There is a chance that at least some perpetrators would slip up and instead of the most opportune times and dates go for a compromise between opportune times and times convenient for them. That’s why it is so important to not ignore this data, but instead compile it and look for discrepancies between the normal distribution and Missing 411 distribution of times and dates of disappearances on a large enough sample that will therefore give it sufficient statistical significance and reliability. Louis Le Prince disappeared in 1890 while working on a new type of film camera. His body was never found, and the camera was never seen again.

Both films explore the stories of people who have gone missing in remote forests and wilderness areas, and both suggest that there may be a pattern to these disappearances. Sure, random things happen, even extremely unlikely things. How often you run into people with the same first name or surname as you is a function of how rare it is. When a Smith family runs into a Smith family, it’s probably no big deal. When Paulides runs into a Pavlides when on one of these cases, a thing that has never happened to him before or since and which doesn’t have to happen over an entire lifetime at all, that counts as a bit odd. He also limited the number of copies for each release to make it harder for counterfeiters to reproduce them. As a result, the books are hard to come by, even in popular libraries.In cases where the missing person has a cognitive disability, their caregiver or support system is typically instrumental in helping to find them. Similarly, I would also like to see a chart of Missing 411 cases by date of disappearance, or ideally both date and time, so that there’s more to compare again with normal disappearances, and in the case of dates, also with tourist and hunting seasons, like any numbers of how many tourists or hunters can be found in the forest at what time of year. If those exact statistics aren’t available, similar ones should exist to give us an estimate.

The interest in the book series prompted the creation of a documentary film based on the Missing 411 books; this film was released in 2017. [ citation needed] Images of maps made by Paulides regarding his theory have been frequently shared on social media. [18] The theory has also gone viral on TikTok. [19] What I would say does seem obviously wrong are for example the cases of water-related disappearances and deaths in urban areas, where the young white male students figure in almost all of them. In contrast, as Dave points out, to types of people who should be much more likely to drown in cities, like the homeless, but who aren’t involved in a single unexplained case.Peterson, Judy (March 12, 2012). "Los Gatos author explores 'Missing 411' from national parks". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on July 5, 2021 . Retrieved November 29, 2018.

Following his work on Bigfoot, Paulides' next project was Missing 411, a series of self-published books and two documentary films, documenting unsolved cases of people who have gone missing in national parks and elsewhere. A National Park Ranger told writer David Paulides a troubling story. Over his years of involvement with numerous search and rescue operations at several different National Parks, he had detected a trend that he couldn’t understand. Brown, Diana (September 26, 2017). "Hundreds Have Vanished from National Parks. Is Bigfoot to Blame?". HowStuffWorks. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018 . Retrieved November 29, 2018. Let the dispatcher know where you are, and they will send someone to help you. It is important to stay calm and follow the dispatcher’s instructions. Remember, if you become lost, the best thing you can do is stay where you are.The first books containing the mention of an idea or theory are always valuable. Conspiracy theory books like the Missing 411 books often get many spinoffs once they become popular. As a result, most readers prefer to get the original books with raw information before the spinoffs, reprints and new editions distort them. Yes, you are supposed to be thinking of Dirk Gently. The concept of a holistic detective may be a fiction invented by Douglas Adams, but the interesting aspect It would either mean that Jon Oliver was even more right than he thought when he was describing the current sorry state of how especially coroners (the ones without any actual medical training) operate in the United States, or it would mean that some of the Missing 411 profile points actually function as a cause of or significant contributing factor to the sudden adult death syndrome. What an apt name, by the way, SADS. While sudden arrhythmia can account for some of the Missing 411 cases, there are just too many. Speaking of bizarre and inexplicable, these books and documentaries describe a growing number of cases (now in the low thousands) of people going missing or being found under strange circumstances. When I say strange, what I mean is that, for starters, all of the usual suspects have been ruled out, like animal predation, human crime, voluntary disappearance, drowning, etc. Or there at least isn’t enough evidence for any of these.