WITHOUT a Trace in Smoky Mountains NP | Dennis Martin Story

Hi Guys!

Every year people go missing in our National Parks, while many are found a small percentage vanish without a trace and are never to be found. I tell the story of 6 year old Dennis Martin who disappeared in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in 1969. That year this search and rescue for Dennis turned into the largest search effort in Great Smokey Mountain NP history.
Their efforts turned up nothing!

Keep Hiking!
Base Camp Chris



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Sources:
National Parks Traveler
Unresolved Search-and-Rescue Cases Are Scattered Throughout the National Parks
By Kurt Repanshek - June 14th, 2009

Wkipedia
Disappearance of Dennis Martin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappe...

Excerpt:
Dennis Martin, a six-year-old resident of Knoxville, was visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along with his father, grandfather and older brother on Father's Day weekend in 1969. The camping trip was a family tradition for the Martins.[1] The family hiked from Cades Cove to Russell Field and camped overnight. The next day, they hiked to Spence Field near the Appalachian Trail, where they planned to spend the night.

Martin disappeared on June 14 at 16:30 while planning on surprising the adults with his brother and other children from a separate family the Martins were camping with; he was last seen by his father going behind a bush to hide, intending on surprising the adults with the other children. After not seeing him for about five minutes and when all of the other children had returned to the camp site, his father became concerned and began searching for him. His father ran down the trail for nearly two miles, until he was sure he could not have gotten any farther. After several hours, they sought help from National Park Service rangers.[2][3]