Dark Divide: Unexplained Disappearances Haunt Washington Wilderness

The Dark Divide in Washington's Gifford Pinchot National Forest has earned its name for reasons that go far beyond the thick canopy of old growth timber. A compelling video recently crossed my feed that digs into a series of disappearances spanning roughly 15 years in this remote, roadless country, and the patterns that emerge are the kind of thing that keeps researchers up at night. The video lays out five separate cases, including a dayhiker, two elk hunters, a wildlife technician, an ultrarunner, and a family at a campground, and walks through them one by one. Each case has