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Terrence Woods Jr., Nez Perce National Forest

A 26-year-old production assistant on a reality-television shoot near Orogrande, Idaho, ran into the forest on 5 October 2018 and was never found.

2018 CE · 45.70, -115.53 · status: unexplained

The account

Terrence Woods Jr. was working on a gold-mining programme in a remote part of the Nez Perce National Forest. According to the production company he dropped his radio and ran down a steep slope into the trees. Searches on foot, along rivers and by helicopter found nothing. The sheriff at the time believed he had wandered off; his father has campaigned for a fuller investigation.

The sceptical view

Panic or a mental-health crisis in steep, remote forest; the family's questions about the circumstances are unanswered.

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Sources

  1. NBC Dateline: Father fighting for answers in son's disappearance
  2. Vice: The mysterious disappearance of Terrence Woods Jr.
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