Missing 411: The Hunted

I've noticed that people who come into just one of his documentaries or talks tend to hold a skeptical point of view, which is respectable as long as you keep an open mind. Once you realize that he has done extensive research on hundreds, if not thousands of these cases, you'll begin to realize that a pattern emerges and something strange is going on. If there were only these 4-5 cases, then yes, they can be easily explainable. It's easy to say this person fell, this one drowned, this one was abducted by a human, this one ran away from their family, this one committed suicide, etc ... But what do you say to thousands of similar cases that have not and cannot be explained by the forestry, the police, the FBI, the green berets? It's just weird. I love that there's mystery still in this world.

Paulides frequently discusses the fact that it's the cumulation of these bizarre disappearance which paints the full picture on coast to coast. This documentary is more for people who understand this, or for those whose curiosity will be piqued. A documentary allows him to give a more detailed and comprehension view of some individual cases, otherwise this documentary would be hours long.

Strange thigs happens to humans all around the world, and this is a comprehensive dive into some cases from the wilderness of the usa.they are all mysterious, but there are things that could in my simple old grumpy mind like mine could be explained. but all over a well bred documentary.

there is a phenomenon known as a presign to migrene that can cause flimsy,blinking and partially vanishing vision, and it appears on both eyes, its a bit scary, especially behind the driving wheel of a car, but that is my solution to the woman in the treetop case.

A "documentary" for the gullible, ignorant, pliable, lackwits, superstitious, uneducated, religious. And having said that: the desperate. Something the makers of this kind of wannabe-conversant-beyond-actual-factbased-knowledge (read: gobbledygook) always rely on is the malleable mindset of a mourning person that is rather content with any answer than is left without one.

The only thing these claimed cases have in common is that in none of them the most rational explanation is even considered, spite being the most honest: we don't know what happened. Instead there's a contrived need to claim there's got to be more to it than meets the eye. And that's where the parasites jump on the disconsolate, pushing their own agenda as some twisted alternative truth, intended only to benefit the makers of this garbage - never the relatives reaching for anything that could externalize the reason to why their friend, sibling, spouse or parent never was found, instead of facing the harsh reality that sometimes it's but a sum of bad coincidences and unfortunate individuals are exposed to these conditions.

Shame on the team producing such false hope giving trite. And shame on the ones commenting somebody not convinced by the worse than poor, obviously fabricated or even non-existent "proof" presented within is somehow too skeptical a person. An open mind doesn't require your brain drops out, which here is the case.

I'm watching this for the second time and if you like mysteries, the creeps and the outdoors, you'll like this. This documentary focuses on stories of hunters who have vanished without trace while out on legal hunts and some will be thinking "well, if they weren't out there shooting animals, they wouldn't have gone missing". Well, there's certainly validity to that argument but leaving that aside, the manners in which these people just vanished are very strange indeed.

For once, here's an American documentary series (there are other Missing 411 docs on Prime) that doesn't rely on relentless recaps, overly dramatic talking heads and intrusive music. What it has are the facts, presented via personal testimonies from those who were there, all set against stunning landscapes that are at once beautiful and frightening in their size and wildness.

For me though, the highlight is the section where footage is played of the eerie, creepy-as-hell sounds recorded by two hunters one night, out in the wilds. Really gets the hair on the back of the neck standing up because, I think, it taps into our primal fears of the unknown, what's out there and what dangers it presents.

Highly recommended.

I've been enjoying Missing 411 on Youtube for quite some time. This movie with its beautiful shots of the American wilderness made the experience of hearing those mysterious and puzzling accounts even better. Some people are criticizing the scientific validity of the stories and perhaps they have a point, I don't know. From a strictly entertainment perspective, it's a great watch, that's for sure. I wish it was an hour longer!