Alaska. Brutal and beautiful place.
You're fit your top of your games &lucky not breakings necks, or limbs arm's & leg's ! Then sows grizzly shoulda you run through dewmans ! Your not out running s ! There's others things exhausted tired you needs rest ! Where's! Your feets sores ,wet colds frostbite gangs Green.! Your dinner s !
A lost boot or a mild sweat can kill u in below 30 weather. I took a 2 hrs walk on the edge a small city and THAT was a life and death endeavor. No mystery here. DON'T HIKE OR TRAVEL IN THE WILDERNESS ALONE!!!
Thank you for covering so many of these less well known missing person's cases, most of which I have not heard of. I don't think they get the attention they deserve due to it being "bad press" for the national parks, which is sad.
Nature doesn't discriminate because of training and experience, I believe it can give individuals over confidence that impairs their judgement like children . Non-Native's like to learn our way's but fail to apply a few really critical elements, just because you want to doesn't mean you should, there are signs and ceremonies for everything you do that must be honored. If not you are not protected spiritually or physically from harm. I tell folks the first survival skill to learn is how to pray.
You got a point right...about knowing when and when not to venture out...but praying os as pointless as giving hard earned money to the church for their hundreds of ongoing legal defenses for pedo-priests...or settlements so their victims dont testify against them
So where does alcohol fit in there on that philosophy? When you live in the bush and have eyes in your head this "nobler than thou" speech rings pretty hollow.
If a person was so experienced you would think they would have left a detailed route map, notes on alternative routes, something to help if there was a problem.
This man has every skill needed for survival if anyone can survive it is him. If he is alive he is living off grid the way he wanted it. Loving thoughts to his family in Wisconsin.
Thomas made a terrible mistake: he went alone to hike those brutal mountains in very low temperatures. Grizzly, wolves territory. No roads, no trails, just millions of acres and an unforgiving environment. He could have suffered an injury that prevented him from walking, nobody to help him.....he could suffer a grizzly attack, he could have died from exposure, drowning in a river. Thomas relied too much on himself and this was his demise. You never ever go to hike alone, only by yourself, leave alone to hike in almost virgin, remote territory. He paid with his life for his huge mistake, it doesn't matter how good survivalist he was. Nature was more powerful than him, and had the last word. Rest in Peace, Thomas.....
Thank you so much!! It is so very wrong to state "experienced hiker, excellent training" when the most important factor is always ignored, common sense! I heard about his training and how intelligent he was, but it is ignored , he went on a hike alone. That is idiotic. Haven't these "trained people " ever hear of Illness? Injury? No one is immune from these nor are they to accidents.
I’m pretty smart & can have good common sense at times but when my mental illness is uncontrolled and I’m off my meds I’ve done out of character things and put myself in risky situations. Not always actively suicidal but didn’t really care about protecting myself. I wonder if some of these people have the same issues.
@@christinemeleg4535 it is idiotic to believe Thomas wasn't aware of the risk. He was aware, and did it anyway. People like Thomas change the world, people like you criticize them in the youtube comment section. Congrats, you'll live a longer life than Thomas, for nothing.
he is 100% grizzly shit now 1 more city-idiot fuck thinks they can "hike" in Alaska is now he's bear shit. In Alaska the real Alaska we dont hike we travel and not with a ,22cal. u can hike in california not alaska the trails are game trails not hiking trails somany dum lower48ers think ill hike in alaska derp and now there bear shit!!!!I find abandon tents every year from city-idiots. The same city-idiots ask why do i carry a large pistol derp as they are walking on a bear trail derpderp with there kids walking 300 meters ahead derp JUST STUPID LOWER48ERS another tourist resting in peices hi 5 he failed the test DONT TRAVEL ALASKA WITH .22CAL
The grizzlies act a little different up there. They are much smaller and more apt to view humans as their last chance to eat before starvation overtakes them. On the other hand their density per sq mile is 100 times lower than other parts of the state.
YASSSSSS! I've been HOPING and hoping you might some day cover this one but didn't want to bother you by asking over and over. The Thomas Siebold story fascinates me more than many others for some reason. Anyway, THANK YOU for EVERYTHING you do!!!!
Hello Bryan, I am not an outdoors person but have taken runs in parks and trails in Tennessee. I mean no disrespect in any way to anyone lost, the friends or loved ones. It seems that many first-time novice visitors to newly visited parks/trails over assume their ability and navigation skills, initiate poor judgment in the first time visit parks/trails, and even apply these two basic errors. Even experienced trail people make these errors with the similar outcome that even the most skilled swimmers are still vulnerable to drownings as we often have seen occurred. For example, the Toronto group where a woman and guy went on a run together for the first time visited to Canada's park decided to separate; taking two different routes back before returning to the camp. Horrible move ( stay together) in a strange park. Another involved a 70 years man lost and then found 17 days later in dire condition. This senior trail man admitted to not doing a zillion outdoor tasks that he knew should have been performed by him. His extreme confidence based on in-depth trail experience blinded him from doing some basic safety techniques clearly known. When a person goes into the woods filled with land hazards and dangerous predators too; a person is at a huge disadvantage should anything go wrong via land accident or predator-related activity. I find the stories interesting and yet very sad especially when the person is found dead or never found at all. I like the channel and appreciate the time and work to keep it going. I hope your work here makes everyone more cautious, trail equipped, and more ready to have an enjoyable day in the woods. The point is for everyone to go in the woods, enjoy nature, and return home to family/friends that one had before this woodland trip.
Another great description of events. It does seem strange that someone as skilled as Thomas would just disappear but bears are always a danger there. I worked up there one summer doing geologic mapping and saw several Grizzly's and a lot of spots in glacial moraine materials that were ripped up indicating a bear was foraging for ground squirrels.
I’m happy to see how much your channel has grown! ☺️❤️ You have a kindness to you (your narration and content choices), that is greatly lacking in our world. There’s a lot of folks who appreciate your work Bryan. I know I do! Thank you so much!❤️☮️
This story remind people to be humble to nature, no matter how much you respect and love wilderness , I mean Thomas was a passionate teacher after all ! Security must be always a priority , don’t hike alone please . Bryan , you are a really good storyteller , thank you for these outstanding quality videos . 👍🏼🙏🏻 … Dont understand why authorities didn’t ask Natives to help first thing , so young to vanish
I always had an interest in this case as my maiden name is Seibold and always wondered if we were somehow related. I think about this often and hope that one day it is resolved, for the family and for the mystery. Keep up the great work, love to listen to you describe these cases.
People NEVER get "used to -30s" weather like you said in the video. Nobody gets used to weather that cold I've lived in it for many years so I know. You have to deal with it because you have no choice, but never do you get used to it. Sorry but i had to correct you there when you said "the people get used to -30s weather up there" because nobody ever gets used to weather like that
@@bawattsyl So, how are we sure the woman didn't off him and hide his body? How do we know that he said "Good bye"? My bet is, they met up. He made unwanted advances and wouldn't take no for an answer when she rebuffed him. She then had to defend herself and disposed of his body so as to not get entangled with the law. That line of reasoning has no evidence to support it, but neither does the claim that he just stayed awhile and finally walked off into the sunset.
So, I’ve been to Alaska several times…even in the winter in -30 F temps, where I mushed dogs. It really is TRUE wilderness with many areas where it is so easy to get lost. I just solo hiked in Denali last month & there were times that I lost my bearings, but was able to figure out where to go. This is very sad.
Hi Bryan, thank you for all the efforts. Please also share more cases where the end has positive tone. This is little depressing one after another lost cases. Just my opinion. 🙏🏼
Thomas did not get hurt himself in the Boundary Waters. He was helping to rescue his injured friend. Otherwise this report is astonishingly accurate.I wonder how you received all of this information. Thank you
Thank you Brian for covering those cases. I live in Belgium and we have strange disappearances here. Do you want to investigate them? I can give you a few names and a little bit information about there dissapearence.
@@littleredwitch i gonna look for a interesting case that happend here in Belgium. We don't have huge woods here, but we have strange dissapearences nearby water. I send Brian some cases with a little bit information. Thank you for your comment.
Well if he went out in June, Mama bears are just coming out of hibernation in May so lots of protective Mamas! A grizzly is surprisingly stealth and can get you while you're sleeping in your tent and there's no way you'll win.
@@RubyJeans943 this was my first thought of what may have happened to him. A person can be the most skilled woodsman in the world but even that can’t save a person from a bear mauling /attack . This guy being so skilled made my 1st thought go straight to Bear or possibly mama bear. After the bear had its fill other animals would predate and scavenge any remains. I believe the clothing wears down to nothing after being in the wilderness for several years. The Severe Alaskan weather probably wears clothing down to nothing much quicker than most other places. A little boy went missing in another state and by the time they found the little bit of remains years later the only thing they found was a few worn bones and 1 shoe. I believe a tattered sweater was found early on but that was it. I believe it was over 20yrs before the bones and shoe were found.
@@RubyJeans943 Small animals would clean up the scene pretty good, Bears often feed off a kl, then drag it away, to bury and hide it for future meals (or to feed to their cubs). Then small animals chew up, and scatter the remaining meat and bones, and maggots get at what's left of the flesh.
6:25 there it is...👈 The search was hampered by bad weather. Surprise surprise surprise. Strikes again, gone without a trace. I really think... There's something crazy going on folks.
That happens, but when you follow these Bazaar cases, it's always the same. Bad weather hindering search efforts, Dogs can't find a scent, if they even find a body it's in an area they've already searched etc.
One thing I’ve learned from your. One is never hike alone and carry a locator beacon even with others on serious backcountry trips. Two is stay with your group.
Watching a missing hiker channel might have you overestimating the dangers. A locator beacon is not a requirement and is rarely used by experienced hikers, usually just first timers who use it once and never hike again or use it once, realize how useless and heavy it is then leave it home next time.
Sounds like he had the primitive survival skills necessary for long-term survival in the extreme cold (not a Cabela’s outfitted weekend glamper). Although Thomas was very capable accidents happen and my concern is that he once injured himself with an axe. My experience with other outdoor enthusiasts is that some people take unnecessary risks and or tend to be accident prone and one accident can be a game changer. Also when alone, gun or no gun you can be taken out by a large predator in a instant. I wish Thomas and his family well, I hope he just shows up someday.🙏
I was with him in MN on that canoe trip. Our friend Daniel inkured himself with the axe. Thomas and I walked and canoed out to bring back SAR. You can find the story in the Ely (MN) newspaper, year I think it was 2010 or 2011. The autumn before Fukushima happened.
Well if he was experienced, and was in trouble, he would be making a visible fire with heavy smoke every day. So either he came out, or he is living in the wild independently. Only other thing is death.
its brutal to survive that weather without shelter and heat i live in this type of cold no way in hell are u surviving long without fire at -30 -40-20 its brutal the cold sucks the life right out of you ,once u get hypothermic its over unless u get fire going immediately the bears in that area are usually den up by then but that's still and options
trucks don't start without block heaters battery trickle chargers constantly frost bite in minutes when u get a snowmobile you have to duct tape any exposed skin or it frost bit in seconds that dude still should of been found but its its vast wilderness and few searchers makes it impossible to spot in thick brush odds are he froze to death and bears and wolverine dismantled him into the brush making him hard to see
I think it might be worth mentioning that he is of German descent as it is a phenomena that many of the people that go missing in these national parks are German or of German descent I'm not sure what that means just wanted to mention observations
Missing 411 mentions a lot of strange disappearances in National Parks, where a sizeable minority of those missing are athletic men of German heritage. I'm not saying there's some sort of conspiracy, but I remember this specific fact when listening to David Paulides.
He may of wanted to live primal on instincts alone.Maybe just cut off ties for a year or two and will surface eventually..I hope that is the case.♥️😇He was so knowledgeable that he well could be surviving.
He was there right at denning time when bears are eating as much as possible. If he fell in a creek hypothermia would nail him. There are a lot of reasons he should not have been by himself.
Brian most people could be found if they carried GPS Trackers and notified someone before heading out, unfortunately these two actions are often overlooked
Nothing was mentioned of him having a gun, or even bear spray, so I'm assuming he didn't have those. Perhaps he was a bit over confident, even arrogant, in how he's been so successful with survival that this was just another travel and he'd be back. Like many keep saying a grizzly bear, they are so fast and strong he'd be come upon like moving train. My sister and 18yo nephew were on the porch and saw 2 baby black bear cubs about 300 feet away to the right at the garbage and then they noticed at the bottom of the small hill right below them where everyone parked was a mother bear 50 feet away. When they saw her and she saw them my sister turned around and ran 5 feet into the house leaving her son to follow right after her. They both made it in the door and closed it in about 5 seconds. The bear was right there after the door closed. My nephew was #1) aghast that his mother left him behind, and #2) was so struck by how fast the mother was going and how much space she covered in each bound up the hill. Later we were laughing at my nephew bc he'd come up to the second floor and was like OMFG THANKS MA! I could have been eaten. :) :). LOL. I would have left him too. He was 18 and she was 45 and overweight. He had the advantage of youth, strength and being 6' 2" and they both knew to RUN as soon as they saw her bounding up the hill.
It was a bad time of the year to do this. Thomas should have done this in the summer since he was unfamiliar with this area. He should have known this as an experienced woodsman. So very strange.
He may have been experienced in HOW to survive in the wild, but from his history he wasn't very wise. Not to mention, if he was following the river, that increases the chances of interacting with predators. Going alone was also a very bad idea. Something tells me he was either bear or wolf food.
Hey I'm not sure why the sound is off for some and ok for others..I talked to some other creators who seem to be having a similar problem .. but I'm on it.. sorry for the trouble 🙏
What strikes me in this case is that the missing man is from Germany 🇩🇪. A concerning number of people who have gone missing are from Germany or have German descent, although it isn’t really known why. (I’m an American but also ethnically German; my city of birth is Berlin, and my mother’s people came from a small Bavarian town called Weißenstadt- so I won’t be going to explore the wilderness any time in the near future.)
@@twistoffate4791 I just mentioned it because I found it to be an odd detail. If you actually research, you can find mention of it in the Missing 411 cases (so it’s not me just making something up). And, yes, wild animals obviously wouldn’t discriminate. It’s just an odd detail, and I love hearing about these cases. Lars Mittank (also German) is another person who disappeared and hasn’t been seen again.🇩🇪
@@dodati-vinairatliff852 I listened to the 411 cases, but it was a ways back. I think I will listen a 2nd time. Some cases I already know by heart, while others would have to be refreshed. My heritage is German as well on one side of the family.
Mountain and hill walking is a really popular activity in Germany, Austria and Switzerland where German-speakers hail from. Doesn't surprise me more than many other nationalities travel to other countries to seek out new challenges.
I called Alaska home for 12 years! I loved Alaska, but. Many, many people go missing up there. Often, without a trace. This is an excellent article! Thank you.
That's wonderful! I can't wait to explore Alaska someday!
Why is this do you think ?
Alaska is a very dangerous and unforgiving territory. People, please don’t go out alone no matter how experienced you are.!!
@@Miss_Fancyness I agree it never ceases to amaze me how many do just that !!!!
It amazes me how many people go hiking or camping alone and without guns
Thank you for covering this case. I have friends in Alaska, and I remember them asking me if I had heard of this.
Your voice is very easy to listen to...I found your channel and now I'm up for hours...it's 3:00 am right now. Last night I finally went to sleep at 6:00 am...I will watch all your videos...hope your channel makes a million.
He looks like such a good and kind man... I pray he's found one day... Bless his heart... It shows that regardless of someone's experience, the wilderness isn't discriminate on who it takes.
Nature dosent give concession for kindness in this situation sadly
@@sunsetlights100 That's so true...
One miss step out here's could simply be your unplanned demise ! No matter how much you trains yourselfs!! Each day as moments change
It's so vast up there and it is also a place where grizzly bears can be a problem, especially in spring before the salmon return. My thought is that he had a bear encounter or an accident that left him unable to care for himself. People disappear up here every year, often without a trace.
And packs of hungry wolves. They stalk and encircle.
@@SignedOff402 Wolf attacks are rare but, yes, they do happen.
Even with incredible training accidents can happen.And in that complete wilderness and alone....anything is possible.
A severely sprained ankle can be a fatal scenario because you a reduced to very slow progress. A broken ankle or leg, that far out in the wilderness, alone, would almost assuredly be fatal. Without a high powered rifle, you are on the menu.
@@tienmou68 Yes
Exactly right
Sad.
they are called accidents for a reason, i argue this with my boss, he says they are caused, i say they are an accident, hence the name. but he wont listen.
Our son lives in Fairbanks with their four kids. One January they came to visit us for a month. Our son worked in Prudoe Bay and had to go back to work so I invited my daughter in law to stay with us for awhile. She insisted on going back to AK, but when she got there she call and my husband heard her saying in the background, “I’m an idiot, I’m an idiot.” Because the temps were -60 degrees.
I love Wisconsin!
The frozen Tundra is beautiful. Thanks Bryan
Sad story, nice tribute and such strikingly beautiful photos of the areas he traveled. Thanks for bringing this. ❤
In winter, there are a few months of complete darkness in northern Alaska. In Anchorage, we only get 4 hours of daylight in the peak of winter.
If you got to the wilds in Alaska you will see how absolutely easy it is to disappear here.. I feel for this guy . I researched his case years ago. I think he bit off more then he could handle..
Thanks for the video. I spent the summer with him, and a couple others, at a primitive camp the year before he went north. He was a pioneer seeking adventure.
I hope hes burning in hell
Thk you, as always, Bryan, for your compassion and caring for others. God bless you!
Thank you for posting this. Like has been said many people go missing in Alaska every year and I never found. You mentioned the boundary waters in Minnesota, which is where I grew up. I spent many summers as a youngster in the boundary waters canoe area and enjoyed every experience I had there. But I could see how things can happen there too as it’s an extremely large park. My prayers and condolences to his family and friends. And I hope that one day he can be reunited with them.
Bryan, you really are working hard to bring us these cases. Good work bro! I sometimes think Alaska is the perfect place for those to *actually want* to disappear. Its vast size allows people to live well away from society.
Thanks for posting these videos, they are good cautionary tales for future adventurers and hikers.
Thank you! I appreciate your feedback🙏 i just hope some of these people can be brought home to their families, one way or another 🙏 thanks for watching and your feedback!
Thank you for open our eyes about what is happening in the parks. So sad about the people that go missing.
I lived up there for many years, temperatures can be brutal. Lowest I experienced was -65 Below, and I had to snow machine about 300 miles round trip , the wind chill was well over -100 below doing that. Lot of lost souls out there.
Sounds like Ft Greeley area! Was stationed at Ft Richardson back in the 70s but sent TDY to Ft Greeley for 2 months during the winter. Went down to -90, have a photo of. -70:) prefer 0 or warmer!
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I don't know how anyone can stay warm in such extreme temps. I've been in the interior of British Columbia where the temps. only go down as far as 2c (-4F) and I can't even imagine being any colder but -90? That's scary cold!🌎
I was also thinking how late in the season he waited. I lived near Fairbanks for 3 years and by mid October it's freezing. Temperatures drop quick after August and Fall is very short. If he fell low on food and supplies, combined with the vastness of the terrain, I could see how even an experienced person could disappear.
Trying to find an apartment when your notification popped up. Thank God. Nice little break. I don't know why I'm obsessed with these missing person videos, but I am. The Brooks Range is brutal. Can't believe he went alone, regardless of how experienced he was. I say he either drowned or encountered a grizzly. Thanks, Bryan, for sharing another baffling disappearance. 🙏🙏🙏
I hope you find a good apt! I know how hard that can be.. thank you for your kind feedback🙏
I have a little obsession with missing persons cases as well. They are such compelling stories, but frightening and sad. However, I have a much greater awareness of the inherent dangers of the outdoors. Thank you Bryan!
@@bawattsyl It's been a while since I moved. Let me tell ya, it sucks. Unless you wanna pay like at least $13-1400 in my area. Gonna have to move across the state. Completely disgusted. But, thanks for commenting, Bryan!
@@Suzanne1999 trust me I understand, it's awful in northern VA.. our rents are a bad as NYC. An average 1 bedroom in a building that's is less than 10 years old starts at like 1600..a new building you're looking at 1800.. ive been in the same small little 600sg foot apt for years now because places here are so expensive! I wish you all the best finding something that's both nice and not too pricey 🙏🤗
A pack of Timberwolves is a far bigger threat then a grizzly....He would have know how to handle a griz. If he did get njuried a pack of wolves would be on him like white on rice and would stalk him until his eventual death.. I'll bet he put up a good fight and went out like a hero . We will never know but I hope that thought process brings them some comfort 🤎
You present these stories in a manner that is very easy to listen to. I really admire the respect you pay to all the people in the videos - whether they are the victims, their families or others involved.
The land up around the Brooks Range is so vast... All the more reason to make a detailed plan, tell many people, and stick to the plan. Of course, this day and age there are many types of emergency locators that can come close to pinpointing the location if you get into trouble. But most capable hikers never think they'll need such a thing.
My ears always perk up when I hear Wisconsin mentioned. We don't even have any mountains. It is sad that he has never been found but it just goes to show, experience doesn't make you invincible. And the size of that park is truly astonishing.
Thanks Bryan, keep following these stories. It's the greatest mystery in the history of the world. Not exaggerating👈
Thank you for sharing Thomas' story.
Can't believe how people survive out there in the wilderness when the weather is sooo Cold. Unbelievable
He never miss place his book the 30 mile cabin needs to be investigated.
Godspeed Thomas. I hope your soul is at peace in the wilderness somewhere. Great info on this one man! It seems like even the most well trained people can succumb to the dangers of Alaska. Brutal and beautiful place.
Don't Mess with MOTHER NATURE!!
You're fit your top of your games &lucky not breakings necks, or limbs arm's & leg's ! Then sows grizzly shoulda you run through dewmans ! Your not out running s ! There's others things exhausted tired you needs rest ! Where's! Your feets sores ,wet colds frostbite gangs Green.! Your dinner s !
Your channel is growing fast... keep em coming
A lost boot or a mild sweat can kill u in below 30 weather. I took a 2 hrs walk on the edge a small city and THAT was a life and death endeavor. No mystery here. DON'T HIKE OR TRAVEL IN THE WILDERNESS ALONE!!!
Staying in the Arctic till November was already a bad idea...
Thank you for covering so many of these less well known missing person's cases, most of which I have not heard of.
I don't think they get the attention they deserve due to it being "bad press" for the national parks, which is sad.
Very much so. Gotta keep that money coming in.
A gentle soul out in the unforgiving wilderness, probability of survival,low.
I feel so blessed to find this channel. Thanks Bryan, I really appreciate you and all you do.❤
Nature doesn't discriminate because of training and experience, I believe it can give individuals over confidence that impairs their judgement like children . Non-Native's like to learn our way's but fail to apply a few really critical elements, just because you want to doesn't mean you should, there are signs and ceremonies for everything you do that must be honored. If not you are not protected spiritually or physically from harm. I tell folks the first survival skill to learn is how to pray.
You got a point right...about knowing when and when not to venture out...but praying os as pointless as giving hard earned money to the church for their hundreds of ongoing legal defenses for pedo-priests...or settlements so their victims dont testify against them
So where does alcohol fit in there on that philosophy? When you live in the bush and have eyes in your head this "nobler than thou" speech rings pretty hollow.
Utter nonsense
T S makes sence 👍🌅
I don't think it was lack of prayer, the overconfidence is where you got it right. I bet it is good to die in nature when it is your favorite place.
If a person was so experienced you would think they would have left a detailed route map, notes on alternative routes, something to help if there was a problem.
1st ..thanks Bryan mystery’s..from UK.
This man has every skill needed for survival if anyone can survive it is him. If he is alive he is living off grid the way he wanted it. Loving thoughts to his family in Wisconsin.
Thomas made a terrible mistake: he went alone to hike those brutal mountains in very low temperatures. Grizzly, wolves territory. No roads, no trails, just millions of acres and an unforgiving environment. He could have suffered an injury that prevented him from walking, nobody to help him.....he could suffer a grizzly attack, he could have died from exposure, drowning in a river. Thomas relied too much on himself and this was his demise. You never ever go to hike alone, only by yourself, leave alone to hike in almost virgin, remote territory. He paid with his life for his huge mistake, it doesn't matter how good survivalist he was. Nature was more powerful than him, and had the last word. Rest in Peace, Thomas.....
Thank you so much!! It is so very wrong to state "experienced hiker, excellent training" when the most important factor is always ignored, common sense! I heard about his training and how intelligent he was, but it is ignored , he went on a hike alone. That is idiotic. Haven't these "trained people " ever hear of Illness? Injury? No one is immune from these nor are they to accidents.
I’m pretty smart & can have good common sense at times but when my mental illness is uncontrolled and I’m off my meds I’ve done out of character things and put myself in risky situations. Not always actively suicidal but didn’t really care about protecting myself. I wonder if some of these people have the same issues.
Amen brother!, you said it all
@@christinemeleg4535 it is idiotic to believe Thomas wasn't aware of the risk. He was aware, and did it anyway. People like Thomas change the world, people like you criticize them in the youtube comment section. Congrats, you'll live a longer life than Thomas, for nothing.
he is 100% grizzly shit now 1 more city-idiot fuck thinks they can "hike" in Alaska is now he's bear shit. In Alaska the real Alaska we dont hike we travel and not with a ,22cal. u can hike in california not alaska the trails are game trails not hiking trails somany dum lower48ers think ill hike in alaska derp and now there bear shit!!!!I find abandon tents every year from city-idiots. The same city-idiots ask why do i carry a large pistol derp as they are walking on a bear trail derpderp with there kids walking 300 meters ahead derp JUST STUPID LOWER48ERS another tourist resting in peices hi 5 he failed the test DONT TRAVEL ALASKA WITH .22CAL
The grizzlies act a little different up there. They are much smaller and more apt to view humans as their last chance to eat before starvation overtakes them. On the other hand their density per sq mile is 100 times lower than other parts of the state.
YASSSSSS! I've been HOPING and hoping you might some day cover this one but didn't want to bother you by asking over and over. The Thomas Siebold story fascinates me more than many others for some reason. Anyway, THANK YOU for EVERYTHING you do!!!!
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Hello Bryan, I am not an outdoors person but have taken runs in parks and trails in Tennessee. I mean no disrespect in any way to anyone lost, the friends or loved ones. It seems that many first-time novice visitors to newly visited parks/trails over assume their ability and navigation skills, initiate poor judgment in the first time visit parks/trails, and even apply these two basic errors. Even experienced trail people make these errors with the similar outcome that even the most skilled swimmers are still vulnerable to drownings as we often have seen occurred. For example, the Toronto group where a woman and guy went on a run together for the first time visited to Canada's park decided to separate; taking two different routes back before returning to the camp. Horrible move ( stay together) in a strange park. Another involved a 70 years man lost and then found 17 days later in dire condition. This senior trail man admitted to not doing a zillion outdoor tasks that he knew should have been performed by him. His extreme confidence based on in-depth trail experience blinded him from doing some basic safety techniques clearly known. When a person goes into the woods filled with land hazards and dangerous predators too; a person is at a huge disadvantage should anything go wrong via land accident or predator-related activity. I find the stories interesting and yet very sad especially when the person is found dead or never found at all.
I like the channel and appreciate the time and work to keep it going. I hope your work here makes everyone more cautious, trail equipped, and more ready to have an enjoyable day in the woods. The point is for everyone to go in the woods, enjoy nature, and return home to family/friends that one had before this woodland trip.
Another great description of events. It does seem strange that someone as skilled as Thomas would just disappear but bears are always a danger there. I worked up there one summer doing geologic mapping and saw several Grizzly's and a lot of spots in glacial moraine materials that were ripped up indicating a bear was foraging for ground squirrels.
Injuries from accidents as well are a factor. Aside from dangerous animals.
I’m happy to see how much your channel has grown! ☺️❤️ You have a kindness to you (your narration and content choices), that is greatly lacking in our world. There’s a lot of folks who appreciate your work Bryan. I know I do!
Thank you so much!❤️☮️
I notice that with his narration as well. Sounds like he really cares about these people.
This story remind people to be humble to nature,
no matter how much you respect and love wilderness , I mean Thomas was a passionate teacher after all ! Security must be always a priority , don’t hike alone please . Bryan , you are a really good storyteller , thank you for these outstanding quality videos . 👍🏼🙏🏻
… Dont understand why authorities didn’t ask Natives to help first thing , so young to vanish
Also carry a Personal Locator Beacon.
I always had an interest in this case as my maiden name is Seibold and always wondered if we were somehow related. I think about this often and hope that one day it is resolved, for the family and for the mystery. Keep up the great work, love to listen to you describe these cases.
People NEVER get "used to -30s" weather like you said in the video. Nobody gets used to weather that cold I've lived in it for many years so I know. You have to deal with it because you have no choice, but never do you get used to it. Sorry but i had to correct you there when you said "the people get used to -30s weather up there" because nobody ever gets used to weather like that
Experience, maybe so, but don’t go alone
grats on 60k!!!
Whatever happened to the woman he was supposed to meet at the cabin? did I miss that part or we don’t know?
No, he went and was there and left on Sept 27th.. said goodbye to them and was never seen again:(
@@bawattsyl interesting, wonder what his last words to that girl was. Or what she knew about where he might have went. Thanks for covering his story.
@@bawattsyl So, how are we sure the woman didn't off him and hide his body? How do we know that he said "Good bye"?
My bet is, they met up. He made unwanted advances and wouldn't take no for an answer when she rebuffed him. She then had to defend herself and disposed of his body so as to not get entangled with the law.
That line of reasoning has no evidence to support it, but neither does the claim that he just stayed awhile and finally walked off into the sunset.
So, I’ve been to Alaska several times…even in the winter in -30 F temps, where I mushed dogs. It really is TRUE wilderness with many areas where it is so easy to get lost. I just solo hiked in Denali last month & there were times that I lost my bearings, but was able to figure out where to go. This is very sad.
It amazes me how many people go camping or hiking alone and some even do it without guns
Hi Bryan, thank you for all the efforts. Please also share more cases where the end has positive tone. This is little depressing one after another lost cases. Just my opinion. 🙏🏼
Thank you for posting this content.
Thomas did not get hurt himself in the Boundary Waters. He was helping to rescue his injured friend. Otherwise this report is astonishingly accurate.I wonder how you received all of this information. Thank you
It seems that Thomas discovered the Matterhorn in Alaska. =) He's in a better place now.
Thanks for checking the postage for abroad much appreciated
Thank you Brian for covering those cases. I live in Belgium and we have strange disappearances here. Do you want to investigate them? I can give you a few names and a little bit information about there dissapearence.
That would be so interesting if he took that onboard! I’m not sure that he reads each and every comments though.
Keep on asking him. 🤗
@@littleredwitch i gonna look for a interesting case that happend here in Belgium. We don't have huge woods here, but we have strange dissapearences nearby water. I send Brian some cases with a little bit information. Thank you for your comment.
Hey Bryan, I've been a subscriber for a while and I really enjoy your site.So thanks for all your hard research.
Training, knowledge, and fitness are a big advantage in the wilderness. But there are always risks.
Bless those native people who tried to find him.
No matter the training, the physical conditioning, the planning and prep...It always comes down to one thing:
"There but for the grace of God, go I"
Like finding a needle in a haystack up in Alaska…
Super sad. Dude was clearly prepared, but some things you can't prepare for.
Well if he went out in June, Mama bears are just coming out of hibernation in May so lots of protective Mamas! A grizzly is surprisingly stealth and can get you while you're sleeping in your tent and there's no way you'll win.
But, wouldn't a bear attack leave behind some evidence?
@@RubyJeans943 this was my first thought of what may have happened to him. A person can be the most skilled woodsman in the world but even that can’t save a person from a bear mauling /attack . This guy being so skilled made my 1st thought go straight to Bear or possibly mama bear. After the bear had its fill other animals would predate and scavenge any remains. I believe the clothing wears down to nothing after being in the wilderness for several years. The Severe Alaskan weather probably wears clothing down to nothing much quicker than most other places. A little boy went missing in another state and by the time they found the little bit of remains years later the only thing they found was a few worn bones and 1 shoe. I believe a tattered sweater was found early on but that was it. I believe it was over 20yrs before the bones and shoe were found.
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Small animals would clean up the scene pretty good, Bears often feed off a kl, then drag it away, to bury and hide it for future meals (or to feed to their cubs). Then small animals chew up, and scatter the remaining meat and bones, and maggots get at what's left of the flesh.
He set out in September
Drown, injured, eaten. Alaska food chain.
6:25 there it is...👈
The search was hampered by bad weather. Surprise surprise surprise. Strikes again, gone without a trace. I really think... There's something crazy going on folks.
That happens, but when you follow these Bazaar cases, it's always the same. Bad weather hindering search efforts, Dogs can't find a scent, if they even find a body it's in an area they've already searched etc.
If it’s one thing I learned from watching this videos: don’t go hiking.
One thing I’ve learned from your. One is never hike alone and carry a locator beacon even with others on serious backcountry trips. Two is stay with your group.
Watching a missing hiker channel might have you overestimating the dangers. A locator beacon is not a requirement and is rarely used by experienced hikers, usually just first timers who use it once and never hike again or use it once, realize how useless and heavy it is then leave it home next time.
I am just guessing, but I think he met a bear with no patience for humans.
Looks beautiful 👍
Over confidence in your situation will be your downfall....
Sounds like he had the primitive survival skills necessary for long-term survival in the extreme cold (not a Cabela’s outfitted weekend glamper). Although Thomas was very capable accidents happen and my concern is that he once injured himself with an axe. My experience with other outdoor enthusiasts is that some people take unnecessary risks and or tend to be accident prone and one accident can be a game changer. Also when alone, gun or no gun you can be taken out by a large predator in a instant. I wish Thomas and his family well, I hope he just shows up someday.🙏
I was with him in MN on that canoe trip. Our friend Daniel inkured himself with the axe. Thomas and I walked and canoed out to bring back SAR. You can find the story in the Ely (MN) newspaper, year I think it was 2010 or 2011. The autumn before Fukushima happened.
.So true
Well if he was experienced, and was in trouble, he would be making a visible fire with heavy smoke every day. So either he came out, or he is living in the wild independently. Only other thing is death.
The sad thing is that there are a lot of bears up here in Alaska. Rip Thomas
This one is particularly 😢
all that training ... Imagine if he was carrying a satellite rescue beacon and a RECCO reflector...
The moment you told he almost kill him self with the axe I started to doubt in his ability as a outdoors man.....
its brutal to survive that weather without shelter and heat i live in this type of cold no way in hell are u surviving long without fire at -30 -40-20 its brutal the cold sucks the life right out of you ,once u get hypothermic its over unless u get fire going immediately the bears in that area are usually den up by then but that's still and options
Honestly I can't even imagine at those temps..I remember I was out skiing once when it was right around 0 degrees F. And I was freezing.
trucks don't start without block heaters battery trickle chargers constantly frost bite in minutes when u get a snowmobile you have to duct tape any exposed skin or it frost bit in seconds that dude still should of been found but its its vast wilderness and few searchers makes it impossible to spot in thick brush odds are he froze to death and bears and wolverine dismantled him into the brush making him hard to see
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For your channel
You are my Favorite
An informative and interesting video. Sad also as Thomas was an extra ordinary guy. The rare explorer, for the good.
From a lover of hiking and National Parks, thank you so so much for your channel. 👏🏻🙌🏻🤗👍🏻🙏🏻🥾⛑🏔🏕
I think it might be worth mentioning that he is of German descent as it is a phenomena that many of the people that go missing in these national parks are German or of German descent I'm not sure what that means just wanted to mention observations
Yep!!
So you think perhaps germans are a bit overconfident in their abilities or what?
Missing 411 mentions a lot of strange disappearances in National Parks, where a sizeable minority of those missing are athletic men of German heritage. I'm not saying there's some sort of conspiracy, but I remember this specific fact when listening to David Paulides.
@@pamelareed9514 Do you know why the streets in Paris are lined with tree? So, the Germans can march in the shade.
He may of wanted to live primal on instincts alone.Maybe just cut off ties for a year or two and will surface eventually..I hope that is the case.♥️😇He was so knowledgeable that he well could be surviving.
He was there right at denning time when bears are eating as much as possible. If he fell in a creek hypothermia would nail him. There are a lot of reasons he should not have been by himself.
Odd that they knew he was very good at survival and had all the skills to survive, yet they called off the search after six days.
All hikers should be required to have body cams like police!
Just noticed I didn't sub yet, but I have now! Thank you for all you do Bryan!
Brian most people could be found if they carried GPS Trackers and notified someone before heading out, unfortunately these two actions are often overlooked
Nothing was mentioned of him having a gun, or even bear spray, so I'm assuming he didn't have those. Perhaps he was a bit over confident, even arrogant, in how he's been so successful with survival that this was just another travel and he'd be back. Like many keep saying a grizzly bear, they are so fast and strong he'd be come upon like moving train.
My sister and 18yo nephew were on the porch and saw 2 baby black bear cubs about 300 feet away to the right at the garbage and then they noticed at the bottom of the small hill right below them where everyone parked was a mother bear 50 feet away. When they saw her and she saw them my sister turned around and ran 5 feet into the house leaving her son to follow right after her. They both made it in the door and closed it in about 5 seconds. The bear was right there after the door closed. My nephew was #1) aghast that his mother left him behind, and #2) was so struck by how fast the mother was going and how much space she covered in each bound up the hill.
Later we were laughing at my nephew bc he'd come up to the second floor and was like OMFG THANKS MA! I could have been eaten. :) :). LOL. I would have left him too. He was 18 and she was 45 and overweight. He had the advantage of youth, strength and being 6' 2" and they both knew to RUN as soon as they saw her bounding up the hill.
He had a 30 06 rifle. No spray. I lived with him in WI for years. Most driven person I have known.
Indigenous people were not asked to help because they did not really want to find him.
You are busy Bry😊
The woods don’t care if someone is a professional outdoors man.
Why you never hike alone or unarmed or without a gps beacon device now a days. Over confidence killed this cat.
It was a bad time of the year to do this. Thomas should have done this in the summer since he was unfamiliar with this area. He should have known this as an experienced woodsman. So very strange.
He may have been experienced in HOW to survive in the wild, but from his history he wasn't very wise. Not to mention, if he was following the river, that increases the chances of interacting with predators. Going alone was also a very bad idea. Something tells me he was either bear or wolf food.
Hey man, fix the bass balance on your mic, it's atrocious.
This is great work though!
My equalizer can't even fix the sound, but his videos are great. A better microphone is an easy fix.
Hey I'm not sure why the sound is off for some and ok for others..I talked to some other creators who seem to be having a similar problem .. but I'm on it.. sorry for the trouble 🙏
Subbed. Keep up the good work!
What strikes me in this case is that the missing man is from Germany 🇩🇪. A concerning number of people who have gone missing are from Germany or have German descent, although it isn’t really known why. (I’m an American but also ethnically German; my city of birth is Berlin, and my mother’s people came from a small Bavarian town called Weißenstadt- so I won’t be going to explore the wilderness any time in the near future.)
Nah. The bears and other animals don't care where the crunchy human is from. Nobody's researching heritage.
@@twistoffate4791 I just mentioned it because I found it to be an odd detail. If you actually research, you can find mention of it in the Missing 411 cases (so it’s not me just making something up). And, yes, wild animals obviously wouldn’t discriminate.
It’s just an odd detail, and I love hearing about these cases. Lars Mittank (also German) is another person who disappeared and hasn’t been seen again.🇩🇪
@@dodati-vinairatliff852 I listened to the 411 cases, but it was a ways back. I think I will listen a 2nd time. Some cases I already know by heart, while others would have to be refreshed. My heritage is German as well on one side of the family.
Mountain and hill walking is a really popular activity in Germany, Austria and Switzerland where German-speakers hail from. Doesn't surprise me more than many other nationalities travel to other countries to seek out new challenges.
So many disappearances, The should make it compulsory that hikers must carry tracking device's of some sort.
Thanks Karen we'll consider it
@@JohnSmith-pn1vv mind your manners little johnny
What part of being super-experienced and trained in bushcraft immunes a person against accidents? Good-bye Thomas.