TWP - EP. 56 : THE NATIONAL PARKS TUNNEL THEORY

A CHILLING THEORY SUGGESTS A LINK BETWEEN THOUSANDS OF UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES IN U.S. NATIONAL PARKS AND THE VAST, OFTEN UNMAPPED CAVE SYSTEMS HIDDEN BENEATH THEM. 

POPULARIZED BY DAVID PAULIDES’ MISSING 411 INVESTIGATIONS, THIS IDEA GAINED TRACTION AS PEOPLE NOTICED EERIE OVERLAPS BETWEEN MAPS OF MISSING PERSONS AND CAVE NETWORKS. 

CASES LIKE THAT OF DENNIS MARTIN, A BOY WHO VANISHED IN SECONDS DURING A FAMILY HIKE IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS, FUEL SUSPICIONS—ESPECIALLY WHEN SEARCH DOGS FAILED AND A WITNESS REPORTED HEARING A SCREAM FOLLOWED BY A STRANGE MAN RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS. 

OTHERS POINT TO CLUSTERS OF BIZARRE DISAPPEARANCES IN PLACES LIKE VERMONT’S GREEN MOUNTAINS, WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE VANISHED UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BETWEEN 1945 AND 1950. 

SOME SPECULATE CAVES MAY HARBOR FERAL HUMANS, CRYPTIDS, OR EVEN SECRET GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY. WHILE SKEPTICS ARGUE THE DATA IS CHERRY-PICKED, THE UNSETTLING SIMILARITIES BETWEEN LOCATIONS—AND THE UTTER LACK OF CLUES IN MANY CASES—KEEP THIS THEORY ALIVE IN THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION. 

ON THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF THE WOODSMEN PODCAST, WE DIVE HEADFIRST INTO THE DARKNESS—EXPLORING THE CAVE SYSTEMS, THE MISSING PERSONS, AND THE QUESTION: WHAT’S REALLY LURKING BENEATH OUR FEET?

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