My 7 year old went missing for about 45 minutes on a family day out about 25 years ago. He ran around a clump of bushes and just vanished! My wife went to call the police, while I ran shouting his name. Luckily another family had found him crying almost three quarters of a mile away. I was surprised how far he had gone alone in such a short time.
In my country, there's portal that can makes you teleport from specific location to any location in the mountain. When they lucky, they can pop out from the portal. If he unlucky they will traped to cavern/ in the middle of the mountain
Forty-two years ago our daughter (aged 4) ran off in a large discount department store. We searched frantically and had incredible help from store staff. My wife was close to collapse. We found her waiting for us in the parking lot standing by our vehicle. It was one half hour in hell - I feel so sorry for the Martin family - I can't imagine how hard it has been for them.
My son disappeared from me in a Kmart. Some staff was helping me look for him and finally I want up front to the foyer area and there he was on the pay phone. Mind you he was 2. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was calling God because he was wanting God to help him find me!
I found myself lost in a strip mall when I was five. We were browsing the movie rental store and next thing I know my mom was gone. I remember totally freaking out and panicking. Running from store to store desperately trying to find her. I was very aware of stranger danger so I didn't want to ask anyone for help. I finally found her three stores down inside a true value, she didn't even know I was missing. 😔
I was born and raised in Roan Mountain Tennessee on Simerly Creek (Named after my family) where the mountain is shared with North Carolina. I can walk to North Carolina in a couple minutes. The mountains up here are extremely dense and the talk of men living in the mountains that haven’t had a lot of interaction with society is very real. I’ve met a couple and some can’t speak English and some live in single room shack with dirt floors and no windows. I know that East Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia have quite interesting stories. East Tennessee is known to be a paranormal hotspot as well.
I love in the Ozark mountains and I know two different men who live in caves, between here and Arkansas, they know what year it is, and all ....But spend a large amount of time hiding from federal Forest service because they are considered squatters......And that's just two caveman, None of the old root digger,s or Seng,hunters......And that's personal accounts,I have heard of lots over the years in these old mountain,s.
His mom was one of my preschool teachers and one of the sweetest ladies I've met. I didn't learn about her son, until my mom told my about it as a teenager. Now that I have a daughter of my own, I admire her for being able to work with kids close to the same age as her son when he went missing. Maybe it brought her some comfort or happiness to be around children.
When I lived in the Ozarks as a 11 yr old my friend and I got lost walking my land and came across a shack deep in the forest with a man and woman sitting out front. No water, electric, no road anywhere nearby, no cars etc just a small garden and an outhouse and a small 1 room type shack. Luckily they weren't bad people and just pointed us in the right direction and we hiked off and made it home just fine.
The only thing I can say with complete confidence is that I have lived in rural areas around Tennessee for almost 40 years. Born and raised. I've been hunting my entire life. There are some very, very strange families in the sticks. Some that may be incest. They live in their own backwoods world. Them being involved in this case is a completely different story. I have no idea. But, they are without a doubt out there.
Thats a very good point and one i have considered. But, i find it very difficult to believe these "groups" and or "families" would be able to reproduce for so many generations. Each offspring would be considerably more weaker, less intelligent, and their coordination and strength would also greatly deteriorate. I will not rule out sick people, but i also will in this case
They might be marijuana growers, who only come out of the deep woods to sell their weed, buy supplies of food, ammunition, and retreat back to the woods, to live off grid. They wouldn't need much in the way that they live, eating wild game or fish.
I went to church with his Grandfather Clyde, at Temple Baptist Church in Fountain City, knoxville. Clyde was a good man, strong and faithful. This event was a living hell for the family. Pray for a solution to this mystery for the sake of his family.
I have a little nephew who's 6. He's very smart, talkative, and sweet. The idea of him wandering off and dying in the wilderness is gut wrenching. The Martin family has my deepest sympathy. I personally think the child got turned around while playing, started to look for his family on a wrong path, and perished from exposure due to the strong thunderstorm that went through the area that afternoon. The area where the "dead crow" was smelled should have been more thoroughly searched. Regardless, it's all so very tragic. Poor Dennis, RIP.
Bill Martin had seen his son near a bush or small tree seconds before he went missing. When Martin turned his head for a brief few seconds, his son had completely vanished. Later, after being awake non-stop for days and insane with grief, Martin had to be restrained from digging under the plant in a fruitless search for his son. I hope never to have such a horrible thing happen to me or anyone I love.
@@edithfox5946 I think the video did mention dog teams...but there had already been a lot of people activity. A lot of dog are train to follow the freshest scent...which is why it's so important to bring them in right way. Then if they are train to follow from an article of clothing. They still need a starting point and if there have been lots of people disturbing the area...in can be impossible for them to pick up a scent.
And in The Afterlife Denis will be around 30 with NO brain disabilities. However it went down in 1969, bet the father and the son don't care about it whatsoever now that they're both with their Creator.
I've heard way more gruesome and gory cases than this one, yet it still haunts me the most for some reason. Whatever happened to this child, I hope he didn't suffer.
@@truffles2721 once he vanished in thin air, he wasn't in the forest anymore with the bears...probably not even on this planet anymore. Or in another dimension.
This story is a classic when it comes to mysteries, but it’s also one of the most heartbreaking true tales of how horribly a family can be ripped apart simply from the higher ups not being forthcoming. Whatever happened to Dennis Martin and other children like him should never be withheld from the parents.
@@guineapigmanor6656 yes, ok but what took him then? The key family saw "something big, hairy and bipedal" with something over its shoulder. What was it and why that?
@@icantthinkofaname15 actually, that's not correct, if you listen to all details given. Keyes corrected that claim, as it was inaccurate. Details are in the last section of reports nearer to the end.
He’s right actual native ppl live in the national forests tht is the whole reasons national forests were made to protect them ppls and here we r hundreds of years later we don’t kno they make millions from it annually tht they’re not losing Amd would if we knew about the hairy men as rural Appalachian folks are raised to kno n call em we r raised knowing they r native ppls here rural Wv
Channels like this are necessary because others tend to leave out important details in order to biased any interested listeners. Thank you for posting.
I just want to hear the truth about a story and I know the truth about this story I was around back then and was only a year older then Dennis that is after his birthday Dennis went missing on the 14th of June and only a few days of him missing Dennis's birthday was on June the 20th he had a birthday six days after he came up missing Dennis has always stayed in my heart it was really sad times during that time. But Dennis turn seven while he was missing.
Obviously Dennis did not die of exposure. With the numbers of people covering up and not talking globally about deaths, I can now see a connection to reducing the population dramatically. I just hope all the aware guilty are the ones gone, because in my mind there's no reasonable explanation for stealing, killing or cannibalizing people in this or trafficking ways.
I think these stories are important to get out sure some may have a bias does this one maybe a slight one towards abduction but remember this story is based on report and what others are saying that they witnessed or heard about. The truth in many of these cases can really get so tossed around when it is not solved or the case goes on for years. Only when they are solved for good or bad is when some truth is found and even that may not always be the complete truth! But more info of cold case files into public is always good!!!
I'll never forget seeing this boy's poster at a local restaurant in the county he went missing. I was on vacation with my family and appox 8-9yrs old. The following year my family on vaction again stopped at the same restaurant. I saw another poster next to his. It was a 2yr old girl who also went missing. They had a jar collecting donations at the cashier counter. I put my change in.
Once I was at a campground, and my dog (an American Staffordshire) went exploring. I was approached by a young man who thought I was alone, and when he got close, he attacked and pinned me agains my truck. I had a strong bond with my dog, and he must have known I was in trouble, even though I froze and couldn't scream. Within seconds he charged from out of nowhere, running straight toward us. When the young man saw Otis closing in, he gasped, then he also froze. Let's just say my dog Otis saved the day, and maybe having a good sized dog friend (or even more) along on hikes is a good idea.
@@gallo4796 No, I didn't. But the guy took me completely by surprise, anyway. As he approached me, making small talk, he put out his hand to shake hands with me. I didn't want to shake hands and didn't put my hand out, but as soon as he was close enough to shake hands is when he leaped forward and pinned me against the truck To continue the rescue story, when Otis reached us, the guy was still pressed up against me because, as I said, when he saw that powerful looking dog running full speed toward us, he froze. So there we were, both froze, me in fear of the guy, and the guy in fear of Otis. When Otis reached us, he came to a stop. Then he began wedging his nose in between us, at about thigh level. He just kept moving forward until he was between us. The man then decided to do something stupid because he just wanted the dog away from him (even though Otis didn't attack him,), so he made a feeble attempt to push him away. But by now Otis had enough room to stand on his hind legs, so he stood up, whirled around and chest butted the guy in his pelvis, giving him a big shove backwards, and the man almost fell on his butt. He threw up his hands and screamed, "He tried to bite me!" I replied, "If he wanted to bite you, he would have bitten you. He gave you a warning, and you'd be wise to heed it." So, the guy turned around and ran. Otis didn't l chase him, as his objective was to protect me. I never "trained" Otis to do anything. He was my friend, and the respect flowed both ways. He was also brilliant, and a peaceful soul. Park patrons where I sometimes took him, came up with nicknames for him, like "Saint Otis," and "the Zen Master."
Quite a story and I'm glad you are ok. I got my first dog a year and a half ago. She's my hiking partner. Really quite sad that so many places don't allow dogs on the trails. Although I carry a sidearm, she is my first line of defense.
I was driving over a bridge outside Houston when I smelled a horrible odor. It was a beautiful day and I had my car windows down. We had recently had heavy rains and flooding at Bear Creek and I knew that a Homeless man lived in the area. I called the police and gave them the location. After that, the odor was gone. I know it was that man living under the bridge, because I never saw him out walking again, always talking to himself and for years, wearing the same clothing. What a shame for him to have no help and to die alone. It took almost a month for the smell to leave my vehicle.
This case has always hit me in a certain way. It’s a bizarre case for sure but its also because the child looks like such a sweet and meek child. There’s just something about him. Maybe he subconsciously reminds me of a relation. His poor parents must have died inside on that day. Whatever the case.. Bless his soul...
If you’ve ever gotten lost in the woods you know how scary it is. Not knowing which way to go it’s very easy to imagine traveling a long distance in the wrong direction. When I got lost in the Maine woods I also saw a pack of coyotes which had me completely freaked out and panicking. I picked up a big stick and just looked up at the sun remembering which direction I had seen it from the cabin. With that knowledge I was able to get out of the woods. A truly scary event I tell you.
I got lost twice in Mineral King and I thought I was a goner . My friend and my little dog got lost in the late afternoon and ended up on a cliff overlooking the Kaweah River way below us. We kept hiking into the night and that was a big mistake. We crawled into rotten log and tried to sleep until daylight and we were exhausted and it made it real scary trying to crawl across this cliff. We finally found our way down and the rangers were already ready to search for us .I relate to your story .
I don't get this. Unless you walked half the planet, you would've seen the sun from the same perspective. It's not like it changes that much, unless you travel for thousands of kms.
@NeilBreenIsMySugarDaddy you use the sun as vantage point. Unless it's noon you can always use the sun to find out which direction east west north and south are. And then you just follow it back.
I am impressed by this video and the narration. The respect you showed the family while still setting out the facts was very well done. When you proved some statements weren't true, you did it without calling out the people as liars, etc. What was left is a sad and haunting tale and a mystery. I am now a super fan of your videos!
The photo of Dennis is so heartbreaking, he has such a lovely smile, poor little mite, how scared must he have been. I feel so sad for all concerned. May god rot whoever hurt him.
It’s quite terrifying that Dennis is the only person that knows what exactly happened to him and no one else will never know. I find it quite unsettling for some reason
As someone from East Tennessee, the folklore of wild men is disturbing. I have been deep in the woods for many years going and have never seen anything. It is disturbing to me just because it perpetuates a stereotype that rural people are always backwards when in reality, it takes quite intelligent people to live an agrarian life.
@Shhzbxb Huzhdjea and there is dangerous crack heads down on the corner in the biggest of cities. I’m not from the East so idk. But from the most rural parts of Colorado. The average person there has more common sense and average intelligence than the average person in the cities in California. From my personal experiences as well as my roommate. Whose also from same rural parts of Colorado. There may be strange people out there, but I’d also argue it’s more so stereotypes that are way over done,
@Shhzbxb Huzhdjea just for some background incase you say I too haven’t been around much. I’ve been hunting my entire life, grew up on a farm. Grew up in the least populated county in Colorado. Have been to almost all of the 50 states. Have been out of the country. Have lived in the middle of nowhere and the largest of cities in the country.
This is the first video I've seen talking about the wild men in the Smokies. I was hiking through the Spence field area several years ago. I heard something behind me and turned around seeing someone jump behind a tree. I kept hiking and every time I looked back this person would hide themselves. So I went around a bend in the trail and over a rise and hid behind some brush. As this person came over the rise I stepped out and was shocked at what I saw. It was a man but he was dressed in rags. Barefoot and filthy. When he saw me he let out a blood curdling screem and spun around and went running through the underbrush off trail. This guy ran for a good 30 seconds screaming the whole time. Freaked me out at the time but I always am armed when hiking alone on the trails. The most dangerous thing you will meet in the eastern woods is for the most part another human. When i reached the shelter I was happy to see other hikers staying that night. I asked if anyone else had seen what I saw and people looked at me like I was crazy. Only thing I can figure out is out of everyone else that night I was the only lone hiker. I'm thinking I was targeted for my food.
Possibly or he was just curious. It sounds as if he was more afraid of you than you him haha if that makes sense? Pretty neat, though and I can’t say that I blame anyone, these days, for wanting to live away from it all. It’s gettin crazy so I’m thinking he’s actually a lot smarter than us, where it counts.
Not my words but definitely my sentiment: HOW TO BE FREE FROM THE FEAR OF DEATH by Ray Comfort I have asked many people if they are afraid of dying. When they say they are, I know they are being honest and humble, and from that point they almost always listen to what I have to say. The reason I know they're being honest is that the Bible says all of us are tormented by the fear of death all of our lifetime (see Hebrews 2:14,15). Some people dismiss this fear by believing they will be reincarnated and simply come back to earth as someone else. However, the Bible says, "It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27) Others believe they will just go to the grave and cease to exist. But God has put eternity in our hearts so we intuitively know there is something beyond this life. Knowing that we have to die is like standing at the door of a plane 10,000 feet up and waiting to jump without a parachute. It is horrific. But imagine if someone gave you a parachute that you know was expertly packed by someone who loved you. What now is your attitude toward the jump? It has completely changed. Now you know that you’re not going to hit the ground at 120 mph on your face. Rather, you are going to land gently at 15 mph on your feet. Your faith in the parachute has allowed you to control your fears. You are no longer tormented by fear, because you know that the law of gravity no longer has power over you. God has provided a parachute in the Savior. But you’re not going to want to completely trust in Him. . . unless you realize you have to face a law that is far harsher than gravity. As we look at this law, you may become a little fearful. Unpleasant though it may be, it will be good for you. Think of why you would put on a parachute-it’s because you will have to jump, and the fear makes you want to trust it. Fear in that case becomes your friend. That’s a very important point, so please keep that in mind. Do you know what death is, according to the Bible? It’s wages. Scripture says, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Sin is so serious to God that He gives sinners the death sentence. It’s like a judge in a court of law who sentences a criminal to death for raping and viciously murdering three young girls. The criminal has earned the electric chair. This is what he deserves; it’s his wages. Let’s see what wages you will earn. Do you think you are a good person? No doubt, like most of us, you do. How many lies do you think you have told in your life? Have you ever stolen something, even if it’s small? If you’ve done these two things, then you are a lying thief. Have you ever used God’s name in vain, either flippantly (including “OMG”) or as profanity? If you have, let me ask you if you would ever use your mother’s name as a cuss word. I’m sure you wouldn’t, because that would show you don’t respect her in the slightest. And yet you have used God’s holy name as a cuss word. That’s called “blasphemy,” and it’s very serious in God’s eyes. He promises that whoever takes His name in vain will not be guiltless. One more question. Jesus said that if we look with lust we commit adultery in our heart. Have you ever looked with lust at someone? If you’re normal, you have. So here is a summation of your court case. You have admitted to being a lying, thieving, blasphemous adulterer at heart. So on Judgment Day, when God judges you by the Ten Commandments, are you going to be innocent or guilty? Guilty, of course. Will you therefore go to Heaven or Hell? The answer is that if you die in your sins, you have God’s promise that you will end up in Hell. The wages you’ve earned is the death sentence. The Bible says that all liars will be cast into the lake of fire, and no thief, no adulterer, and no blasphemer will inherit the kingdom of God. Does that make you fearful? If it does, that is good. Fear is doing its beneficial work. It’s being your friend, not your enemy, by showing you that you need God’s mercy. You need a “parachute” before you pass on into eternity. It’s also humbling you so that you will be able to understand the good news of the gospel-that God offers you a parachute in Jesus Christ, the Savior. Here now is the good news: The Ten Commandments are God’s “moral Law.” You and I broke the Law, but Jesus paid the fine in His life’s blood. That’s what happened when He died on the cross. That’s why He said just before He died, “It is finished!” In other words, the debt has been paid in full. If you’re in court and someone pays your fine, the judge can let you go even though you are guilty. In doing so, he still does what is legal, right, and just. Does that make sense? Even though you are guilty, you are free to walk out of the courtroom, because someone has paid your fine. The Bible says, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). God proved His great love for you through the cross. Then Jesus rose from the dead, and defeated the power of the grave. It is because Jesus paid the fine for sin on the cross that God can dismiss your case. You can walk out of His courtroom on Judgment Day. He can commute your death sentence and legally let you live forever, all because Jesus paid the fine for sin in full on that cross. Does that make sense? He paid the fine, so you can be free from the penalty of death. God has made the way to find everlasting life so simple that a child can understand it. All you need to do is be honest and humble. You simply have to repent of your sins and trust in Jesus alone. Repentance means to turn from sin. You can’t say you’re a Christian and continue to lie, steal, and blaspheme God’s name. That would be to deceive yourself and play the hypocrite. Your repentance must be sincere to be genuine. Then you trust in Jesus alone, as you would trust in a parachute. You do what the Bible says to do-“put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (see Romans 13:14). Remember, the moment you trusted in that parachute, you knew the law of gravity no longer had any power over you. In the same way, the moment you put your trust in Jesus for your eternal salvation, the moral Law has no power over you: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2) Does that make sense? If it doesn’t, reread what I’ve written until it does because this is so important. It’s where you will spend eternity. It’s the salvation of your soul, which is far more precious than your eyes. So today, repent and trust in Jesus, because the reality is, you may not have tomorrow. If you’re not sure how to repent, here is a model prayer of repentance, given to us in Scripture when King David had his sin exposed: Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. (Psalm 51:1-4) Whatever you do, don’t trust in your goodness to save you, as most people do. That’s like flapping your arms when you jump out of a plane. It’s not going to work. You’re not a good person; you’re like the rest of us. Transfer your trust from yourself to the Savior. We trust doctors and pharmaceutical companies when we take pills, cables when we step into an elevator, and pilots when we fly on planes. Doctors can make mistakes, elevators can let us down, and pilots sometimes make deadly mistakes. But God will never let you down. He is without sin, and because of that, the Scriptures tell us that it is impossible for Him to lie. Therefore, trust Him with all of your heart, right now. Please, don’t put it off for another second. Then make sure you pick up a Bible and read it daily, and obey what you read. Prayer is us talking to God, but reading the Bible is God speaking to us, and we need to be swift to hear and slow to speak. May God bless you and keep you. Sincerely, Ray Comfort
I have a friend who has property bordering the Great Smoky Mountains. This is her families old home place. Her folks are deceased and some of the property has been sold but they still have the old home place and good tract of land located on a hillside on a rural back road. Her nearest neighbor is a good 3 miles away. She and her daughter visit the place often and did so one winter several years ago. During the night, a sudden snow storm moved in and by morning, the ground was covered in 6 to 8" of fresh snow. She went out the next morning to clear the windows of her 4x4 truck and noticed a huge set of bare foot prints in the snow. They were approx. 17" in length and each had 5 toes. These tracks came out of the treeline and headed SW up the mountain behind the house. She and her daughter followed these tracks for a considerable distance until it became clear that the tracks left their property and went up and over the mountain, so they turned around and headed back. She sent me photos of these tracks, one with her boot print beside one of the tracks for size comparison. Whatever left these tracks wore no shoes despite 8" of snow and a 25 degree chilly morning. When I talked to her about this incident, she recounted stories of how when she was a young girl her folks would tell her not to stay outside after dark because Boojum would get them. She said that growing up in the area, she had heard stories of "wild men" covered in hair and very large lived in caves and the dense forest in the area. She even has heard loud screams at her place as a child and as an adult visiting the place but has never seen these creatures. When she found the tracks, it sort of spooked her. 95% of the year, this house is vacant now so it is possible that this "creature" walked through her property more often since there was nobody there most of the time to pose a threat to it. I guess that these could be wild human beings but local Indian tradition and early settlers all had stories of a similar "creature" living in the area long before it was settled by outsiders.
Having worked for 11 years for the US Army I can tell you that almost daily the Army is contacted to help with search and rescue, especially on Federal land, but also elsewhere.
@@sylviamaresca8852 hmmmm there are pics of it....military records, newspapers, forest seevice, sheriff's dept, and even FBI records confirming it.... Then perhaps you doubt this entire event even happened if your gonna pick and choose what facts to believe But we all know your comment is just the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Like David Paulides has said many times, "If you are a real psychic, and you'd like more business than you can handle, just show us where the remains of Dennis Martin (or any of the other missing 411 cases) are located." This presentation is very well done. great writing and editing. And good artwork. While we ponder what really happened to Dennis......there are new Missing 411 cases still happening, that we don't understand.
Psychics are scrum. If they want to donate their time to helping families get peace and closure that's all well and good, but they charge people for it and give people false hope. Ugh I just really freaking hate them.
I've seen a few of the RUclipsrs that do missing persons stories have started criticizing Paulides for monetizing these missing persons cases. I see no issue with it myself and believe Paulides has done an amazing job shining a light on the state and national park disappearances. In fact most of the RUclipsrs criticizing Paulides probably would have never heard about the missing hikers if it weren't for Paulides...
I couldn't imagine what this man went through. Loosing a child has to be one of the worst things a parent could go through. Loosing a child this way has to be torture.
@@beekeeper7535 so Paulides says something else about this case.. he was charged and Dismed as a cop if I remember right saw it somewhere on the internet
As someone who has hiked deep in in the woods and national parks I've come across the rotting corpses of many animals, the most being deer. Dead large birds do give off odors but nothing like a large animal like a dead deer.
I don't think he meant the crow wouldn't stink, he meant the smell wouldn't travel like that because there's not as much decaying matter to give off malodorous smells.
Growing up on a mountain province, i can truly say that Eerie things do happen in the forest that can make you question things that don’t happen normally.
From what i’ve experienced when we’re gathering in the forest, there are times when the the forest gets quiet. Really quiet. It’s an ominous feeling when u don’t hear bugs or even gust of winds or leaves swaying for half a day. There’s also when certain trees and areas suddenly gets very cold with even ice crystals forming on em while a 10 minutes distance still has tropical warmth. Sometimes we can even hear laughter and splashing of waters, like a group of women playing in the rivers when were resting nearby. There are also times when in late afternoons We encounter huge gust of winds and shaking treetops like something is running very fast on the top of the trees around the forest. My uncles often do offerings and small prayers on certain ‘balete’ trees before venturing out. i simply don’t care wether you believe me or not and i rarely even comment. I’m just sayin things based on my personal experiences to make people aware about things that are happening in the wild.
Wanna know how far it is from Spence Field to where Rowan Creek starts?...a little over a mile. Just a mile. And then all you gotta do is follow the creek down into the Cove where the Key family saw the dude that took Dennis. It's so simple that it's disturbing it all went so wrong...all the way down to the dude who was hunting ginseng and didn't report he found that kid's bones because he didn't want to get into trouble over poaching a plant. It's all absurd.
Sadly stuff like this happens and if certain things really were followed up on, better witnessed or reported in a timely way some mysteries would be solved!!!
Sadly at least I can say in Tennessee they do not do enough. There’s a missing mother and child from my home town that have been missing since I was in middle School, cops said they just vanish. Or what about little cypress Daniels. These kids have no voice and the people who are suppose to be would rather keep things quiet for publicity. Beyond sad, think about how many of these kids knew someone was coming to save them. My heart …
We lived in Alcoa in 69. I was 10 years old. We spent a lot of weekends in Cades Cove. I remember when this boy disappeared and the search for him. He was so young. I felt so bad for him being lost in those big mountains. I prayed and prayed for him to be found. Coming across this story brings back a lot of sad memories from those days.
20 years ago I spend a week in the Smoky Mountains. I had access to a cabin that was somewhat isolated, but about a mile from the main road. The morning I left, I was packing up the car and had one last box to get out of the cabin. The light was getting high enough over the mountains, that I could start to see some details. On the ground was a footprint, large, about 16" in length. I looked at it, and noted that I hadn't seen anything like this yesterday when I came back from town. Then, I found the second footprint about 3 feet away from the first. The direction, whatever it was, was across the cabin, and not towards the door and the car, so it wasn't me who made the prints. it was then one of those moments when your senses became super surreal and you start to notice the littlest things that you normally wouldn't notice: silence. No birds, crickets, nothing, greeted the morning as I would have expected. I remembered how the forest will go quiet when a predator is lurking close by. I ran in the cabin, grabbed the last box, locked the door and got the heck out of there!
How can you not report finding the skeletal remains of a child, regardless of what you were doing, illigally digging gensing or whatever.? He said he was familiar with the case. He dropped the ball big time and could've solved the mystery. He didn't have to admit to digging gensing. Could've just said he was hiking and came upon it. I just hate that such an important opportunity to help the family was lost because of his selfishness.
People would be more likely to report stuff like this if cops didn't do everything in their power to screw over the person reporting what they found the person reporting it or not reporting it is selfish for not wanting to get screwed over for trying to do the right thing get the cops to stop that crap and more people will come forward but odds of that happening are slim to none because they harrass and collect instead of serve and protect today
@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 I’ve had to deal with this first hand and when I turn 70 years old and I have grandkids I’m gonna come out with a lot of things I’ve seen throughout Appalachia while hunting and being involved with some not so legal activities.
@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 you think the cops today are as bad as the past?💀 They used to take $50 bribes for hit and run incidents.... They still do that????
@@bonafidehater692some probably still do and today they just shoot unarmed people that are filming their criminal activity and say they were in fear of their lives that's a joke garbage men get hurt on the job more than cops need a hero pick a trash man
I just wonder what little Dennis thought and being so scared about everything, it is beyond sad,just thinking about the mental distress he was going through it goes beyond any thinking. The not knowing is unbearable.❤️
I thought about this so horribly especially the track of thinking that leads to the idea of him being carried away. I tear up every few seconds I watch this reimagining his feelings. Even the thought of him being scared at all and never seeing his daddy again. It hurts so bad but never as much as he and his family could hurt.
Having been in the armed forces, what gets me is SF showing up. Not rare in and of itself in missing persons cases. But to NOT work in conjunction with the Feeb and not follow normal protocol makes zero sense to me. This is what convinces me that this was no normal missing persons case or normal protocols would have been followed.
We vacationed in the Smokies Gatlinburg area for years. I eventually ended up living there for about 20 years. When I was a child, we were driving through the GSM National Park and came upon the many many people and rescue personnel that were there. We asked when we made it to Gatlinburg and were told what happened. There's not a time when I have driven through the GSM and not thought of this little boy. As a little girl, this was horrifying to me. I clung to my parents more tightly throughout the trip because of this. I've always thought of the family of this child. Glad to see this was posted. Thank you.
I'm glad you made this. I live and grew up in the smoky mountains. I'm starting full time with the fire department in 2 months. My dream job is full time search and rescue in the mountains and the fire department is a good step in that direction. This video definitely rekindles all motivations and scrubs any doubts
Dallas, Well I was referring to the search & rescue efforts you said you where apart of. But yes actually his was June 14,1969, at 6 hers is June 15, 2021 at 5. So the search in the mountains of east Tennessee in summer terrain is the common element here. I know they will be searching again for her this weekend, I pray they can bring her home.
During the Civil War, many men lived in mountains, while trying to avoid the draft. Also, there may have been some men living in the woods, who could not adjust to life after the war. Many stories have come from this. I've backpacked all over western nc,including all the trails in the Smokies. I've hiked this area for over 40 years. I've met 3 men, separately, that lived in the national forest. They were all a little odd, but friendly. They all 3 seemed to appreciate someone to talk to. They were not feral people and I've never seen anything like that. However, I agree that if someone or something wanted to hide from and avoid people,they could do it. Ten foot off trails and you are basically invisible. It would be very difficult to survive on the land and remain hidden in these mountains. It gets cold, at elevation its cold even in summer. I guess it's possible, but it would be a tough existence. Eric Rudolph survived for years, but he had help. He lost lots of weight and was much reduced when he was apprehended. He did survive though. Anyway, stay on the trail, while in the backcountry.
It seems to me that most likely Dennis wandered off and got lost. It rained within hours and Spence field is over 5000 feet. Hyperthermia can set in quick when you are wet and hungry. That is the most obvious explanation.
@@shanghunter7697 Exactly. People who talk shit like this NEVER know the details. There's an arrogance with these shit heads as well... do they think they solved a case that has captured the imaginations of millions since the 1960s? What jack asses.
It has been an intriguing story for decades. My take is the simplest one. He wandered away and succumbed to the elements. It is assumed he was in a specific area. However, for those of us who have had, known, baby sat, taught small children. We know how quickly short legs and determination can cover a distance in record time! Often we hear about children getting lost and being found miles further then searchers thought possible. It just seems some mistakes were made and many slacked on follow ups .
This all makes sense. Except the child scream for Help heard and the disheveled,sweaty man leaving and speeding off in a white car. I believe the child wandered off into the wrong hands, sadly.
@@a.b.creator And the countless redacted pages when FOIA-ing this case. So no, this isn't a logical conclusion. SomeTHING took him is what's most likely here.
Yeah, I almost got kidnapped once when that happened to me. I was invited to play hide and seek with a group of older girls, by one of the girls. The others didn't get to weigh in before she invited me. They didn't want me there. So they told me to "go count over there" and then left the park. Kids are cruel. Thankfully I lived close enough to the park that I was able to dart out and run home, before the creep who was eyeing me made a move. The kids later were like 'omg where did you go? Why couldn't you find us? Silly thing we were in a completely different park, but you didn't think to look for us there? We were so worried when you didn't show up!"
It’s amazing how stories can become twisted so quickly. There was a child’s birthday party game where you whisper something into the ear of the person next to you. When the thing whispered is spoken out load at the end, it’s always something completely different than what started. Thanks.
Thinking about this phenomenon one should consider how much of Jesus' teachings and words have been changed. There was a Hindu guru back in the 50's named Yogananda. After he passed, only a few years later his teachings were not exactly the same as he had taught. And those changes happened in only a few years. Think of how many changes to the bible stories had been made by the time the written witnesses got printed. ✌ 😊 ✝ 😇 ❤
By far the best, most detailed and organized, and, I believe, most honest account of the Dennis Martin case. I believe that such a thoughtful expose might be, at this point, the best tribute that can be made to honor the life of this child.
Always love the artwork and the narration style. I was just looking for something to play while I'm working, and got stoked that you had a new video out. Perfect timing for my day man lol
Two things out of many: 1) What an absolutely incredible job you've done with this report!!! You have my gratitude as someone who has read/viewed many reports on this extremely puzzling case. 2) To parents - never leave your young kids out of sight in the woods. Ever. That said, I've read varying reports on how far away from the adults Dennis was "hiding" while playing the game. If true, he wasn't very far away at all and, was relatively close by. And, if true, and unless he was abducted by someone/thing that ventured that close to the families and unless a hand was put over Dennis' mouth so that he could not scream for help... then why didn't Dennis respond when his family quickly began searching and yelling for him? As noted by Paulides and others, there are far too many of these kinds of cases across the country and beyond.
The artwork is stunning. Incidentally, David Paulides is credited with bringing this case to light. Without his dedicated research on missing people, this case and hundreds other would have likely been forgotten in time.
Not for me it wouldn't and David Paulides wants to put it out like a Bigfoot monster or the big black dog that goes under water. Mr. Paulides is fake this guy keeps it real except he was wrong about the Date Dennis went missing it was June the 14th and he was wrong about the time it was 6:30pm but he did keep it real and truthful not like David..
And he didn't bring this case to light I live around this area, they have been books wrote about Dennis case and all over the world they use the Dennis Martin case to what not to do when someone comes up missing and it's called the Dennis Martin case Mr. Paulides has not did anything except try to get fools out here to Beleave that Bigfoot did it.
The remainder of Bill Martin's life must have been a living hell. RIP, sir. You and your family suffered what no parents ever should. You never got the closure that is necessary to carry on life with some semblance of normalcy.
I am a big fan of David Paulides and have heard him tell this story on a number of occasions but, honestly, yours is far superior and comprehensive than his. Well-done!!!
@@RadagastBrown420 -pure BS….! His books are awesome…! His research is unmatched. You don’t have a clue what you are saying.. keep running your big mouth about subjects you are clueless about.
@@Aquabob1 ikr, he may not be the best presenter but his research and investigation is unmatched in the subject, funny how ppl act like this, if it wasn't for his info nobody would have a clue what was happening in the nat parks
@@Sith_Lord_Sweetheart Or it naturally rains in springtime in Tennessee. I'm not suggesting that other cases involving missing 411 don't have very strange aspects involving weird weather, aircraft crashes or malfunctions during searches, but in this case, it's not out of the ordinary for weather to quickly change in this area, between February and June.
great narration with cool illustrations. i drove through those mountains with my family, when visiting atlanta, ga from raleigh, nc. back in 1980's. this area was a truly lonely place, never seeing any other car passing by. lesson to be learned here is never let small children go alone even for a short period of time.
I'd also like to add that I really appreciate how you not only showed us the map, but really explained the area. It set the stage perfectly for people who have never been there before. You were also objective throughout the video and really considered all points of view.
@@Fla5thgenTryMe a bunch of people have gone missing while they had weapons, including guns. Assuming a gun will protect against these types of disappearances, is not accurate. What it does show, is a massive lack of awareness of the situations, where people have disappeared. My guess is you don't follow David Paulides cases. How about you stop telling everyone else they're stupid, when you can't get basic details correct yourself. You arrogant pompous arse.
You really do your homework, Nick. I am VERY impressed by your channel and am an enthusiastic new subscriber. Thank you so much for providing us with a very balanced and respectfully presented narrative on this very sad case.
I can't believe it has taken me this long to find your channel but I'm so thankful I did! Your research and presentation is above par. I can't wait to binge watch all of your videos. I love how you're open to the paranormal but look for logic first. Amazing job! Thank you for putting so much effort, and I imagine tons of time, into these videos for us to enjoy!
Our govt. doesn’t give a care! Not one! They live inside the walls in DC and think they are kings they’ve been there so long. Where’s the national guard when children are missing?????
Its nothing but other people hurting other people in those woods.Theres no bigfoot or things that looks like the predator,,just wicked evil humans or a bear thats it..hundreds of years and no clear video or body of anything strange ever found.We can find King Tut but can't find a bigfoot
That's partly because you only hear about the cases when someone stayed missing after rains covered up the tracks NOT the cases when someone missing was found with help from tracks that were not covered up. If it rains it's always going to be harder to conduct a search.
Especially when the location is a huge rain forest. The East Tenn area of the Smokey mountains is a huge rain forest because of the elevation and the trees create their own rain. Until recent years our mountains here were very rainy especially when it's warm. These mountains used to be very lush and rainy. It's just a big burn pile now with all the beetle killed trees but it's a very beautiful place to live. Just stay out of the woods alone.
Make me cry. I have 9 kids we used to trample the woods. I can't imagine the heart break. Then lose daddy. U did a great justice sharing this story lots of research. Thank u. Steve sent me over.
Exactly! If that were me trudging through the Forrest searching for a child, I wouldn’t ask anyone for permission. You couldn’t keep me from investing that smell. I’d ask for forgiveness afterward.
How Dennis vanished so quickly and so close to others is the core of the mystery. One possible explanation: he may have decided to play a little impromptu hide-and-seek instead of ambushing the elders as planned. I used to do this as a kid and even adult on camping trips: hiding and making animal noises. The others would notice I was missing and begin to search for me, following my sounds. Alone, Dennis may have started to play this little game (without the sounds), and continued it deeper into the woods as the search for him began. After that, he may have become lost and panicked (easy enough even for adults in the woods), wandered a distance, then had a fatal accident, was attacked by animal, or abducted by a human...
That’s what ALL rational people say when trying to explain away the Unexplainable. And that’s just a Fact! There are things in this “realm”‘we don’t always understand. 👍
Why would you play those games out in the woods when you’re camping supposed to have a good time and you wanna scare people like that it’s just not right stop doing that especially with all the crazy assholes in this world anyway
Actually being someone who's come across a few decomposing birds, you have to be in close proximity to smell that shit. It's not a smell that stretches much over distances of 10-15 yards
Not true. We raise cattle here and depending on the wind, you can easily smell it from as far away as ~300ft. A child wouldn't be very far fetched from a dead calf in terms of smell, so my guess is that it wouldn't be hard to pick up on the smell for a human, let alone a trained dog.
@@alanwatts8239 but that's in wide open land with no obstruction in the way and as you said with a strong wind. This is a densely forested area , which is what I'm use to being in as well as coming by road kill no matter what state of decomposition it's in
@@alanwatts8239 also are you talking about dead birds or cows??? I'm talking about birds like in the video. You're right though a human smell would probably be as strong as a dead cattles.
Kids are also able to squeeze through brush and places much easier than full sized people making traverse even more rapid than rescue can catch up....they also dont know certain dangers that adults might know to avoid like rockslides or mossy river rocks and end up in places that adults cannot fit into or never imagine anyone would go. I think three wanna fall into an inaccessible area where the remains still rest...not buried in some wild man's cave...OR some pedo saw the kid emerge from the woods and kidnapped them via vehicle.
Huh... sure... I guess. But children can cover more ground in less time them you give them credit for. When I was 7, I would regularly walk upward of 2 miles just to go fishing, by myself.
There are so many unexplained circumstances surrounding this, and all the other disappearances it makes me a little weary of going hiking alone especially, taking along small children. The thing is some of the people are not alone, but with several other people, and they all claim the person was never far away from them. Just a short distance ahead or behind them. This little guy was seen ducking behind the bushes, but there was never any screams or sounds of a struggle like they would make during an animal attack. A child obducter could put their hand over a child's mouth to keep them from screaming out, but the adults who vanish don't make any sounds either. There is never any evidence found they were taken by wild animals. There is so much of it that nobody can explain, not even those who we call experts. The ones that are found cannot recall enough of their experience or explain the conditions they have been found in to give any answers to it all. It does make it seem like someone, or something is out there that doesn't want most folks to understand why.
I doubt we will ever know what happened to poor Dennis. It's been over 50 years and even if they did find the spot where his body was the odds of finding anything are extremely remote. Everything would have been scattered or decayed by now. I have to admit this is the best analysis of the case I have ever heard. I too have heard the stories about him being abducted by a Bigfoot. But according to later investigation it was found that there was no feral man/creature in the woods at that time. I think the man who went into the white car had something to do with it. He may have abducted Dennis and murdered him in the woods and was making his escape when he was seen. That's why he was so sweaty and nervous. That's just my two cents worth.
Ain't hard for a grown man to go missing in the woods let alone a child. I live slightly outside of the area of the Smokey Mountain Park in the Red River Gorge area of KY. Rarely do I go in without a gun. It's more of a necessity than people from outside the area know.
7 miles is a LOOOOOONG way in the mountains and wilderness. I worked with game wardens and Fish and Wildlife in the Mark Twain in Missouri and its one HELLAVA trek even for a former airborne soldier like myself and my partner I worked with. There is NO WAY I'd believe that the "man" could get there with a kid in the mountains in THAT area (I've been there) in less than 90 minutes. Plus, Special Forces will ALWAYS carry weapons in a search and rescue operation because of animals and the POSSIBILITY of the danger of humans that took the child that will INEVITABLY have firearms, bows, slings, blades......ect. And if you dont believe that there are STILL "wild people" in the Great Smokey Mountains.... There are. And they probably took him to eat him.
There are pieces to this puzzle that stand out, and it may very well be that the FBI were following up on them at that time and not disclosing this to anyone. I believe the FBI was working under the assumption that Dennis Martin had been kidnapped (not deceased) as soon as they started working on this case. The white car that Mr. Key reported seeing and the man that got into that car his clothes/appearance along with the woman who later reported that she saw who appeared to be Dennis Martin in a white car is something that IMO leads to an abduction scenario... not a coincidence. A very unsettling aspect to all of this are the warnings Mr. Key received by phone and in person not to discuss what he saw/knew. And Mr. Key took those warnings seriously enough that he didn't talk about the case for decades because he feared for the safety of his family.
I actually have 2 RUclips accounts and I had to subscribe to this channel on both because it is so awesome. I stumbled on The Lore Lounge and they gave you a shout out so I came over here and have been straight binging your content for 3 days, now.
My dad and I went to Clingman's dome once and no one else was there. The further I got from the car the creepier it felt and I was almost too terrified of going up the dome as it was one way up and one way down and I felt like we were being watched. Also, another girl went missing on a trail very near Clingman's dome. Check out Scott Carpenter's channel to learn about what lives in the woods. He recently talked about portals, which are pretty scary.
Wow. This channel is shaping up to be something really special, and you’re focused on my deepest interest around these things: unsolved disappearances. While the Martin case has surely been covered in piecemeal form here and there, nothing - NOTHING - in video form compares to the diligent, balanced and humane way it has been covered in this mini documentary. Thank you so much for your hard work. And Dennis… Sorry lad. You are surely in many people’s hearts still.
After hearing so many other RUclipsrs cover this, I never realized until now that it took place on Friday the 13th. So I learned something new in the first 5 minutes.
Great job compiling all the details of this case! I appreciate the clarity you provide regarding the 'wild man' with something over his shoulder. No one can see in muddy water.
This has many different and new information than I've heard. Ive heard this story multiple times and this is a great job. Many things left out that others reported. But very good 👍👍
I was in the woods alone as a kid frequently. The entire area around where i grew up was a forest but no more than a mile or two thick on either side before you hit road, no predators to speak of, just lots of deer, skunks etc... but it definitely felt uncomfortable at certain places. Looking back i definitely wouldn't go back out there alone, when you're little you don't know the dangers of the world so you're not as freaked out by possibilities. But yeah... if someone wanted to snatch me up it wouldn't have been too hard, the area was remote though, so the chances of a creeper are really slim. Not like national parks and commonly frequented areas, so i had that going for me lol. The area was fascinating because we found arrowheads, pottery, moonshine jugs, blacksmith nails, an old village where basically just the very bottom foundation and partial walls were left up, and a very old well. The area had Native Americans and after them Colonial settlers. Very rich history, and also more than a few creepy encounters with what was seemingly paranormal from all of my friends and i over 15 or so years growing up there. We compared our weird stories as teens before we eventually left the area to start our own lives. It's very sad how common this is... these stats seem rather high but evidently statistics say about 800k people go missing every year in the US. The majority are found, China has it worse. This world is evil.
China is a communist dictatorship and often it’s the CCP themselves disappearing people 😞 Yet communism is very ‘on trend’ with the youngsters these days
I almost didn't watch this because I've heard this story so often. Five minutes in and I've already heard several things I didn't know about. It's especially confusing because this took place a long time ago, relatively, and some of the people who were connected to the case are no longer with us. I hate to be so cynical about David P. When I first heard about him, it seemed like he was honestly trying to help people out; and I think, initially, he was. But now, with all the books and movies and interviews and lectures, it seems like he's just doing it for the money. I could be completely wrong though. It is expensive to do all of the things he does, I guess.
The story of Dennis Martin has been in my thoughts since watching the Missing 411 series. This video sheds new light on the case. When we stop asking questions and talking about this case then this poor boy will forever be lost.
An extremely well put together timeline of facts and obviously well researched. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this project. Although this story has a tragic outcome, you were still able to add a dimension of clarity to a case to bring it back to the “base floor” of factual information. I believe that is the single most important way to prevent cold cases from not being solved and simply turning into local myth and folklore. Very well done.
My 7 year old went missing for about 45 minutes on a family day out about 25 years ago. He ran around a clump of bushes and just vanished! My wife went to call the police, while I ran shouting his name. Luckily another family had found him crying almost three quarters of a mile away. I was surprised how far he had gone alone in such a short time.
Do you/or did you believe he ran that far in so little?
@@DoomWar1 I feel like if something else happen the boy would've spoken on it by now
Portal
@@dw4940
Would not surprise me, just be glad your son teleported 1 mile away and not the Gobi desert.
In my country, there's portal that can makes you teleport from specific location to any location in the mountain. When they lucky, they can pop out from the portal. If he unlucky they will traped to cavern/ in the middle of the mountain
Forty-two years ago our daughter (aged 4) ran off in a large discount department store. We searched frantically and had incredible help from store staff. My wife was close to collapse. We found her waiting for us in the parking lot standing by our vehicle. It was one half hour in hell - I feel so sorry for the Martin family - I can't imagine how hard it has been for them.
I bet you never let her live it down.
Horrific!
My son disappeared from me in a Kmart. Some staff was helping me look for him and finally I want up front to the foyer area and there he was on the pay phone. Mind you he was 2. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was calling God because he was wanting God to help him find me!
I understand. My 2 yr old got away from me in JC Penny's. The store locked the doors. A lifetime later she was found in the garden center.
I found myself lost in a strip mall when I was five. We were browsing the movie rental store and next thing I know my mom was gone. I remember totally freaking out and panicking. Running from store to store desperately trying to find her. I was very aware of stranger danger so I didn't want to ask anyone for help. I finally found her three stores down inside a true value, she didn't even know I was missing. 😔
@effaroundfindout wtf! See I do think the majority of missing children don't just "wander off" the parents do.
I was born and raised in Roan Mountain Tennessee on Simerly Creek (Named after my family) where the mountain is shared with North Carolina. I can walk to North Carolina in a couple minutes. The mountains up here are extremely dense and the talk of men living in the mountains that haven’t had a lot of interaction with society is very real. I’ve met a couple and some can’t speak English and some live in single room shack with dirt floors and no windows. I know that East Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia have quite interesting stories. East Tennessee is known to be a paranormal hotspot as well.
I live in North Eastern SC and have always heard that the wild men are a hoax, maybe I just haven’t spent enough time in the parks 🤷♂️
I love in the Ozark mountains and I know two different men who live in caves, between here and Arkansas, they know what year it is, and all ....But spend a large amount of time hiding from federal Forest service because they are considered squatters......And that's just two caveman, None of the old root digger,s or Seng,hunters......And that's personal accounts,I have heard of lots over the years in these old mountain,s.
I'm in Missouri, btw
What language did they speak?
@@skellybones271 rolls right off the tongue! 😂
His mom was one of my preschool teachers and one of the sweetest ladies I've met. I didn't learn about her son, until my mom told my about it as a teenager. Now that I have a daughter of my own, I admire her for being able to work with kids close to the same age as her son when he went missing. Maybe it brought her some comfort or happiness to be around children.
She still leaves the porch light on as well. I just think it's important for everyone to know he's still missed.
@@ocs769 Aww
wow!
@@ocs769that’s beautifully depressing
It makes perfect sense that she would want to surround herself with children her sons age, in perpetuity.
When I lived in the Ozarks as a 11 yr old my friend and I got lost walking my land and came across a shack deep in the forest with a man and woman sitting out front. No water, electric, no road anywhere nearby, no cars etc just a small garden and an outhouse and a small 1 room type shack. Luckily they weren't bad people and just pointed us in the right direction and we hiked off and made it home just fine.
Wow, I love this story!!
Approximately location?
🧢🧢🧢 lying for sure lol
@@sandrajohnson9926 literally just go to any mountains in rural America hike around for a day or two and you will find people like this.
Just because people with this one out in the woods wouldn’t make them bad people
Yea that’s bout 99% of the supposed “savage mountain men/women” that city folk like to claim steal babies off of trails.
The only thing I can say with complete confidence is that I have lived in rural areas around Tennessee for almost 40 years. Born and raised. I've been hunting my entire life. There are some very, very strange families in the sticks. Some that may be incest. They live in their own backwoods world. Them being involved in this case is a completely different story. I have no idea. But, they are without a doubt out there.
Thats a very good point and one i have considered. But, i find it very difficult to believe these "groups" and or "families" would be able to reproduce for so many generations. Each offspring would be considerably more weaker, less intelligent, and their coordination and strength would also greatly deteriorate. I will not rule out sick people, but i also will in this case
Had to think of that X Files episode with the amputated mother and three sons.
They might be marijuana growers, who only come out of the deep woods to sell their weed, buy supplies of food, ammunition, and retreat back to the woods, to live off grid.
They wouldn't need much in the way that they live, eating wild game or fish.
@@daphne4983 “Home” - that episode is still burned into my brain after all these years
@@shinyelectrode417 occasionally new blood is kidnapped, bred,eaten?????
I went to church with his Grandfather Clyde, at Temple Baptist Church in Fountain City, knoxville. Clyde was a good man, strong and faithful. This event was a living hell for the family. Pray for a solution to this mystery for the sake of his family.
Is this the same church where the wonderful Pastor Charles Lawson preaches from?
I have a little nephew who's 6. He's very smart, talkative, and sweet. The idea of him wandering off and dying in the wilderness is gut wrenching. The Martin family has my deepest sympathy. I personally think the child got turned around while playing, started to look for his family on a wrong path, and perished from exposure due to the strong thunderstorm that went through the area that afternoon. The area where the "dead crow" was smelled should have been more thoroughly searched. Regardless, it's all so very tragic. Poor Dennis, RIP.
ONCE YOU SMELL A DEAD HUMAN BODY YOU NEVER FORGET THE SMELL. THERE IS A DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
Bill Martin had seen his son near a bush or small tree seconds before he went missing. When Martin turned his head for a brief few seconds, his son had completely vanished. Later, after being awake non-stop for days and insane with grief, Martin had to be restrained from digging under the plant in a fruitless search for his son. I hope never to have such a horrible thing happen to me or anyone I love.
Did they bring inthe. Dogs
@@edithfox5946 - Release the hounds
@@edithfox5946 I think the video did mention dog teams...but there had already been a lot of people activity. A lot of dog are train to follow the freshest scent...which is why it's so important to bring them in right way.
Then if they are train to follow from an article of clothing. They still need a starting point and if there have been lots of people disturbing the area...in can be impossible for them to pick up a scent.
This is why I always gave my young kids whistles to wear around their necks when we were camping.
A simple yet smart thing to do. Im gonna remember that
Great idea
You can't whistle if you are dead
@@NotMe-gj5uj 😆😆😭😆😆😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@@NotMe-gj5uj -you sure can’t make stupid comments if you are dead.
Rest in Peace Bill Martin
hope he's reunited with his son on the other side
He is. I know it.
Best comment I've seen in a looooong time. You're alright✊
When did Mr Martin pass away? I know that poor man had to have lived a tortured life, I believe he is now at peace..
I thought the same thing! I found it weird that they never once mentioned his Mother in any of these interviews.
And in The Afterlife Denis will be around 30 with NO brain disabilities. However it went down in 1969, bet the father and the son don't care about it whatsoever now that they're both with their Creator.
I've heard way more gruesome and gory cases than this one, yet it still haunts me the most for some reason.
Whatever happened to this child, I hope he didn't suffer.
Maybe you have nothing compares to this one because there is zero evidence as to what happened to the little boy. He vanished in thin air
He has to be dead. No food. There were bears out there.
@@truffles2721 once he vanished in thin air, he wasn't in the forest anymore with the bears...probably not even on this planet anymore. Or in another dimension.
@@katlynrw93that is a figure of speech
People don't vanish
@truffles2721 bears, exposure, or some man with a white vehicle kidnapped/killed him.
This story is a classic when it comes to mysteries, but it’s also one of the most heartbreaking true tales of how horribly a family can be ripped apart simply from the higher ups not being forthcoming. Whatever happened to Dennis Martin and other children like him should never be withheld from the parents.
@@guineapigmanor6656 yes, ok but what took him then? The key family saw "something big, hairy and bipedal" with something over its shoulder. What was it and why that?
@@icantthinkofaname15 actually, that's not correct, if you listen to all details given. Keyes corrected that claim, as it was inaccurate. Details are in the last section of reports nearer to the end.
He’s right actual native ppl live in the national forests tht is the whole reasons national forests were made to protect them ppls and here we r hundreds of years later we don’t kno they make millions from it annually tht they’re not losing Amd would if we knew about the hairy men as rural Appalachian folks are raised to kno n call em we r raised knowing they r native ppls here rural Wv
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I legit believe a bigfoot took him and killed him. So sad
Channels like this are necessary because others tend to leave out important details in order to biased any interested listeners. Thank you for posting.
I just want to hear the truth about a story and I know the truth about this story I was around back then and was only a year older then Dennis that is after his birthday Dennis went missing on the 14th of June and only a few days of him missing Dennis's birthday was on June the 20th he had a birthday six days after he came up missing Dennis has always stayed in my heart it was really sad times during that time. But Dennis turn seven while he was missing.
@@garylowery6216 damn. That is pretty sad. RIP Dennis
Please... this channel is a masterclass in confirmation bias
Obviously Dennis did not die of exposure. With the numbers of people covering up and not talking globally about deaths, I can now see a connection to reducing the population dramatically. I just hope all the aware guilty are the ones gone, because in my mind there's no reasonable explanation for stealing, killing or cannibalizing people in this or trafficking ways.
I think these stories are important to get out sure some may have a bias does this one maybe a slight one towards abduction but remember this story is based on report and what others are saying that they witnessed or heard about. The truth in many of these cases can really get so tossed around when it is not solved or the case goes on for years. Only when they are solved for good or bad is when some truth is found and even that may not always be the complete truth! But more info of cold case files into public is always good!!!
I'll never forget seeing this boy's poster at a local restaurant in the county he went missing. I was on vacation with my family and appox 8-9yrs old. The following year my family on vaction again stopped at the same restaurant. I saw another poster next to his. It was a 2yr old girl who also went missing. They had a jar collecting donations at the cashier counter. I put my change in.
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How much change did you put in?
@@Jake-py4lf 🤣🤣🤣
@@Jake-py4lf 😂😂😂🤣😅 bruhhhhhh ahhhhh Hahaha !
Did they ever find the 2year old?
Once I was at a campground, and my dog (an American Staffordshire) went exploring. I was approached by a young man who thought I was alone, and when he got close, he attacked and pinned me agains my truck. I had a strong bond with my dog, and he must have known I was in trouble, even though I froze and couldn't scream. Within seconds he charged from out of nowhere, running straight toward us. When the young man saw Otis closing in, he gasped, then he also froze. Let's just say my dog Otis saved the day, and maybe having a good sized dog friend (or even more) along on hikes is a good idea.
Damn that sounds scary! Did you not have a gun? Also what did your dog do and how did you leave that situation
@@gallo4796 No, I didn't. But the guy took me completely by surprise, anyway. As he approached me, making small talk, he put out his hand to shake hands with me. I didn't want to shake hands and didn't put my hand out, but as soon as he was close enough to shake hands is when he leaped forward and pinned me against the truck
To continue the rescue story, when Otis reached us, the guy was still pressed up against me because, as I said, when he saw that powerful looking dog running full speed toward us, he froze. So there we were, both froze, me in fear of the guy, and the guy in fear of Otis. When Otis reached us, he came to a stop. Then he began wedging his nose in between us, at about thigh level. He just kept moving forward until he was between us.
The man then decided to do something stupid because he just wanted the dog away from him (even though Otis didn't attack him,), so he made a feeble attempt to push him away. But by now Otis had enough room to stand on his hind legs, so he stood up, whirled around and chest butted the guy in his pelvis, giving him a big shove backwards, and the man almost fell on his butt. He threw up his hands and screamed, "He tried to bite me!" I replied, "If he wanted to bite you, he would have bitten you. He gave you a warning, and you'd be wise to heed it." So, the guy turned around and ran. Otis didn't l chase him, as his objective was to protect me.
I never "trained" Otis to do anything. He was my friend, and the respect flowed both ways. He was also brilliant, and a peaceful soul. Park patrons where I sometimes took him, came up with nicknames for him, like "Saint Otis," and "the Zen Master."
@@Sukijopa oh Ty for shareing your story glad your ok carful out there take your precautions
Hurrah for Ottis!
Quite a story and I'm glad you are ok. I got my first dog a year and a half ago. She's my hiking partner. Really quite sad that so many places don't allow dogs on the trails. Although I carry a sidearm, she is my first line of defense.
I agree w/you 102%!!! When the Park Ranger "smelled decomp", cadaver dogs should have been brought in IMMEDIATELY!
Agreed. Even if it turned out to just be an animal you HAVE to make sure.
1,111%
Why didn’t he go check it out himself -_-
I was driving over a bridge outside Houston when I smelled a horrible odor. It was a beautiful day and I had my car windows down. We had recently had heavy rains and flooding at Bear Creek and I knew that a Homeless man lived in the area. I called the police and gave them the location. After that, the odor was gone. I know it was that man living under the bridge, because I never saw him out walking again, always talking to himself and for years, wearing the same clothing. What a shame for him to have no help and to die alone. It took almost a month for the smell to leave my vehicle.
Dogs refuse to track in these cases. Missing 411 and South Force 10 are good places for more info.
No matter how many years ago someone disappears,its important to keep their memory alive. ❤
Dennis Martin's mother Violet is still alive and in her late 80s as of October 2024.
This case has always hit me in a certain way. It’s a bizarre case for sure but its also because the child looks like such a sweet and meek child. There’s just something about him. Maybe he subconsciously reminds me of a relation.
His poor parents must have died inside on that day.
Whatever the case..
Bless his soul...
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I feel the same, of this poor boy 🙏
He looks like a friend of mine who was very very gentle
I get the impression that the boy had 4utism.
It hits me in a similar way in part because I live in the area and also because the family looks so familiar.
If you’ve ever gotten lost in the woods you know how scary it is. Not knowing which way to go it’s very easy to imagine traveling a long distance in the wrong direction. When I got lost in the Maine woods I also saw a pack of coyotes which had me completely freaked out and panicking. I picked up a big stick and just looked up at the sun remembering which direction I had seen it from the cabin. With that knowledge I was able to get out of the woods. A truly scary event I tell you.
I got lost twice in Mineral King and I thought I was a goner . My friend and my little dog got lost in the late afternoon and ended up on a cliff overlooking the Kaweah River way below us. We kept hiking into the night and that was a big mistake. We crawled into rotten log and tried to sleep until daylight and we were exhausted and it made it real scary trying to crawl across this cliff. We finally found our way down and the rangers were already ready to search for us .I relate to your story .
I don't get this. Unless you walked half the planet, you would've seen the sun from the same perspective. It's not like it changes that much, unless you travel for thousands of kms.
@@stephenhensley5631damn
I bet it was man lol sounds scary as hell
@NeilBreenIsMySugarDaddy you use the sun as vantage point. Unless it's noon you can always use the sun to find out which direction east west north and south are. And then you just follow it back.
I am impressed by this video and the narration. The respect you showed the family while still setting out the facts was very well done. When you proved some statements weren't true, you did it without calling out the people as liars, etc. What was left is a sad and haunting tale and a mystery. I am now a super fan of your videos!
I like your name
This is definitely the best one on the subject
Yo I like the name as well lol
The photo of Dennis is so heartbreaking, he has such a lovely smile, poor little mite, how scared must he have been. I feel so sad for all concerned. May god rot whoever hurt him.
Amen to that. 🙏🏻💔
Exactly!
May the god that allowed this misery rot
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Idiotic fn comment
It’s quite terrifying that Dennis is the only person that knows what exactly happened to him and no one else will never know. I find it quite unsettling for some reason
As someone from East Tennessee, the folklore of wild men is disturbing. I have been deep in the woods for many years going and have never seen anything. It is disturbing to me just because it perpetuates a stereotype that rural people are always backwards when in reality, it takes quite intelligent people to live an agrarian life.
There's a difference between farming rural and shack rural, two different worlds.
nah brah you gotta be a fucking moron to larp in the woods in modern society in the first place :-)
@Shhzbxb Huzhdjea and there is dangerous crack heads down on the corner in the biggest of cities.
I’m not from the East so idk. But from the most rural parts of Colorado. The average person there has more common sense and average intelligence than the average person in the cities in California. From my personal experiences as well as my roommate. Whose also from same rural parts of Colorado.
There may be strange people out there, but I’d also argue it’s more so stereotypes that are way over done,
@Shhzbxb Huzhdjea just for some background incase you say I too haven’t been around much. I’ve been hunting my entire life, grew up on a farm. Grew up in the least populated county in Colorado. Have been to almost all of the 50 states. Have been out of the country. Have lived in the middle of nowhere and the largest of cities in the country.
Stereotypes exist for a reason.
This is the first video I've seen talking about the wild men in the Smokies. I was hiking through the Spence field area several years ago. I heard something behind me and turned around seeing someone jump behind a tree. I kept hiking and every time I looked back this person would hide themselves. So I went around a bend in the trail and over a rise and hid behind some brush. As this person came over the rise I stepped out and was shocked at what I saw. It was a man but he was dressed in rags. Barefoot and filthy. When he saw me he let out a blood curdling screem and spun around and went running through the underbrush off trail. This guy ran for a good 30 seconds screaming the whole time.
Freaked me out at the time but I always am armed when hiking alone on the trails. The most dangerous thing you will meet in the eastern woods is for the most part another human. When i reached the shelter I was happy to see other hikers staying that night. I asked if anyone else had seen what I saw and people looked at me like I was crazy. Only thing I can figure out is out of everyone else that night I was the only lone hiker. I'm thinking I was targeted for my food.
Possibly or he was just curious. It sounds as if he was more afraid of you than you him haha if that makes sense? Pretty neat, though and I can’t say that I blame anyone, these days, for wanting to live away from it all. It’s gettin crazy so I’m thinking he’s actually a lot smarter than us, where it counts.
yea try selling your baloney to hollywood
Amen brother, I live here as well. A man that bags groceries here at our local Ingles can only bark like a dog. I know where he came from.
I’m glad you survived, these people are not approaching w love
Cute story
His father died in 2014. If there is an after life I hope they are together again.
If anything I can agree with this…
There is an afterlife, Jesus is Lord, and there is a Heaven. Just accept Him as your persnal Savior.
Not my words but definitely my sentiment:
HOW TO BE FREE FROM THE FEAR OF DEATH by Ray Comfort
I have asked many people if they are afraid of dying. When they say they are, I know they are being honest and humble, and from that point they almost always listen to what I have to say. The reason I know they're being honest is that the Bible says all of us are tormented by the fear of death all of our lifetime (see Hebrews 2:14,15). Some people dismiss this fear by believing they will be reincarnated and simply come back to earth as someone else. However, the Bible says, "It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27) Others believe they will just go to the grave and cease to exist. But God has put eternity in our hearts so we intuitively know there is something beyond this life.
Knowing that we have to die is like standing at the door of a plane 10,000 feet up and waiting to jump without a parachute. It is horrific. But imagine if someone gave you a parachute that you know was expertly packed by someone who loved you. What now is your attitude toward the jump? It has completely changed. Now you know that you’re not going to hit the ground at 120 mph on your face. Rather, you are going to land gently at 15 mph on your feet. Your faith in the parachute has allowed you to control your fears. You are no longer tormented by fear, because you know that the law of gravity no longer has power over you. God has provided a parachute in the Savior. But you’re not going to want to completely trust in Him. . . unless you realize you have to face a law that is far harsher than gravity.
As we look at this law, you may become a little fearful. Unpleasant though it may be, it will be good for you. Think of why you would put on a parachute-it’s because you will have to jump, and the fear makes you want to trust it. Fear in that case becomes your friend. That’s a very important point, so please keep that in mind. Do you know what death is, according to the Bible? It’s wages. Scripture says, “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Sin is so serious to God that He gives sinners the death sentence. It’s like a judge in a court of law who sentences a criminal to death for raping and viciously murdering three young girls. The criminal has earned the electric chair. This is what he deserves; it’s his wages. Let’s see what wages you will earn.
Do you think you are a good person? No doubt, like most of us, you do. How many lies do you think you have told in your life? Have you ever stolen something, even if it’s small? If you’ve done these two things, then you are a lying thief. Have you ever used God’s name in vain, either flippantly (including “OMG”) or as profanity? If you have, let me ask you if you would ever use your mother’s name as a cuss word. I’m sure you wouldn’t, because that would show you don’t respect her in the slightest. And yet you have used God’s holy name as a cuss word. That’s called “blasphemy,” and it’s very serious in God’s eyes. He promises that whoever takes His name in vain will not be guiltless. One more question. Jesus said that if we look with lust we commit adultery in our heart. Have you ever looked with lust at someone? If you’re normal, you have.
So here is a summation of your court case. You have admitted to being a lying, thieving, blasphemous adulterer at heart. So on Judgment Day, when God judges you by the Ten Commandments, are you going to be innocent or guilty? Guilty, of course. Will you therefore go to Heaven or Hell? The answer is that if you die in your sins, you have God’s promise that you will end up in Hell. The wages you’ve earned is the death sentence. The Bible says that all liars will be cast into the lake of fire, and no thief, no adulterer, and no blasphemer will inherit the kingdom of God.
Does that make you fearful? If it does, that is good. Fear is doing its beneficial work. It’s being your friend, not your enemy, by showing you that you need God’s mercy. You need a “parachute” before you pass on into eternity. It’s also humbling you so that you will be able to understand the good news of the gospel-that God offers you a parachute in Jesus Christ, the Savior. Here now is the good news: The Ten Commandments are God’s “moral Law.” You and I broke the Law, but Jesus paid the fine in His life’s blood. That’s what happened when He died on the cross. That’s why He said just before He died, “It is finished!” In other words, the debt has been paid in full. If you’re in court and someone pays your fine, the judge can let you go even though you are guilty. In doing so, he still does what is legal, right, and just. Does that make sense? Even though you are guilty, you are free to walk out of the courtroom, because someone has paid your fine. The Bible says, “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). God proved His great love for you through the cross. Then Jesus rose from the dead, and defeated the power of the grave.
It is because Jesus paid the fine for sin on the cross that God can dismiss your case. You can walk out of His courtroom on Judgment Day. He can commute your death sentence and legally let you live forever, all because Jesus paid the fine for sin in full on that cross. Does that make sense? He paid the fine, so you can be free from the penalty of death. God has made the way to find everlasting life so simple that a child can understand it. All you need to do is be honest and humble. You simply have to repent of your sins and trust in Jesus alone. Repentance means to turn from sin. You can’t say you’re a Christian and continue to lie, steal, and blaspheme God’s name. That would be to deceive yourself and play the hypocrite. Your repentance must be sincere to be genuine. Then you trust in Jesus alone, as you would trust in a parachute. You do what the Bible says to do-“put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (see Romans 13:14).
Remember, the moment you trusted in that parachute, you knew the law of gravity no longer had any power over you. In the same way, the moment you put your trust in Jesus for your eternal salvation, the moral Law has no power over you: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2) Does that make sense? If it doesn’t, reread what I’ve written until it does because this is so important. It’s where you will spend eternity. It’s the salvation of your soul, which is far more precious than your eyes. So today, repent and trust in Jesus, because the reality is, you may not have tomorrow. If you’re not sure how to repent, here is a model prayer of repentance, given to us in Scripture when King David had his sin exposed: Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. (Psalm 51:1-4)
Whatever you do, don’t trust in your goodness to save you, as most people do. That’s like flapping your arms when you jump out of a plane. It’s not going to work. You’re not a good person; you’re like the rest of us. Transfer your trust from yourself to the Savior. We trust doctors and pharmaceutical companies when we take pills, cables when we step into an elevator, and pilots when we fly on planes. Doctors can make mistakes, elevators can let us down, and pilots sometimes make deadly mistakes. But God will never let you down. He is without sin, and because of that, the Scriptures tell us that it is impossible for Him to lie. Therefore, trust Him with all of your heart, right now. Please, don’t put it off for another second. Then make sure you pick up a Bible and read it daily, and obey what you read. Prayer is us talking to God, but reading the Bible is God speaking to us, and we need to be swift to hear and slow to speak. May God bless you and keep you.
Sincerely,
Ray Comfort
There isn’t... and they won’t be..
@@malloryfaust5054 I summed it up in a hakui
I have a friend who has property bordering the Great Smoky Mountains. This is her families old home place. Her folks are deceased and some of the property has been sold but they still have the old home place and good tract of land located on a hillside on a rural back road. Her nearest neighbor is a good 3 miles away. She and her daughter visit the place often and did so one winter several years ago. During the night, a sudden snow storm moved in and by morning, the ground was covered in 6 to 8" of fresh snow. She went out the next morning to clear the windows of her 4x4 truck and noticed a huge set of bare foot prints in the snow. They were approx. 17" in length and each had 5 toes. These tracks came out of the treeline and headed SW up the mountain behind the house. She and her daughter followed these tracks for a considerable distance until it became clear that the tracks left their property and went up and over the mountain, so they turned around and headed back. She sent me photos of these tracks, one with her boot print beside one of the tracks for size comparison. Whatever left these tracks wore no shoes despite 8" of snow and a 25 degree chilly morning. When I talked to her about this incident, she recounted stories of how when she was a young girl her folks would tell her not to stay outside after dark because Boojum would get them. She said that growing up in the area, she had heard stories of "wild men" covered in hair and very large lived in caves and the dense forest in the area. She even has heard loud screams at her place as a child and as an adult visiting the place but has never seen these creatures. When she found the tracks, it sort of spooked her. 95% of the year, this house is vacant now so it is possible that this "creature" walked through her property more often since there was nobody there most of the time to pose a threat to it. I guess that these could be wild human beings but local Indian tradition and early settlers all had stories of a similar "creature" living in the area long before it was settled by outsiders.
I've heard of people gettin knocks on doors and screamin around there too.
Very interesting! Thank you for letting us know! Do you still have the pictures?
That is a good f’ing story. Pretty brave of them to follow the tracks as long as they did, considering the images she had in her head already.
Wonder if she would sell the place?
Share the pics withus please
Having worked for 11 years for the US Army I can tell you that almost daily the Army is contacted to help with search and rescue, especially on Federal land, but also elsewhere.
Thank you for your service.
I doubt that a special operations unit would be utilized for a search. Remember,there was a war going on.
@@sylviamaresca8852 hmmmm there are pics of it....military records, newspapers, forest seevice, sheriff's dept, and even FBI records confirming it....
Then perhaps you doubt this entire event even happened if your gonna pick and choose what facts to believe
But we all know your comment is just the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Thank you for your service🙏🏻
I've always found it weird most missing cases are in federal lands/national parks or places where there's no civilization
Like David Paulides has said many times, "If you are a real psychic, and you'd like more business than you can handle, just show us where the remains of Dennis Martin (or any of the other missing 411 cases) are located." This presentation is very well done. great writing and editing. And good artwork. While we ponder what really happened to Dennis......there are new Missing 411 cases still happening, that we don't understand.
Go figure the con man Paulides would want to employ "psychics".
Paulides is the first person I ever heard speak about this case, years ago. It’s as weird as any of them.
Psychics are scrum. If they want to donate their time to helping families get peace and closure that's all well and good, but they charge people for it and give people false hope. Ugh I just really freaking hate them.
@@Ooh_PieceOfCandyso when psychics "eff around", do they find out? And if so, what do you do to them?
I've seen a few of the RUclipsrs that do missing persons stories have started criticizing Paulides for monetizing these missing persons cases. I see no issue with it myself and believe Paulides has done an amazing job shining a light on the state and national park disappearances. In fact most of the RUclipsrs criticizing Paulides probably would have never heard about the missing hikers if it weren't for Paulides...
I couldn't imagine what this man went through. Loosing a child has to be one of the worst things a parent could go through. Loosing a child this way has to be torture.
A living hell
Even more so now that he must surely know the attention this case gets from YT creator$ and troll comments
@@norml.hugh-mannRUclips channels like this that actually tell the truth aren't bad. But missing 411 David paulides would PISS ME OFF.
@@beekeeper7535 so Paulides says something else about this case.. he was charged and Dismed as a cop if I remember right saw it somewhere on the internet
@@beekeeper7535 Why does David Paulides piss you off? I think what he does is amazing.
Losing**
As someone who has hiked deep in in the woods and national parks I've come across the rotting corpses of many animals, the most being deer. Dead large birds do give off odors but nothing like a large animal like a dead deer.
You’d think someone would have gone and looked anyway … especially as they knew the smell
As someone who has a brain , anything with meat that dies , stinks . The bigger , the stinkier
I don't think he meant the crow wouldn't stink, he meant the smell wouldn't travel like that because there's not as much decaying matter to give off malodorous smells.
I wouldn’t be going anywhere without a full metal jacket
but nothing smells worse than rotting human
My heart aches for all the children and adults who have gone missing and have never been found. God bless all their families.
Hey jasmon
Why hasn't anyone mentioned
Karma? Our pain and emotional turmoil in each specific lifetime pays for our bad Karmic debt.
The hand drawings are such a wonderful addition to your stories/reports
Growing up on a mountain province, i can truly say that Eerie things do happen in the forest that can make you question things that don’t happen normally.
Like what?
Do tell please
@@dgodfather69 They never do because they just want internet points. They don't actually know what they're talking about.
It’s been two months and you haven’t said anything
From what i’ve experienced when we’re gathering in the forest, there are times when the the forest gets quiet. Really quiet. It’s an ominous feeling when u don’t hear bugs or even gust of winds or leaves swaying for half a day.
There’s also when certain trees and areas suddenly gets very cold with even ice crystals forming on em while a 10 minutes distance still has tropical warmth.
Sometimes we can even hear laughter and splashing of waters, like a group of women playing in the rivers when were resting nearby.
There are also times when in late afternoons
We encounter huge gust of winds and shaking treetops like something is running very fast on the top of the trees around the forest.
My uncles often do offerings and small prayers on certain ‘balete’ trees before venturing out.
i simply don’t care wether you believe me or not and i rarely even comment.
I’m just sayin things based on my personal experiences to make people aware about things that are happening in the wild.
Wanna know how far it is from Spence Field to where Rowan Creek starts?...a little over a mile. Just a mile. And then all you gotta do is follow the creek down into the Cove where the Key family saw the dude that took Dennis. It's so simple that it's disturbing it all went so wrong...all the way down to the dude who was hunting ginseng and didn't report he found that kid's bones because he didn't want to get into trouble over poaching a plant. It's all absurd.
Sadly stuff like this happens and if certain things really were followed up on, better witnessed or reported in a timely way some mysteries would be solved!!!
Mind numbingly Absurd.
Sadly at least I can say in Tennessee they do not do enough. There’s a missing mother and child from my home town that have been missing since I was in middle
School, cops said they just vanish. Or what about little cypress Daniels. These kids have no voice and the people who are suppose to be would rather keep things quiet for publicity. Beyond sad, think about how many of these kids knew someone was coming to save them. My heart …
Id take a cadaver dog to that area, they can smell remains decades later too. It has me interested.
@@meadowsmama9423 It isn't always about publicity. Poor funding has a huge part to play.
We lived in Alcoa in 69. I was 10 years old. We spent a lot of weekends in Cades Cove. I remember when this boy disappeared and the search for him. He was so young. I felt so bad for him being lost in those big mountains. I prayed and prayed for him to be found. Coming across this story brings back a lot of sad memories from those days.
Wow!! Your drawing of Paulides is SPOT ON!! well done man.
20 years ago I spend a week in the Smoky Mountains. I had access to a cabin that was somewhat isolated, but about a mile from the main road. The morning I left, I was packing up the car and had one last box to get out of the cabin. The light was getting high enough over the mountains, that I could start to see some details. On the ground was a footprint, large, about 16" in length. I looked at it, and noted that I hadn't seen anything like this yesterday when I came back from town. Then, I found the second footprint about 3 feet away from the first. The direction, whatever it was, was across the cabin, and not towards the door and the car, so it wasn't me who made the prints. it was then one of those moments when your senses became super surreal and you start to notice the littlest things that you normally wouldn't notice: silence. No birds, crickets, nothing, greeted the morning as I would have expected. I remembered how the forest will go quiet when a predator is lurking close by. I ran in the cabin, grabbed the last box, locked the door and got the heck out of there!
Scarey!!
Big foot
Oh lord …
A reason I'd never hike or camp anywhere usa.. Sasquatch!
@@gissyb1 are you 12?
How can you not report finding the skeletal remains of a child, regardless of what you were doing, illigally digging gensing or whatever.? He said he was familiar with the case. He dropped the ball big time and could've solved the mystery. He didn't have to admit to digging gensing. Could've just said he was hiking and came upon it. I just hate that such an important opportunity to help the family was lost because of his selfishness.
People would be more likely to report stuff like this if cops didn't do everything in their power to screw over the person reporting what they found the person reporting it or not reporting it is selfish for not wanting to get screwed over for trying to do the right thing get the cops to stop that crap and more people will come forward but odds of that happening are slim to none because they harrass and collect instead of serve and protect today
@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 I’ve had to deal with this first hand and when I turn 70 years old and I have grandkids I’m gonna come out with a lot of things I’ve seen throughout Appalachia while hunting and being involved with some not so legal activities.
@@hilljackzack7284 nice
@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 you think the cops today are as bad as the past?💀 They used to take $50 bribes for hit and run incidents.... They still do that????
@@bonafidehater692some probably still do and today they just shoot unarmed people that are filming their criminal activity and say they were in fear of their lives that's a joke garbage men get hurt on the job more than cops need a hero pick a trash man
I just wonder what little Dennis thought and being so scared about everything, it is beyond sad,just thinking about the mental distress he was going through it goes beyond any thinking. The not knowing is unbearable.❤️
Thinking about that gives me actual panic attacks. I have a son and this just freaks me out.
I thought about this so horribly especially the track of thinking that leads to the idea of him being carried away. I tear up every few seconds I watch this reimagining his feelings. Even the thought of him being scared at all and never seeing his daddy again. It hurts so bad but never as much as he and his family could hurt.
Horrible. He didn't know he wouldn't ever see his family again
Vv
💔😢
I can't imagine how terrible it would be to lose a child like that. Never knowing what happened to your own kid.
It seems that anything the FBI gets involved in turns into a bumbling shit show.
Indeed.
Intentionally
Amen
It’s called “Interference.” That’s the technical term. They create confusion and disturb the scene and spin narratives. It’s a cover up.
Having been in the armed forces, what gets me is SF showing up. Not rare in and of itself in missing persons cases. But to NOT work in conjunction with the Feeb and not follow normal protocol makes zero sense to me. This is what convinces me that this was no normal missing persons case or normal protocols would have been followed.
We vacationed in the Smokies Gatlinburg area for years. I eventually ended up living there for about 20 years. When I was a child, we were driving through the GSM National Park and came upon the many many people and rescue personnel that were there. We asked when we made it to Gatlinburg and were told what happened. There's not a time when I have driven through the GSM and not thought of this little boy. As a little girl, this was horrifying to me. I clung to my parents more tightly throughout the trip because of this. I've always thought of the family of this child. Glad to see this was posted. Thank you.
I'm glad you made this. I live and grew up in the smoky mountains. I'm starting full time with the fire department in 2 months. My dream job is full time search and rescue in the mountains and the fire department is a good step in that direction. This video definitely rekindles all motivations and scrubs any doubts
K9 search and rescue is my dream job too!
@@samiam3706 awesome! Are you close to the smokies?
Dallas, I live in Blount County, just wandering if you have heard about the Summer Wells case. What are your thoughts?
@@loriedwards4953 nice! I do a lot of work in Blount County. I'm not certain if her case has any elements like this one, but it's a shame.
Dallas, Well I was referring to the search & rescue efforts you said you where apart of. But yes actually his was June 14,1969, at 6 hers is June 15, 2021 at 5. So the search in the mountains of east Tennessee in summer terrain is the common element here. I know they will be searching again for her this weekend, I pray they can bring her home.
During the Civil War, many men lived in mountains, while trying to avoid the draft. Also, there may have been some men living in the woods, who could not adjust to life after the war. Many stories have come from this. I've backpacked all over western nc,including all the trails in the Smokies. I've hiked this area for over 40 years. I've met 3 men, separately, that lived in the national forest. They were all a little odd, but friendly. They all 3 seemed to appreciate someone to talk to. They were not feral people and I've never seen anything like that. However, I agree that if someone or something wanted to hide from and avoid people,they could do it. Ten foot off trails and you are basically invisible. It would be very difficult to survive on the land and remain hidden in these mountains. It gets cold, at elevation its cold even in summer. I guess it's possible, but it would be a tough existence. Eric Rudolph survived for years, but he had help. He lost lots of weight and was much reduced when he was apprehended. He did survive though. Anyway, stay on the trail, while in the backcountry.
It seems to me that most likely Dennis wandered off and got lost. It rained within hours and Spence field is over 5000 feet. Hyperthermia can set in quick when you are wet and hungry. That is the most obvious explanation.
@@kevintolbert4934 Oh my.......are you even familiar with the true story ?
You got that right brother
"People who *haven't ever* been....."
FTFY
@@shanghunter7697 Exactly. People who talk shit like this NEVER know the details. There's an arrogance with these shit heads as well... do they think they solved a case that has captured the imaginations of millions since the 1960s? What jack asses.
It has been an intriguing story for decades. My take is the simplest one.
He wandered away and succumbed to the elements.
It is assumed he was in a specific area. However, for those of us who have had, known, baby sat, taught small children. We know how quickly short legs and determination can cover a distance in record time!
Often we hear about children getting lost and being found miles further then searchers thought possible.
It just seems some mistakes were made and many slacked on follow ups .
This all makes sense. Except the child scream for Help heard and the disheveled,sweaty man leaving and speeding off in a white car.
I believe the child wandered off into the wrong hands, sadly.
@@a.b.creator
And the countless redacted pages when FOIA-ing this case. So no, this isn't a logical conclusion. SomeTHING took him is what's most likely here.
And, when they get tired they will lay down and 'sleep like the dead', not responding to searchers calls.
I think Dennis Martin got unlucky, I suspect he was off track, possibly lost, & then ran into a predator - probably human.
He was special needs and said he tended to stay close to his family
Darn...did those kids really have to tell him to go by himself in a separate direction?
Little kids don't consider conciquences. They just want to play.
Yeah, I almost got kidnapped once when that happened to me. I was invited to play hide and seek with a group of older girls, by one of the girls. The others didn't get to weigh in before she invited me. They didn't want me there. So they told me to "go count over there" and then left the park.
Kids are cruel.
Thankfully I lived close enough to the park that I was able to dart out and run home, before the creep who was eyeing me made a move.
The kids later were like 'omg where did you go? Why couldn't you find us? Silly thing we were in a completely different park, but you didn't think to look for us there? We were so worried when you didn't show up!"
@@ghostratsarah those kids were tools. I would've fought them
@@ghostratsarah Yeah, older kids can be wreckless and cruel..
And he was the youngest.
It’s amazing how stories can become twisted so quickly. There was a child’s birthday party game where you whisper something into the ear of the person next to you. When the thing whispered is spoken out load at the end, it’s always something completely different than what started. Thanks.
Yeah, the game telephone or spoons (if you're adding a penalizing element to it). I always think about that in situations like this.
Thinking about this phenomenon one should consider how much of Jesus' teachings and words have been changed.
There was a Hindu guru back in the 50's named Yogananda. After he passed, only a few years later his teachings were not exactly the same as he had taught.
And those changes happened in only a few years.
Think of how many changes to the bible stories had been made by the time the written witnesses got printed. ✌ 😊 ✝ 😇 ❤
We called it Chinese Whispers
It’s called “telephone”.
@@Starshapedjello
A second name, I think, is GOSSIP.
By far the best, most detailed and organized, and, I believe, most honest account of the Dennis Martin case. I believe that such a thoughtful expose might be, at this point, the best tribute that can be made to honor the life of this child.
Always love the artwork and the narration style. I was just looking for something to play while I'm working, and got stoked that you had a new video out.
Perfect timing for my day man lol
Two things out of many:
1) What an absolutely incredible job you've done with this report!!! You have my gratitude as someone who has read/viewed many reports on this extremely puzzling case.
2) To parents - never leave your young kids out of sight in the woods. Ever. That said, I've read varying reports on how far away from the adults Dennis was "hiding" while playing the game. If true, he wasn't very far away at all and, was relatively close by. And, if true, and unless he was abducted by someone/thing that ventured that close to the families and unless a hand was put over Dennis' mouth so that he could not scream for help... then why didn't Dennis respond when his family quickly began searching and yelling for him? As noted by Paulides and others, there are far too many of these kinds of cases across the country and beyond.
Sometimes autistic children will never respond. This has happened to me with my son. Fortunately I found him and yes I was in the mountains.
The artwork is stunning. Incidentally, David Paulides is credited with bringing this case to light. Without his dedicated research on missing people, this case and hundreds other would have likely been forgotten in time.
Even though he made up facts to drive his bigfoot fantasies. The guy is a fraud
Not for me it wouldn't and David Paulides wants to put it out like a Bigfoot monster or the big black dog that goes under water. Mr. Paulides is fake this guy keeps it real except he was wrong about the Date Dennis went missing it was June the 14th and he was wrong about the time it was 6:30pm but he did keep it real and truthful not like David..
@@francoisdongalong2213 you got that right.
And he didn't bring this case to light I live around this area, they have been books wrote about Dennis case and all over the world they use the Dennis Martin case to what not to do when someone comes up missing and it's called the Dennis Martin case Mr. Paulides has not did anything except try to get fools out here to Beleave that Bigfoot did it.
Paulides never ever claimed this case …or any of the missing cases ….are the result of Bigfoot abduction.
Always been fascinated by this tragedy and this has to be the most comprehensive I’ve ever heard…thank you.
The remainder of Bill Martin's life must have been a living hell. RIP, sir. You and your family suffered what no parents ever should. You never got the closure that is necessary to carry on life with some semblance of normalcy.
I am a big fan of David Paulides and have heard him tell this story on a number of occasions but, honestly, yours is far superior and comprehensive than his. Well-done!!!
Iv listened to David talk about this several times and I totally agree with u this goes into alot more depth. Your doing great man
David Paulides talks and talks but says next to nothing. He also lies. He's a bloviating conman trying to sell books.
@@RadagastBrown420 -pure BS….! His books are awesome…! His research is unmatched. You don’t have a clue what you are saying.. keep running your big mouth about subjects you are clueless about.
@@RadagastBrown420 👎🏼 You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.
@@Aquabob1 ikr, he may not be the best presenter but his research and investigation is unmatched in the subject, funny how ppl act like this, if it wasn't for his info nobody would have a clue what was happening in the nat parks
It always seems to rain hard when someone goes missing
Your right. Generally happens after a Bigfoot incident. Sadly I think the boy was taken by the hairy-man. Officials will never confess to it..
@@cherylcooper9049 they can sense the weather I'm guessing, like a lot of animals can
@@Sith_Lord_Sweetheart Or it naturally rains in springtime in Tennessee.
I'm not suggesting that other cases involving missing 411 don't have very strange aspects involving weird weather, aircraft crashes or malfunctions during searches, but in this case, it's not out of the ordinary for weather to quickly change in this area, between February and June.
Whatever it is can control the weather
Maybe thats when the creatures kidnapp them,,, during or right before storms
great narration with cool illustrations. i drove through those mountains with my family, when visiting atlanta, ga from raleigh, nc. back in 1980's. this area was a truly lonely place, never seeing any other car passing by. lesson to be learned here is never let small children go alone even for a short period of time.
I'd also like to add that I really appreciate how you not only showed us the map, but really explained the area. It set the stage perfectly for people who have never been there before. You were also objective throughout the video and really considered all points of view.
One of the most tragic and disturbing mystery’s I ever heard of. God bless him and his poor father…
I have a7 year old son. This is absolutely terrifying.
Don't let them out of your sight and never go unarmed. You'll be golden.
May God always bless and protect you and your son 💗
@@Fla5thgenTryMe a bunch of people have gone missing while they had weapons, including guns.
Assuming a gun will protect against these types of disappearances, is not accurate.
What it does show, is a massive lack of awareness of the situations, where people have disappeared.
My guess is you don't follow David Paulides cases.
How about you stop telling everyone else they're stupid, when you can't get basic details correct yourself.
You arrogant pompous arse.
@@rogerramjet6429 is there a deleted thread or have you just come out with a rant for no reason lol
@@rogerramjet6429 So...what's your problem? Rabies?
You really do your homework, Nick. I am VERY impressed by your channel and am an enthusiastic new subscriber. Thank you so much for providing us with a very balanced and respectfully presented narrative on this very sad case.
The fact that the video is 42 mins long tells me there may be something new here even if I’m quite familiar with this particular disappearance.
That poor child, poor family
Who did the art for this? It is great really helps tell the story
He does all the art!
da dood
@@beardedbeastmetalmilitia4604 wow
Wow! Multitalented! I mean it’s the drawings that really draw (pun intended) the viewer in
@@sporter527 hahaha.
I can't believe it has taken me this long to find your channel but I'm so thankful I did! Your research and presentation is above par. I can't wait to binge watch all of your videos. I love how you're open to the paranormal but look for logic first. Amazing job! Thank you for putting so much effort, and I imagine tons of time, into these videos for us to enjoy!
Heart wrenching.. someone knows what's going on in those mountains. I hope one day the truth is revealed.
Our govt. doesn’t give a care! Not one! They live inside the walls in DC and think they are kings they’ve been there so long. Where’s the national guard when children are missing?????
Many more have gone missing in our beautiful mountains since this time!
Its nothing but other people hurting other people in those woods.Theres no bigfoot or things that looks like the predator,,just wicked evil humans or a bear thats it..hundreds of years and no clear video or body of anything strange ever found.We can find King Tut but can't find a bigfoot
As someone who lives in east Tennessee and frequently hikes in the mountains, I had no idea something like this happened right in my backyard
There’re a bunch of abandoned homes in the middle of the smoky mountains. They’re now sightseeing monuments but no doubt people once lived there.
Crazy how often some one disappears in the woods, and that same day or the next there is a huge rain or snow storm to cover up any tracks
When you consider the fact that it rains on earth, no, it really isn’t crazy.
That's partly because you only hear about the cases when someone stayed missing after rains covered up the tracks NOT the cases when someone missing was found with help from tracks that were not covered up. If it rains it's always going to be harder to conduct a search.
@@QT5656yup, after al this isn't the "went missing for 24 hours and got found" channel
Especially when the location is a huge rain forest. The East Tenn area of the Smokey mountains is a huge rain forest because of the elevation and the trees create their own rain. Until recent years our mountains here were very rainy especially when it's warm. These mountains used to be very lush and rainy. It's just a big burn pile now with all the beetle killed trees but it's a very beautiful place to live. Just stay out of the woods alone.
Make me cry. I have 9 kids we used to trample the woods. I can't imagine the heart break. Then lose daddy. U did a great justice sharing this story lots of research. Thank u. Steve sent me over.
Your grammar makes me think otherwise
A “crow”? That’s the part that is really perplexing. To not go back and make certain???
I know, so ridiculous! As if a dead crow would smell that bad!
Exactly! If that were me trudging through the Forrest searching for a child, I wouldn’t ask anyone for permission. You couldn’t keep me from investing that smell. I’d ask for forgiveness afterward.
Yep a lesson to learn really investigate anything in these cases in a search!!!
I’ve worked with SARS around the smokies and Cherokee forest. Human bodies have a distinct smell.
Dead crows hardly smell at all. Unless that was one gigantic big bird.
I have watched videos on this case dozens of times. This is by far the most extensive and in depth video. Thanks so much!
I read Paulides' book and remember this case very well. You've done a great job of seeking out details to consider that he didn't have. Fine job
How Dennis vanished so quickly and so close to others is the core of the mystery. One possible explanation: he may have decided to play a little impromptu hide-and-seek instead of ambushing the elders as planned. I used to do this as a kid and even adult on camping trips: hiding and making animal noises. The others would notice I was missing and begin to search for me, following my sounds. Alone, Dennis may have started to play this little game (without the sounds), and continued it deeper into the woods as the search for him began. After that, he may have become lost and panicked (easy enough even for adults in the woods), wandered a distance, then had a fatal accident, was attacked by animal, or abducted by a human...
That’s what ALL rational people say when trying to explain away the Unexplainable. And that’s just a Fact! There are things in this “realm”‘we don’t always understand. 👍
The fairies 🧚♀️ are real and aren’t friendly.
@@27295mvestal not all are unfriendly just most
Why would you play those games out in the woods when you’re camping supposed to have a good time and you wanna scare people like that it’s just not right stop doing that especially with all the crazy assholes in this world anyway
@@garymonaghan7196 when youre
a kid you do dumb things
It's been a while, man! Always worth the wait though: Excellent videos!
The best by far. This dude on fire
Actually being someone who's come across a few decomposing birds, you have to be in close proximity to smell that shit. It's not a smell that stretches much over distances of 10-15 yards
Not true. We raise cattle here and depending on the wind, you can easily smell it from as far away as ~300ft. A child wouldn't be very far fetched from a dead calf in terms of smell, so my guess is that it wouldn't be hard to pick up on the smell for a human, let alone a trained dog.
@@alanwatts8239 but that's in wide open land with no obstruction in the way and as you said with a strong wind. This is a densely forested area , which is what I'm use to being in as well as coming by road kill no matter what state of decomposition it's in
@@alanwatts8239 also are you talking about dead birds or cows??? I'm talking about birds like in the video.
You're right though a human smell would probably be as strong as a dead cattles.
@@bofreely.7383 You're good, man. I didn't say you're wrong, i said the context in the video is somewhat wrong.
@@alanwatts8239 ohhh okay my mistake lol, typos
I have a theory that children can travel so far when they get lost because they panic and begin to move more quickly or even run.
That’s very true.
True. I feel like we as adults forget how it was to be a kid
Kids are also able to squeeze through brush and places much easier than full sized people making traverse even more rapid than rescue can catch up....they also dont know certain dangers that adults might know to avoid like rockslides or mossy river rocks and end up in places that adults cannot fit into or never imagine anyone would go.
I think three wanna fall into an inaccessible area where the remains still rest...not buried in some wild man's cave...OR some pedo saw the kid emerge from the woods and kidnapped them via vehicle.
Huh... sure... I guess. But children can cover more ground in less time them you give them credit for. When I was 7, I would regularly walk upward of 2 miles just to go fishing, by myself.
There are so many unexplained circumstances surrounding this, and all the other disappearances it makes me a little weary of going hiking alone especially, taking along small children. The thing is some of the people are not alone, but with several other people, and they all claim the person was never far away from them. Just a short distance ahead or behind them. This little guy was seen ducking behind the bushes, but there was never any screams or sounds of a struggle like they would make during an animal attack. A child obducter could put their hand over a child's mouth to keep them from screaming out, but the adults who vanish don't make any sounds either. There is never any evidence found they were taken by wild animals. There is so much of it that nobody can explain, not even those who we call experts. The ones that are found cannot recall enough of their experience or explain the conditions they have been found in to give any answers to it all. It does make it seem like someone, or something is out there that doesn't want most folks to understand why.
I doubt we will ever know what happened to poor Dennis. It's been over 50 years and even if they did find the spot where his body was the odds of finding anything are extremely remote. Everything would have been scattered or decayed by now.
I have to admit this is the best analysis of the case I have ever heard. I too have heard the stories about him being abducted by a Bigfoot. But according to later investigation it was found that there was no feral man/creature in the woods at that time. I think the man who went into the white car had something to do with it. He may have abducted Dennis and murdered him in the woods and was making his escape when he was seen. That's why he was so sweaty and nervous. That's just my two cents worth.
Ain't hard for a grown man to go missing in the woods let alone a child. I live slightly outside of the area of the Smokey Mountain Park in the Red River Gorge area of KY. Rarely do I go in without a gun. It's more of a necessity than people from outside the area know.
Seems like common sense to me. The fact that people even try their hand without protection is baffling to me.
Thank you for your respectful approach and treatment of this case.
gloria commenting; there was another family present - a man and his two sons- and the GRANDFATHER WALKED NINE MILES to get help.
Makes no sense.
One of the best and most thoroughly researched pieces of its kind on RUclips. Brilliant work.
7 miles is a LOOOOOONG way in the mountains and wilderness. I worked with game wardens and Fish and Wildlife in the Mark Twain in Missouri and its one HELLAVA trek even for a former airborne soldier like myself and my partner I worked with.
There is NO WAY I'd believe that the "man" could get there with a kid in the mountains in THAT area (I've been there) in less than 90 minutes.
Plus, Special Forces will ALWAYS carry weapons in a search and rescue operation because of animals and the POSSIBILITY of the danger of humans that took the child that will INEVITABLY have firearms, bows, slings, blades......ect.
And if you dont believe that there are STILL "wild people" in the Great Smokey Mountains....
There are.
And they probably took him to eat him.
Interesting
This was definitely the most informative, least sensational summary of this story I've heard\watched. Good work and thank you.
There are pieces to this puzzle that stand out, and it may very well be that the FBI were following up on
them at that time and not disclosing this to anyone.
I believe the FBI was working under the assumption that Dennis Martin had been kidnapped (not deceased)
as soon as they started working on this case.
The white car that Mr. Key reported seeing and the man that got into that car
his clothes/appearance along with the woman who later reported that she saw who appeared to be Dennis Martin
in a white car is something that IMO leads to an abduction scenario... not a coincidence.
A very unsettling aspect to all of this are the warnings Mr. Key received by phone and in
person not to discuss what he saw/knew. And Mr. Key took those warnings seriously
enough that he didn't talk about the case for decades because he feared for the safety of his family.
Just checked my phone and saw this, RIP to Dennis and so many others who have gone missing in the wilderness
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This channel is strait up beastly. For some reason, those illustrations are chilling. I'm locked in!
Feel so bad for the people in these stories tho.
I actually have 2 RUclips accounts and I had to subscribe to this channel on both because it is so awesome. I stumbled on The Lore Lounge and they gave you a shout out so I came over here and have been straight binging your content for 3 days, now.
Most detailed version I've heard so far from this case. Good job
6 years ago I backpacked from Clingman's Dome to Fontana Dam. I'm glad I did not hear of this until after my trip.
Same
My dad and I went to Clingman's dome once and no one else was there. The further I got from the car the creepier it felt and I was almost too terrified of going up the dome as it was one way up and one way down and I felt like we were being watched. Also, another girl went missing on a trail very near Clingman's dome. Check out Scott Carpenter's channel to learn about what lives in the woods. He recently talked about portals, which are pretty scary.
Thousands upon thousands hike the AT every year. Thinking you are in danger is as insane is these people believing these insane stories.
Wow. This channel is shaping up to be something really special, and you’re focused on my deepest interest around these things: unsolved disappearances. While the Martin case has surely been covered in piecemeal form here and there, nothing - NOTHING - in video form compares to the diligent, balanced and humane way it has been covered in this mini documentary.
Thank you so much for your hard work. And Dennis… Sorry lad. You are surely in many people’s hearts still.
After hearing so many other RUclipsrs cover this, I never realized until now that it took place on Friday the 13th. So I learned something new in the first 5 minutes.
Trump Lost hahahahaha
Great job compiling all the details of this case! I appreciate the clarity you provide regarding the 'wild man' with something over his shoulder. No one can see in muddy water.
Definitely. Appreciate the respect and care given to this story.
This has many different and new information than I've heard. Ive heard this story multiple times and this is a great job. Many things left out that others reported. But very good 👍👍
Totally agree with everything you said!
Plus rectifications. No bear or man.
It is scary how fast someone can disappear without a trace.
#Abracadabra
@@wilfordownbey5000 Where'd you go?!
@@HiNRGboy Sorry.. Noone here but us Chickens..
@@HiNRGboy opps.. I mean, IMA chicken hawk!
I was in the woods alone as a kid frequently. The entire area around where i grew up was a forest but no more than a mile or two thick on either side before you hit road, no predators to speak of, just lots of deer, skunks etc... but it definitely felt uncomfortable at certain places. Looking back i definitely wouldn't go back out there alone, when you're little you don't know the dangers of the world so you're not as freaked out by possibilities.
But yeah... if someone wanted to snatch me up it wouldn't have been too hard, the area was remote though, so the chances of a creeper are really slim. Not like national parks and commonly frequented areas, so i had that going for me lol.
The area was fascinating because we found arrowheads, pottery, moonshine jugs, blacksmith nails, an old village where basically just the very bottom foundation and partial walls were left up, and a very old well. The area had Native Americans and after them Colonial settlers. Very rich history, and also more than a few creepy encounters with what was seemingly paranormal from all of my friends and i over 15 or so years growing up there. We compared our weird stories as teens before we eventually left the area to start our own lives.
It's very sad how common this is... these stats seem rather high but evidently statistics say about 800k people go missing every year in the US. The majority are found, China has it worse. This world is evil.
China is a communist dictatorship and often it’s the CCP themselves disappearing people 😞 Yet communism is very ‘on trend’ with the youngsters these days
I almost didn't watch this because I've heard this story so often. Five minutes in and I've already heard several things I didn't know about. It's especially confusing because this took place a long time ago, relatively, and some of the people who were connected to the case are no longer with us.
I hate to be so cynical about David P. When I first heard about him, it seemed like he was honestly trying to help people out; and I think, initially, he was. But now, with all the books and movies and interviews and lectures, it seems like he's just doing it for the money. I could be completely wrong though. It is expensive to do all of the things he does, I guess.
Same! I didn't know he was a special needs kid. No one has ever brought that up. Very interesting.
same
and his artwork is always worth watching for too
It's almost as if someone left out certain facts about the case to make it seem more mysterious. Someone who was, perhaps, trying to sell a book. Lol
In one of the interviews I’ve heard, David Paulides did, in fact, mention the fact that Dennis Miller did have special-needs.
The story of Dennis Martin has been in my thoughts since watching the Missing 411 series. This video sheds new light on the case. When we stop asking questions and talking about this case then this poor boy will forever be lost.
~ "The only stupid question is the one that is never asked"..
Heard bout this long time ago , still breaks my heart on how the Father must’ve felt. Can’t imagine . R.I.P.
An extremely well put together timeline of facts and obviously well researched. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this project. Although this story has a tragic outcome, you were still able to add a dimension of clarity to a case to bring it back to the “base floor” of factual information. I believe that is the single most important way to prevent cold cases from not being solved and simply turning into local myth and folklore. Very well done.
I agree with you. It angers me that some seek to add elements of fantasy into cold cases.