10 Hikers Mysteriously Vanishing From National Parks

In the United States National Park System alone there are more than 84 million acres of preserved woods, deserts, mountains and other wilderness, so it's no surprise that in the past 100 years there have been a number of cases of hikers going missing. Many of those who vanished were young children and inexperienced hikers, but some were healthy and seasoned outdoors people. But is there more to these disappearances than just kids wandering off, or hikers becoming disoriented?



What could cause someone to seemingly vanish into thin air? There are two approaches people take to explaining these mysterious disappearances. earthly and supernatural.



Most hiking experts would say that these missing hikers made common mistakes like taking on more than they could handle, or failing to time their turnback to beat the sunset.