John Smith

He was very competent out in the wild, and everybody knew when he went off on this journey that, of course, there was some variability to when he would actually arrive at the meeting place.

You know, despite Mike saying, I'll be there on the 8th at noon, Diane and her friends and family all sort of felt like, well, I hope he's there at noon, but realistically, he might be, you know, several hours or maybe even a day late, and that's okay. And so the day before, when he didn't show up at noon, people were anxious, but they were okay.

You know, despite Mike saying, I'll be there on the 8th at noon, Diane and her friends and family all sort of felt like, well, I hope he's there at noon, but realistically, he might be, you know, several hours or maybe even a day late, and that's okay. And so the day before, when he didn't show up at noon, people were anxious, but they were okay.

You know, despite Mike saying, I'll be there on the 8th at noon, Diane and her friends and family all sort of felt like, well, I hope he's there at noon, but realistically, he might be, you know, several hours or maybe even a day late, and that's okay. And so the day before, when he didn't show up at noon, people were anxious, but they were okay.

Now, 24 hours later, and still Mike has not shown up, there's no trace of him, Diane and her kids and the family friends, they were starting to worry.

Now, 24 hours later, and still Mike has not shown up, there's no trace of him, Diane and her kids and the family friends, they were starting to worry.

Now, 24 hours later, and still Mike has not shown up, there's no trace of him, Diane and her kids and the family friends, they were starting to worry.

And in fact, before Mike left on this trip, he told Diane that if for some reason he does not show up on the 9th, so 24 hours after he said he would be there, and it's past four o'clock on the 9th, this is the trigger point, that Diane should call the authorities and assume something is wrong and send out a search party.

And in fact, before Mike left on this trip, he told Diane that if for some reason he does not show up on the 9th, so 24 hours after he said he would be there, and it's past four o'clock on the 9th, this is the trigger point, that Diane should call the authorities and assume something is wrong and send out a search party.

And in fact, before Mike left on this trip, he told Diane that if for some reason he does not show up on the 9th, so 24 hours after he said he would be there, and it's past four o'clock on the 9th, this is the trigger point, that Diane should call the authorities and assume something is wrong and send out a search party.

And so Diane is checking her watch on the 9th, and soon enough, it's 4 p.m., Mike's not here, 4.05, 4.10, 4.15, still no Mike. And even though she knew her husband said, now it's time, go get the authorities, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. She felt like it's such a huge to-do if you get a search party organized out here.

And so Diane is checking her watch on the 9th, and soon enough, it's 4 p.m., Mike's not here, 4.05, 4.10, 4.15, still no Mike. And even though she knew her husband said, now it's time, go get the authorities, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. She felt like it's such a huge to-do if you get a search party organized out here.

And so Diane is checking her watch on the 9th, and soon enough, it's 4 p.m., Mike's not here, 4.05, 4.10, 4.15, still no Mike. And even though she knew her husband said, now it's time, go get the authorities, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. She felt like it's such a huge to-do if you get a search party organized out here.

I mean, that's a massive effort, super expensive, and she felt like the

I mean, that's a massive effort, super expensive, and she felt like the

I mean, that's a massive effort, super expensive, and she felt like the

second she told authorities that like Mike would come walking out of the wilderness with a big story to tell and a big apology for being late and so she convinced herself that you know what give him one more day I'm sure he's bound to show up but the next day on the 10th when still there was no sign of Mike that morning Diane did go to the authorities and she reported Mike missing

second she told authorities that like Mike would come walking out of the wilderness with a big story to tell and a big apology for being late and so she convinced herself that you know what give him one more day I'm sure he's bound to show up but the next day on the 10th when still there was no sign of Mike that morning Diane did go to the authorities and she reported Mike missing

second she told authorities that like Mike would come walking out of the wilderness with a big story to tell and a big apology for being late and so she convinced herself that you know what give him one more day I'm sure he's bound to show up but the next day on the 10th when still there was no sign of Mike that morning Diane did go to the authorities and she reported Mike missing

And just as she expected, a massive search was launched for Mike. But you need to keep in mind here that again, Diane and the searchers and everybody besides Mike has no idea that he has altered the path he was on. And they're gonna be searching this massive expanse of wilderness that even with the best of conditions, knowing exactly where someone is on their route,