The first clue is the bucket of rocks seven miles from Trevor’s truck. A normal rock search pattern in those conditions would have taken him a much shorter distance from his vehicle. The seven mile distance shows Trevor’s mental state was compromised at that point, probably due to heat stress and lack of water. The dogs losing his scent in an arid land is strange, but dogs don’t like extremely hot weather. I lived in Phoenix, AZ. for seven years. Hunted and fished many areas in summer heat. People died in the Arizona Desert because they got a flat tire and took little water. The only time I hiked seven miles from my vehicle was a hike into the Grand Canyon. Many people disappear in Joshua Tree National Park. Some are found later nearly mummified by the desert. Do not go rock hunting in August in 110 degree heat.
That was early monsoon season. I wonder if that area has issues with flash floods. Otherwise, having lived in Vegas for almost a decade, it’s an abysmal place to die alone. Never enter the desert alone without a GPS device, sat phone, a gun or two and at least one friend.
Well I just can’t understand from watching all these disappearances is why don’t these people have a personal locator beacon. You can get them on Amazon or at REI for 250 bucks. If you get an ACR there’s no monthly fee and it works anywhere in the world. You might have to wait several hours but you push that thing an activated in the cavalry will come. I have one and I don’t even go places like this. I’ve seen so many people die just from the car breaking down a freeze to death they get snowed in they get lost And all they would need to do is push a button. I just don’t get it.
Rusty back from the road with more stories. He's like Santa Claus except you can't exactly set your calendar by him. But he's just as treasured a visit.
Yea, it’d be nice if he could do it full time but he probably has a normal job like us that takes most of his time. He’ll need a lot more viewers and subs to make it a career.
As someone who spent 40 years in the desert, mostly hunting quail & chucker, it's very unusual for someone to travel 7 miles away from there vehicle in those types of temperatures? Considering you can always find dirt roads all over the desert or just travel off road being that the desert floor is usually compact enough to travel on!! He was experienced to know the terrain being that his hobby took him out there often? Very odd case indeed rusty! I always had my vehicle in site while out there especially in those temps, nowadays nobody should go into remote area's without a personal location beacon & survival gear of somtype, & definitely a visable firearm may save your life!!! Bless that man & his family, hopefully they find out what happened to him.
That's the first thing I thought too, 7 miles in that heat!? And was familiar with the area and temps. Sounds like he wasn't a careless guy and wasn't stupid. I wonder maybe he got bit by a snake and getting sicker, kept going to find shade or shelter? Idk, very strange case indeed. Sure would like to know if he had a phone on him or not.
@@potatohead9837 any tornados or tornado warnings? I'm from London but very interested in supercell thunderstorms and tornados. Would love to experience a thunderstorm like that one day
Okay. So you think these people commit suicide lol? Who the fuck brings a bucket to go collect rocks before they kill themselves? If most of these missing 411 people are suicidal, where the fuck are the bodies? Your dead body would start producing smells in the heat of a a desert... Why didn't the dogs pick up a scent? Why aren't these bodies being found? It goes deeper than you think.
@@blackjack2770 Hmm...I don't necessarily think "these people" kill themselves, although I'm sure some of them do, but to answer your question, someone who tells people they are going out in the desert to collect rocks is who would take a bucket to collect rocks out in the desert to kill themselves(??). It's not always as cut & dry as...you apparently think it is. People don't necessarily have the attitude of, "I'm going to kill myself so why tf do I care about bringing a bucket to collect rocks?" It's not always like that. Sometimes the urge or courage can come over people suddenly. & as for the bodies--wild animals eat them--we know this happens. The lack of corpses means...nothing.
@@pigalow2002 it's obvious you know nothing about these missing 411 cases... I suggest you go back and listen to David Paulides. Why is there no blood? If it were animal predation there would be a scene... And tracker dogs are skilled at finding that scene. His body should have been found not far from where the bucket was. I don't care if it were suicide or animal predation or if he fell somewhere. Something sinister abducted him into an alternate dimension or portal.
Hoarded this for this morning because I knew I was going to be stuck at my desk and needed something to listen to that would keep me awake! Thanks Rusty! I clicked LIKE before I even started the video! :)
Just when I couldn't settle my wandering brain down to sleep...here comes Rusty. I could listen to you for hours. Actually I have. Lol. Keep up the great work.
I used to go to the same ward as Trevor, and I was good friends with his kids. Trevor didn't have depression, he was very happy-go-lucky. Unfortunately, my family moved to Utah, and we were living here at the time of his disapperance. From what I hear, he was looking for rocks for a youth activity for a young men's group. He didn't expect to be long. So he brought only a small waterbottle with him, so it is highly likely and believed that he ran out of water and became delerious soon after and while in this state wondered off without his bucket. I don't recall perfectly, but I think I remember hearing that he left his phone in his truck, but even if he did bring it with him, he wouldn't have had service nor thought he would have needed call it's believed he didn't get lost until after he got dehydrated and unable to think straight.
Even experienced hikers, etc. can quickly become unaware or end up poorly prepared. My family and I are experienced hikers in Colorado and have lived in Colorado for our entire lives. Climbed seven of the fourteeners several times. One afternoon, on the spur of the moment, we decided to take a quick hike and when very bad weather moved in, we realized we didn't have a single drop of water, shelter of any type, or even a sweater between us. Fortunately we all made it back to the car safely but we learned an important lesson that day. You can never be overprepared for the elements.
Years ago, a researcher that I had met told me that the ranchers can't keep cattle drovers because they become spooked by that area. Apparently there has been some very weird paranormal occurrences that really unnerve them. She was from Pioche
I was there and know a few that were on the search and rescue. A friend of mine is a local fire chief and helped organize and run the search. It was a huge effort and what some don't understand that this isn't an open desert. Where he went missing is thick with 10+' pines that you can't see 20'' in any direction most of the time. This terrain goes on for many miles with very few high peaks where Trevor could've gotten enough elevation to see very far or to use as orientation when walking. It's very easy to get turned around and once dehydration sets in along with disorientation, it's a bad area to be in. Cell service in this area is non existent so even if he did have a cell phone, it was of little use. Even though it's called a wash where he went missing, there is no water. There is only a few solar powered wells for the cows that are kept in the area as the only water supply and it hadn't rained in weeks before or after so there was no water available anywhere else except these wells.
This just breaks my heart. A man alone rock hunting with his pale and a mission. Now I learn he's a teacher and an art teacher at that. I have a special place in my heart for those who choose to finish school only to turn around and walk back in to teach the next generation.
Thank you for another sad and thought provoking story. I love to wander the outdoors and constantly remind myself of the dangerous situations that are out there. It’s a shame that the gentle souls targeted become victims of unknown calamity.
As a rockhound familiar with the canyons and mountains of eastern Nevada, I can say with honesty that there is some odd shit that still goes on in the hard to reach places of this land. Predator animals and nefarious humans aside; when I'm out fossicking I keep all my senses alert, because I've seen shit out there that doesn't make any logical sense. I mean, one can never really know the intentions of a small spherical cloud moving along an arroyo bottom. Stepping out of the way seems to be the best course of action, as I'm still here. (knocks on wood)
I just love it when I get a new Rusty notice! Trevor's case is so sad. What made him put down his pail and what on earth happened to him? Drones and a lot of time might find a piece of clothing or bones or caves to check out. Is Alien Abduction an option? Who knows. I surely feel bad for his family and friends and Trevor.
What's weird is the fact if he had stayed by his bucket he would have been found! What I suspect happened is he wandered a little too far from the car and then got lost and headed in the wrong direction when he thought he was going back to the car. And he finally just set the bucket down because it was so heavy and he was probably really hot and dehydrated and kept looking for the car in the wrong direction. The average person walks 3 mph. And it usually takes between 6 and 8 hours before anyone's even looking for you that's 24 miles away from where you started by the time the search party starts looking at the first two miles. That's why the second you realize you're lost you should just stay put.
Oh for Pete’s sake ..,you get a grip. I like to hear him read the stories sent in by listeners. No one is happy about missing hikers and campers, but it is still valuable information especially for those of us who live in the forest. Why assume the worst of someone you don’t even know.
If he were sick or had some sort of heart issue, he could have abandoned all his gear and just started walking in a panic. In a hurry, and in danger knowing the feeling of a heart issue, it could have led him in the wrong direction until he finally collapsed in a place off the beaten path. For the dogs to not find this path isn’t too irregular. It happens quite a bit, especially over long distances and over varying types of terrain. Even in wide open spaces, flat and desolate, there are places that can hide the remains. Making it seam as if it were “right under their noses!”
Yes. Tragic and extremely self-troubling. I can relate to this confusion from time to time. One minute your feeling great and happy, then all of a sudden, your head starts to spin and your turned around facing the setting sun. Now your trying to figure out where you are and why your lost to begin with.
"Probably Trevor's bucket"?? Any fingerprints on the bucket? It is a plastic bucket in a Dusty atmosphere. fingerprints could have been lifted very easily if , he wasn't wearing gloves!
I bet he fell into an old well, mineshaft, or sinkhole. Effectively hidden by the earth. Im so sorry his family is still missing him, I hope he is found soon.
A scent can be destroyed by something as simple as wind or rain. Dogs aren’t always able to follow a scent. I’ve done this stuff in the past. Most of the time, the dogs lost the trail. We ended up finding the people by other means. Usually spotting them from the air.
Glad you have another video out! I really enjoy these. I will be thinking all day about what happened to him. I hate when their families have to go many years or even forever without knowing what happened to their loved ones!
I agree, my friend lost her son in a NP in Canada, it's mentioned in one of Paulides Missing 411 books. The missing club is a club nobody wants to be a member of...🤦
@@Davidautofull I just tried that, to hear what it sounded like. Not for me. lol I like the fact that Rusty's voice is unique and I find it very soothing. 🙂
I like your theory. People, like cats, don't like to die in the open. A lot of these missing people probably crawl into nooks and crannies in the rock for shelter, and helicopters can't find them. FLIR is overhyped. It cannot penetrate most objects, including trees. Mylar blankets, the thing ppl would use in emergencies, also conceal ppl from FLIR.
Missed ya Rusty! Great vid as always. I could listen to you for hours! Such an interesting and sad case. Hoping they can do searches in cooler weather with the dogs to hopefully get answers!
There is a man with a u tube channel called "desert Sasquatch" who in his spare time, hikes among the hills and mountains and old gold mines, documenting sasquatch activity not far (10-50 miles) from where Trevor recently went missing.
I absolutely love when you upload! I started listening last night but your awesome narrations lulled me to asleep. LoL. So I'm back now so I can actually listen to this. Thank you so much for your time and energy you put into your videos. Thank you so much for all your hard work! Please stay safe, happy and healthy everyone! 💖💕
Wonder if he got bit by a snake. In addition to many symptoms, disturbed vision. This would possibly be an answer to him curling up under a bush or something and not able to think straight. Hope he’s brought home soon.
@@2ndlifeseekers282 look it up. Disturbed vision along with other symptoms happen with snake bites. I hope I’m wrong and he’s alive but it looks bad. Sadly he must have perished from heat or other possibilities. 😩
It annoys me that the first thing people come up with is blame it on the animals when it is extremely rare that animals do attack people and if an animal did attack someone there would be evidence everywhere. Searchers should have access to satellite images when people go missing, It would save so much time and tell which areas to focus on instead of having to check everywhere. There’s one thing everyone can learn from cases like this is BE PREPARED even if your planning a short trek still make sure your PREPARED. Take plenty of water, high energy food, first aid kit, if on medication take plenty, emergency beacon, torch, batteries, charge phone, spare clothes hat gloves socks, put clothes in waterproof bags and then put in rucksack so if you end up in the water your clothes don’t get wet, whistle. Lighters flints waterproof matches. Wear layers and have a good warm coat because it doesn’t matter where you are the weather can change very quickly. Most important tell people where your going exactly and if you change your mind tell someone so if you go missing searchers can focus where you were. Common sense. I know it’s a lot but it might save your life or someone else’s.
Those are good points. Basically, always carry the 10 Essentials in your pack, even for the shortest hike and leave an itinerary with someone who can make decisions on when to react. Personally, I carry a GPS unit and take a reading of where my jeep is so that no matter direction I may wander about, at least I'll know from where I started.
Sadly, a phone that far out in the desert is typically pointless, unless it's a SAT phone. Most of us who hike in the desert don't go that far from our vehicles, especially in August. It takes very little to dehydrate out there. Also, snakes, sink holes, abandoned mine shafts, and flash floods are extremely dangerous, not to mention how far down the temp drops at night. Saddened for his family.
Answer...Garmin Inreach Mini. I use one and I ride dirtbikes all over the SoCal desert. Often times alone. It sends my location track to my wife. And I can activate SOS. I don't understand why more people don't have these. Oh, almost forgot, I also carry a weapon just in case. Cover your bases folks...reduce risk.
If only people who go wandering in the wilderness would wear bright fluorescent clothing! Preferably orange. They would be so much easier to find. He was wearing a tan shirt, jeans and brown boots. No way would he stand out in that terrain.
This comment doesn't make sense to me. How does it show respect? Although something extra may not have happened how does it show respect to leave out a possibility in this case. I think its disrespect to not look into a case deeply if doesn't fit normal criteria. For ex: Many cold cases that haven't been solved could have been foul play and the person that was the victim could have been succumbed to someone they knew. Cases like this need to be investigated deeply for the sake of the person and people. I don't think this will ruin respect if you can find the needed answers even if they are controversial.
@@mr.commenter395 I think Fishponds Fox point was that just because a case wasn't solvable with traditional means doesn't indicate that something paranormal or "space alien" was involved. Keeping realistic in the search and analysis is respectable to the families in that they didn't resort to some BS reason for not being successful. So many UA-cam "investigators" like to easy explanations like, "Well, it must have been a Skinwalker."
Get snake bit, dusk sets in, try to find your way in the dark then when water runs out desperation sets in. You will be astonished how far someone can go before they collapse only to tuck themselves into a crevice for shade almost impossible to find.
Wow, Trevor disappeared on the very same day that my cat did. My cat was just gone and we couldn't find a trace of him. Disappearances are heartbreaking for sure.
Cats are known to wander off when they know they’re sick or dying. My old cat did that, he was an outdoor cat all his life and never got lost. One day he just didn’t come back :(
@@moonie7155 Aww, sorry that happened, it's hard 😢 this happened to two of my cats, including the one I mentioned, a year apart. They were bio brothers and they both just didn't come home one day. They were only 11 and 12 years old and seemed healthy so I didn't think they were sick, but you never know sometimes.
Same...my beautiful tuxedo, Jimmie, who never left the front porch if he ever got out of the house, just disappeared 3 1/2 months ago. I combed every inch in a half mile radius looking for him, knowing I would probably just find a pile of black and white fur and some coyote scat, but I didn't even find that. But what is weird, is that I heard the bell on his collar faintly for weeks after. Yes, I looked under my house, all around the yard, in every room of my little house. I called and called, no answer. It was like he was sucked into another dimension. I have the bizarre feeling that he is still alive somewhere--but where?
Glad you're back Rusty. I ❤ your videos and you and David Paulides are like the only ones out there that seem to cover these types of cases. Thsnk you. Can't wait to hear/watch more.
Sometimes you find a special rock formation and within it a very special stone. You want it, no matter what. You widen a crack in the rock and things can start moving. Rocks falling on top of you, even covering your whole body. I know of a guy who simply trapped a foot between two rocks and had no cell phone reception... Luckily for him, he was spotted from the air and rescued.
@Murray F...People that go missing in the Joshua Tree National Park, in 110 degree heat, are sometimes found. Nearly mummified by the Mojave Desert. Apparently, they mistook a Wash for the established trail, and became lost.
I really hope it’s not humans who are causing these disappearances. Humans being that sick and evil would really ruin my faith in the future. But it is the most logical answer. It couldn’t be animals because evidence of the kill would be found even if they were mostly eaten. Paranormal? Idk but the whole phenomenon and blatant unwillingness to help by sharing info by national parks is crazy.
Im from the high desert and can tell you that it is very easy to find sign of humans in the desert. However, it is very easy to miss a person who might have fallen between large rocks in a formation or if they fell while in a wash. Or between large creosote bushes. Because walking in the loose rock and sand kicks up dust and your clothes and skin become coated with it and blend with the landscape. Not to mention the sheer amount of square miles out there. Chances are good that he could have been bitten by a rattle snake and he became delirious and walked toward where he thought his truck was. But was in absolutely the wrong way and he succumb to the elements. Another reason why you never go into the wildlands alone.
Kind of looks like where I used to live at in Hinkley California in the Mojave Desert. Some very strange things happened while living there from 1976 - 1981. I went back out there for 6 months before my father passed away in 2011. Those strange things still go on to this day!
Rusty is back!!!!! . Nature beholds so much beauty. Within that beauty there is an element of danger. My biggest fears while hiking are snake bites, the weather, and humans. The area this gentleman was in has the great basin rattlesnake and they love hanging out in rocky places. Just a thouggt...
In the desert, if something dies, there are birds that will tell you the location of the remains. Surely, he would have been found. I like the idea that he met someone and left willingly. There was no sign of a struggle by the bucket of choice rocks he left behind, perhaps intending to come back for it later. Arguing against that theory is that footprints and tire tracks can last a long time in an arid environment. Apparently, none were found and followed.
There are 10s of thousands to millions of abandoned wells, mineshafts, and subterranean buildings forgotten to history that I believe are invisible until just the right step and the victim vanishes into the hole while it collapses in on itself. People have been digging wells for drinking water in North America since at least the first colony, but native Peoples of the far past could have easily known how to dig for water just like they could build giant mounds and earth works. These by historical standards would be denied by modern historians until they literally fell into one as They could pockmark the entire country however, and not to mention nearly EVERY homestead had one and very likely is all that is remaining of the homesteads lost to time....Then one day Johnny Hikes-a-lot steps right into history and is lost as well.
I just find it so depressing that each of these people start their day out with plans of fun & adventure usually, & then end up a missing person, dead or worse. It's like things would have been different if they'd never left the house that day!? Makes me anxious just thinking about it. Mother nature is no joke. Neither are human beings if you run into the wrong one on the right day. I do love listening to these cases. They're wildly interesting.
Jack Cary who is the founder of the Paranormal Intelligence Agency did a recent podcast on Phantoms and Monsters youtube channel about the Missing persons phenomena and he had 2 maps of the USA, one showing all the underground cave systems and the other showing the locations of the Missing 411 people. When the 2 maps are superimposed over each other, they match almost perfectly.
The first clue is the bucket of rocks seven miles from Trevor’s truck. A normal rock search pattern in those conditions would have taken him a much shorter distance from his vehicle. The seven mile distance shows Trevor’s mental state was compromised at that point, probably due to heat stress and lack of water. The dogs losing his scent in an arid land is strange, but dogs don’t like extremely hot weather. I lived in Phoenix, AZ. for seven years. Hunted and fished many areas in summer heat. People died in the Arizona Desert because they got a flat tire and took little water. The only time I hiked seven miles from my vehicle was a hike into the Grand Canyon. Many people disappear in Joshua Tree National Park. Some are found later nearly mummified by the desert. Do not go rock hunting in August in 110 degree heat.
Ya know. I live in the dump. Moved here as stupidly as the people who hike here at all. Live here entire life are found in the desert.
@ Allen - What you're advocating is generally called "common sense"; many people these days are sadly lacking...
It's true. Absolutely, I agree.
Very interesting insight!
@Lasagna Boy....your body is 60% to 70% water.
That was early monsoon season. I wonder if that area has issues with flash floods. Otherwise, having lived in Vegas for almost a decade, it’s an abysmal place to die alone. Never enter the desert alone without a GPS device, sat phone, a gun or two and at least one friend.
Damien S : So very true. Anything can happen at any time in a region like this, to dangerous being alone out there.
OR just bring some really good drugs and ignore all the other advice.... you'll be fine.
Well I just can’t understand from watching all these disappearances is why don’t these people have a personal locator beacon. You can get them on Amazon or at REI for 250 bucks. If you get an ACR there’s no monthly fee and it works anywhere in the world. You might have to wait several hours but you push that thing an activated in the cavalry will come. I have one and I don’t even go places like this. I’ve seen so many people die just from the car breaking down a freeze to death they get snowed in they get lost And all they would need to do is push a button. I just don’t get it.
Water. You also need massive amounts of water.
That’s the most ridiculous hypothesis I could think of lol 😆 has anyone ever told u u have a great imagination?
Condolences to Trevor's family and loved ones.
🙏
As a fellow rockhound this case is particularly eerie, especially to only find his bucket of rocks and nothing else
Yeah very strange , it was like he was snatched at that point leaving the bucket behind ?
It's pretty clear he was abducted by forces unknown. No one disappears without trace in this timeframe unless that is the expressed intention.
@@craignielson6605 But no footprints or tracks to follow . . .
@@Veldtian1 Or unexpressed, in this case.
@@nonmihiseddeo4181 yeah I know that’s what makes it strange , other missing people have the same deal , weird ????
Rusty back from the road with more stories. He's like Santa Claus except you can't exactly set your calendar by him. But he's just as treasured a visit.
Well said!
@Royce Draven What'd she do?
Yea, it’d be nice if he could do it full time but he probably has a normal job like us that takes most of his time. He’ll need a lot more viewers and subs to make it a career.
@@charliedallachie3539 He drives a truck, last I heard. So he's almost constantly on the road. Unless work slows down.
Seven miles is a heck of a long way in that kind of heat, it makes no sense in my mind.
As someone who spent 40 years in the desert, mostly hunting quail & chucker, it's very unusual for someone to travel 7 miles away from there vehicle in those types of temperatures? Considering you can always find dirt roads all over the desert or just travel off road being that the desert floor is usually compact enough to travel on!! He was experienced to know the terrain being that his hobby took him out there often? Very odd case indeed rusty! I always had my vehicle in site while out there especially in those temps, nowadays nobody should go into remote area's without a personal location beacon & survival gear of somtype, & definitely a visable firearm may save your life!!!
Bless that man & his family, hopefully they find out what happened to him.
Joe you are of sound mind.
@@jerrymarbury9365 thank you. It's been awhile, very troubling case!!
Hopefully him & his family found some kind of Peace, be well my friend,🙏
Gosh you said it for sure...
What's your take then?
That's the first thing I thought too, 7 miles in that heat!? And was familiar with the area and temps. Sounds like he wasn't a careless guy and wasn't stupid. I wonder maybe he got bit by a snake and getting sicker, kept going to find shade or shelter? Idk, very strange case indeed. Sure would like to know if he had a phone on him or not.
Buzzards would be the detection of a body lying in the open.
Stop lying
Not if the buzzards also got lost and died.
Exactly, or crows/ravens.
Hold on a minute this man is right,have any of you ever watched nature programs. If not ,David Attenborough would be a suggestion
There were no buzzards or any other birds flying around.
My man rusty back again!!! Who else is watching this video during a wicked thunderstorm passing through right now??? Simply perfect!!!
It's a big world. Where are you that a thunderstorm is rolling through? It's 5 in the morning here.
@@erickrajniak8424 Mid Missouri/ Cole county to be more specific...
Just getting a storm here in Van Zandt county Texas
@@potatohead9837 any tornados or tornado warnings? I'm from London but very interested in supercell thunderstorms and tornados. Would love to experience a thunderstorm like that one day
Storming here in Arkansas also....
If you think you know someone, you should think again. You do not truly know anyone. Some folks just know how to hide the pain behind their smiles.
If you only knew how right you are about that.
“Smiling faces, sometimes.....
Pretend to be your friend......
Smiling faces, show no traces....
Of the evil that lurks within”
Okay. So you think these people commit suicide lol? Who the fuck brings a bucket to go collect rocks before they kill themselves? If most of these missing 411 people are suicidal, where the fuck are the bodies? Your dead body would start producing smells in the heat of a a desert... Why didn't the dogs pick up a scent? Why aren't these bodies being found? It goes deeper than you think.
@@blackjack2770 Hmm...I don't necessarily think "these people" kill themselves, although I'm sure some of them do, but to answer your question, someone who tells people they are going out in the desert to collect rocks is who would take a bucket to collect rocks out in the desert to kill themselves(??). It's not always as cut & dry as...you apparently think it is. People don't necessarily have the attitude of, "I'm going to kill myself so why tf do I care about bringing a bucket to collect rocks?" It's not always like that. Sometimes the urge or courage can come over people suddenly. & as for the bodies--wild animals eat them--we know this happens. The lack of corpses means...nothing.
@@pigalow2002 it's obvious you know nothing about these missing 411 cases... I suggest you go back and listen to David Paulides. Why is there no blood? If it were animal predation there would be a scene... And tracker dogs are skilled at finding that scene. His body should have been found not far from where the bucket was. I don't care if it were suicide or animal predation or if he fell somewhere. Something sinister abducted him into an alternate dimension or portal.
Creepy.....and sad. How can a normal person just vanished in thin air?. Thank you Rusty, love your voice.
Thank you again Rusty for caring. I appreciate your channel, so very much.
Hoarded this for this morning because I knew I was going to be stuck at my desk and needed something to listen to that would keep me awake! Thanks Rusty! I clicked LIKE before I even started the video! :)
Good to see ya Rusty! Prayers for Trevor and his family
Just when I couldn't settle my wandering brain down to sleep...here comes Rusty. I could listen to you for hours. Actually I have. Lol. Keep up the great work.
Me too 🤗
Same here. Fall to sleep to him most nights.
Me too..I heard him every night
Same its like magic at times
Faith Ross, is that you? The one and only
Perfect gift for St. Patrick's day, a new video from Rusty. Stay safe and stay awesome!
I used to go to the same ward as Trevor, and I was good friends with his kids. Trevor didn't have depression, he was very happy-go-lucky. Unfortunately, my family moved to Utah, and we were living here at the time of his disapperance. From what I hear, he was looking for rocks for a youth activity for a young men's group. He didn't expect to be long. So he brought only a small waterbottle with him, so it is highly likely and believed that he ran out of water and became delerious soon after and while in this state wondered off without his bucket. I don't recall perfectly, but I think I remember hearing that he left his phone in his truck, but even if he did bring it with him, he wouldn't have had service nor thought he would have needed call it's believed he didn't get lost until after he got dehydrated and unable to think straight.
Ward?
@@IanP1963 branch in a church organization
Even experienced hikers, etc. can quickly become unaware or end up poorly prepared. My family and I are experienced hikers in Colorado and have lived in Colorado for our entire lives. Climbed seven of the fourteeners several times. One afternoon, on the spur of the moment, we decided to take a quick hike and when very bad weather moved in, we realized we didn't have a single drop of water, shelter of any type, or even a sweater between us. Fortunately we all made it back to the car safely but we learned an important lesson that day. You can never be overprepared for the elements.
Years ago, a researcher that I had met told me that the ranchers can't keep cattle drovers because they become spooked by that area. Apparently there has been some very weird paranormal occurrences that really unnerve them. She was from Pioche
Yay!! Rusty, your voice is my favorite thing to listen too!
I was there and know a few that were on the search and rescue. A friend of mine is a local fire chief and helped organize and run the search. It was a huge effort and what some don't understand that this isn't an open desert. Where he went missing is thick with 10+' pines that you can't see 20'' in any direction most of the time. This terrain goes on for many miles with very few high peaks where Trevor could've gotten enough elevation to see very far or to use as orientation when walking. It's very easy to get turned around and once dehydration sets in along with disorientation, it's a bad area to be in.
Cell service in this area is non existent so even if he did have a cell phone, it was of little use.
Even though it's called a wash where he went missing, there is no water. There is only a few solar powered wells for the cows that are kept in the area as the only water supply and it hadn't rained in weeks before or after so there was no water available anywhere else except these wells.
We want more of Rusty West please.
Maybe the Aliens 👽 didn’t want the bucket of rocks?
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Hey Rusty! Good to hear from you. Thank you for covering this case.
Keep um coming. I have seen them all. Thanks for all your hard work
This just breaks my heart. A man alone rock hunting with his pale and a mission. Now I learn he's a teacher and an art teacher at that. I have a special place in my heart for those who choose to finish school only to turn around and walk back in to teach the next generation.
Thank you for another sad and thought provoking story. I love to wander the outdoors and constantly remind myself of the dangerous situations that are out there. It’s a shame that the gentle souls targeted become victims of unknown calamity.
As a rockhound familiar with the canyons and mountains of eastern Nevada, I can say with honesty that there is some odd shit that still goes on in the hard to reach places of this land. Predator animals and nefarious humans aside; when I'm out fossicking I keep all my senses alert, because I've seen shit out there that doesn't make any logical sense. I mean, one can never really know the intentions of a small spherical cloud moving along an arroyo bottom. Stepping out of the way seems to be the best course of action, as I'm still here. (knocks on wood)
Pics or it never happened.
Very great sound quality! Excellent video and photos and I appreciate the use of maps to paint a better picture. Great job
Rusty! Love your channel! Your calm narration is the best!
I just love it when I get a new Rusty notice! Trevor's case is so sad. What made him put down his pail and what on earth happened to him? Drones and a lot of time might find a piece of clothing or bones or caves to check out. Is Alien Abduction an option? Who knows. I surely feel bad for his family and friends and Trevor.
What's weird is the fact if he had stayed by his bucket he would have been found! What I suspect happened is he wandered a little too far from the car and then got lost and headed in the wrong direction when he thought he was going back to the car. And he finally just set the bucket down because it was so heavy and he was probably really hot and dehydrated and kept looking for the car in the wrong direction. The average person walks 3 mph. And it usually takes between 6 and 8 hours before anyone's even looking for you that's 24 miles away from where you started by the time the search party starts looking at the first two miles. That's why the second you realize you're lost you should just stay put.
So great!! Another incredible video from dear Rusty! Thanks so much sir! Hugs
Thank goodness a new Rusty video.
A new Rusty video is not good news because it usually means someone is missing. Get a grip
Oh for Pete’s sake ..,you get a grip. I like to hear him read the stories sent in by listeners. No one is happy about missing hikers and campers, but it is still valuable information especially for those of us who live in the forest. Why assume the worst of someone you don’t even know.
Thank you for posting Rusty. I hope we figure out what’s happening to these missing people soon.
Sitting in my car in Fresno just below Yosemite waiting for the rain to clear up before heading in and starting work this summer! This is the vibe
If he were sick or had some sort of heart issue, he could have abandoned all his gear and just started walking in a panic. In a hurry, and in danger knowing the feeling of a heart issue, it could have led him in the wrong direction until he finally collapsed in a place off the beaten path.
For the dogs to not find this path isn’t too irregular. It happens quite a bit, especially over long distances and over varying types of terrain.
Even in wide open spaces, flat and desolate, there are places that can hide the remains. Making it seam as if it were “right under their noses!”
Reminds me of that truck driver who drove into the forest, obviously a diabetic disaster.
Yes. Tragic and extremely self-troubling. I can relate to this confusion from time to time. One minute your feeling great and happy, then all of a sudden, your head starts to spin and your turned around facing the setting sun. Now your trying to figure out where you are and why your lost to begin with.
"Probably Trevor's bucket"??
Any fingerprints on the bucket?
It is a plastic bucket in a Dusty atmosphere. fingerprints could have been lifted very easily if , he wasn't wearing gloves!
I bet he fell into an old well, mineshaft, or sinkhole. Effectively hidden by the earth. Im so sorry his family is still missing him, I hope he is found soon.
The dogs would've easily tracked him to that point.
@@Veldtian1 so what do you think happened then?
@Diane Tomecko yes i also think it was paranormal
A scent can be destroyed by something as simple as wind or rain.
Dogs aren’t always able to follow a scent. I’ve done this stuff in the past. Most of the time, the dogs lost the trail. We ended up finding the people by other means. Usually spotting them from the air.
YES!!!! "A NEW RUSTY NOTIFICATION!!!"... TODAY IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY!! THANKS AGAIN RUSTY!!
P.S. GUYS STAY SAFE OUT THERE IN THE FOREST.
I love when my notifications go off and it’s Mr West! Thanks Rusty!
guidelines---do not travel w a german. do not take a dog. do not wear bright colors. avoid granite outcroppings. take 2 companions.
Glad you have another video out! I really enjoy these. I will be thinking all day about what happened to him. I hate when their families have to go many years or even forever without knowing what happened to their loved ones!
I agree, my friend lost her son in a NP in Canada, it's mentioned in one of Paulides Missing 411 books. The missing club is a club nobody wants to be a member of...🤦
Missed you man glad your at it again brother👍
Hope your doing well Rusty West ❤💯
Isn't Rusty's such a welcome voice? And we always get that notification just at the time when we need to hear from him again!
PLAY IT ON 1.25 SPEED AND ITS NORMAL. sorry i capped ya.
Most nights I drift off to sleep listening to Rusty West.
I need to hear from him more often
@@Davidautofull I also do that, or at 1.5. Being English I find Rusty's musical accent difficult to follow at normal speed.
@@Davidautofull I just tried that, to hear what it sounded like. Not for me. lol I like the fact that Rusty's voice is unique and I find it very soothing. 🙂
Rusty's back y'all!!!!
loving this channel, im fascinated by mysterious national parks dissapearances. great job, thanks man
I like your theory. People, like cats, don't like to die in the open. A lot of these missing people probably crawl into nooks and crannies in the rock for shelter, and helicopters can't find them.
FLIR is overhyped. It cannot penetrate most objects, including trees. Mylar blankets, the thing ppl would use in emergencies, also conceal ppl from FLIR.
Missed ya Rusty! Great vid as always. I could listen to you for hours! Such an interesting and sad case. Hoping they can do searches in cooler weather with the dogs to hopefully get answers!
There is a man with a u tube channel called "desert Sasquatch" who in his spare time, hikes among the hills and mountains and old gold mines, documenting sasquatch activity not far (10-50 miles) from where Trevor recently went missing.
Sad!
And I thought I heard the most ridiculous guess
Interesting I’ll check it out.
Is he still around? I haven't seen anything from him in awhile.
@@MyBearbutt 11mnths since last post from the vlog...
Good morning Rusty! Thank you for your wonderful surprise! xx
Can only pray that someday the truth will reveal itself. My heartfelt sympathies go out to family and friends.
Christmas in March? Hell yeah, im not arguing. Glad to see an upload from ya brother, hope all is well.
Rusty vids always cure my dower moods. Thanks mate from London 👍
This dude was my neighbor. Crazy case. Everyone in town is super curious as to what happened
I absolutely love when you upload! I started listening last night but your awesome narrations lulled me to asleep. LoL. So I'm back now so I can actually listen to this. Thank you so much for your time and energy you put into your videos. Thank you so much for all your hard work! Please stay safe, happy and healthy everyone! 💖💕
Wonder if he got bit by a snake. In addition to many symptoms, disturbed vision. This would possibly be an answer to him curling up under a bush or something and not able to think straight. Hope he’s brought home soon.
Not true
@@2ndlifeseekers282 look it up. Disturbed vision along with other symptoms happen with snake bites. I hope I’m wrong and he’s alive but it looks bad. Sadly he must have perished from heat or other possibilities. 😩
Buzzards would be having a " hay day " , and that would be noticed right away by search and rescue efforts
Nice to hear your voice again rusty always a pleasure great story gets you wondering what the hell happened in so many cases ❤️👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Hope they find him and the rest of the missing people 😔
Makes me wonder how many pioneers went MIA back in the old old days.
That's a great point!! I wonder.....🤔
Good question but they probably didn't keep track of that stuff back in those days.
Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
It annoys me that the first thing people come up with is blame it on the animals when it is extremely rare that animals do attack people and if an animal did attack someone there would be evidence everywhere. Searchers should have access to satellite images when people go missing, It would save so much time and tell which areas to focus on instead of having to check everywhere. There’s one thing everyone can learn from cases like this is BE PREPARED even if your planning a short trek still make sure your PREPARED. Take plenty of water, high energy food, first aid kit, if on medication take plenty, emergency beacon, torch, batteries, charge phone, spare clothes hat gloves socks, put clothes in waterproof bags and then put in rucksack so if you end up in the water your clothes don’t get wet, whistle. Lighters flints waterproof matches. Wear layers and have a good warm coat because it doesn’t matter where you are the weather can change very quickly. Most important tell people where your going exactly and if you change your mind tell someone so if you go missing searchers can focus where you were. Common sense. I know it’s a lot but it might save your life or someone else’s.
Those are good points. Basically, always carry the 10 Essentials in your pack, even for the shortest hike and leave an itinerary with someone who can make decisions on when to react. Personally, I carry a GPS unit and take a reading of where my jeep is so that no matter direction I may wander about, at least I'll know from where I started.
Sadly, a phone that far out in the desert is typically pointless, unless it's a SAT phone. Most of us who hike in the desert don't go that far from our vehicles, especially in August. It takes very little to dehydrate out there. Also, snakes, sink holes, abandoned mine shafts, and flash floods are extremely dangerous, not to mention how far down the temp drops at night. Saddened for his family.
Actually, you can pre-download maps of an area from Google and use the phone's GPS ability to track your location, real time.
Another solid upload Mr.Shackleford
Answer...Garmin Inreach Mini. I use one and I ride dirtbikes all over the SoCal desert. Often times alone. It sends my location track to my wife. And I can activate SOS. I don't understand why more people don't have these. Oh, almost forgot, I also carry a weapon just in case. Cover your bases folks...reduce risk.
If only people who go wandering in the wilderness would wear bright fluorescent clothing! Preferably orange. They would be so much easier to find. He was wearing a tan shirt, jeans and brown boots. No way would he stand out in that terrain.
I like the way you keep things realistic and don't go down the paranormal route ! That shows respect for the families and your viewers !
This comment doesn't make sense to me. How does it show respect? Although something extra may not have happened how does it show respect to leave out a possibility in this case. I think its disrespect to not look into a case deeply if doesn't fit normal criteria. For ex: Many cold cases that haven't been solved could have been foul play and the person that was the victim could have been succumbed to someone they knew. Cases like this need to be investigated deeply for the sake of the person and people. I don't think this will ruin respect if you can find the needed answers even if they are controversial.
@@mr.commenter395 I think Fishponds Fox point was that just because a case wasn't solvable with traditional means doesn't indicate that something paranormal or "space alien" was involved. Keeping realistic in the search and analysis is respectable to the families in that they didn't resort to some BS reason for not being successful. So many UA-cam "investigators" like to easy explanations like, "Well, it must have been a Skinwalker."
There is nothing illogical about alien abduction.
@@Galiuros I think I know what you mean.
Yeah, I'm not saying everything is bigfoot and aliens. I think The Truth can be stranger than fiction is all.
@@mr.commenter395 That's a valid point.
Get snake bit, dusk sets in, try to find your way in the dark then when water runs out desperation sets in. You will be astonished how far someone can go before they collapse only to tuck themselves into a crevice for shade almost impossible to find.
Man I missed you rusty. it’s been a while since your last video. Keep them coming and keep up the great work
A bad day becomes a good day when Rusty posts a new video :)
Wow, Trevor disappeared on the very same day that my cat did. My cat was just gone and we couldn't find a trace of him. Disappearances are heartbreaking for sure.
Cats are known to wander off when they know they’re sick or dying. My old cat did that, he was an outdoor cat all his life and never got lost. One day he just didn’t come back :(
@@moonie7155 Aww, sorry that happened, it's hard 😢 this happened to two of my cats, including the one I mentioned, a year apart. They were bio brothers and they both just didn't come home one day. They were only 11 and 12 years old and seemed healthy so I didn't think they were sick, but you never know sometimes.
Same...my beautiful tuxedo, Jimmie, who never left the front porch if he ever got out of the house, just disappeared 3 1/2 months ago. I combed every inch in a half mile radius looking for him, knowing I would probably just find a pile of black and white fur and some coyote scat, but I didn't even find that. But what is weird, is that I heard the bell on his collar faintly for weeks after. Yes, I looked under my house, all around the yard, in every room of my little house. I called and called, no answer. It was like he was sucked into another dimension. I have the bizarre feeling that he is still alive somewhere--but where?
You're comparing your cat to a human, wow
@@2ndlifeseekers282 Who's comparing? Both instances are very sad.
Glad you're back Rusty. I ❤ your videos and you and David Paulides are like the only ones out there that seem to cover these types of cases. Thsnk you. Can't wait to hear/watch more.
"He had a high-paying job as an art teacher...in grades K through 12." Highly unlikely. The "high-paying" part, I mean.
Yeah, I'm from Panaca and none of the teachers out there have high paying jobs. Lol.
Sometimes you find a special rock formation and within it a very special stone. You want it, no matter what. You widen a crack in the rock and things can start moving. Rocks falling on top of you, even covering your whole body. I know of a guy who simply trapped a foot between two rocks and had no cell phone reception... Luckily for him, he was spotted from the air and rescued.
I'm a solo hiker and try to always be mindful of my surroundings. Rusty reminds me of the dangers of being alone.
It's 6am. I thought about gettin up and doin somethin. Too cold outside, crawled back in bed, listening to Rusty West.
Sounds like you Slacker Hackmaner
Very strange how people disappear like that...but maybe someday these people will be found.
@Murray F...People that go missing in the Joshua Tree National Park, in 110 degree heat, are sometimes found. Nearly mummified by the Mojave Desert. Apparently, they mistook a Wash for the established trail, and became lost.
I really hope it’s not humans who are causing these disappearances. Humans being that sick and evil would really ruin my faith in the future. But it is the most logical answer. It couldn’t be animals because evidence of the kill would be found even if they were mostly eaten. Paranormal? Idk but the whole phenomenon and blatant unwillingness to help by sharing info by national parks is crazy.
Hi Rusty good to hear from you pal !! Looking forward to the days ahead ♥️
Thanks rusty you're the best!
Totally weird how things go. We never know how or where we'll end up
Im from the high desert and can tell you that it is very easy to find sign of humans in the desert. However, it is very easy to miss a person who might have fallen between large rocks in a formation or if they fell while in a wash. Or between large creosote bushes. Because walking in the loose rock and sand kicks up dust and your clothes and skin become coated with it and blend with the landscape.
Not to mention the sheer amount of square miles out there.
Chances are good that he could have been bitten by a rattle snake and he became delirious and walked toward where he thought his truck was. But was in absolutely the wrong way and he succumb to the elements.
Another reason why you never go into the wildlands alone.
Note . Don’t travel alone . Let people know where you plan on traveling .
Kind of looks like where I used to live at in Hinkley California in the Mojave Desert.
Some very strange things happened while living there from 1976 - 1981.
I went back out there for 6 months before my father passed away in 2011. Those strange things still go on to this day!
.....what kinds of, "strange things?"
Yea what are you talking about?
Such as...? UFO's ?????
Rusty is back!!!!!
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Nature beholds so much beauty. Within that beauty there is an element of danger.
My biggest fears while hiking are snake bites, the weather, and humans. The area this gentleman was in has the great basin rattlesnake and they love hanging out in rocky places. Just a thouggt...
Love seeing videos from you Rusty.
In the desert, if something dies, there are birds that will tell you the location of the remains. Surely, he would have been found.
I like the idea that he met someone and left willingly. There was no sign of a struggle by the bucket of choice rocks he left behind, perhaps intending to come back for it later. Arguing against that theory is that footprints and tire tracks can last a long time in an arid environment. Apparently, none were found and followed.
Oh Rusty! Such a wise and intriguing voice. Thank you for all you do.
There are 10s of thousands to millions of abandoned wells, mineshafts, and subterranean buildings forgotten to history that I believe are invisible until just the right step and the victim vanishes into the hole while it collapses in on itself. People have been digging wells for drinking water in North America since at least the first colony, but native Peoples of the far past could have easily known how to dig for water just like they could build giant mounds and earth works. These by historical standards would be denied by modern historians until they literally fell into one as They could pockmark the entire country however, and not to mention nearly EVERY homestead had one and very likely is all that is remaining of the homesteads lost to time....Then one day Johnny Hikes-a-lot steps right into history and is lost as well.
I just find it so depressing that each of these people start their day out with plans of fun & adventure usually, & then end up a missing person, dead or worse. It's like things would have been different if they'd never left the house that day!? Makes me anxious just thinking about it. Mother nature is no joke. Neither are human beings if you run into the wrong one on the right day.
I do love listening to these cases. They're wildly interesting.
That's life sadly...☹️😔
100% agree with your analysis
Yeahhhhh...waking up to a video from Rusty!! Awesomeness 👍😁❤
good, Rusty is back. now this is just odd. there's nothing out there! it's like he fell into a hole and disappeared
There are many old, abandoned mine shafts, especially in that area. I think many of these missing people disappear into them.
Jack Cary who is the founder of the Paranormal Intelligence Agency did a recent podcast on Phantoms and Monsters youtube channel about the Missing persons phenomena and he had 2 maps of the USA, one showing all the underground cave systems and the other showing the locations of the Missing 411 people. When the 2 maps are superimposed over each other, they match almost perfectly.
wondered about that
@@reesedaniel5835 Wow 😲
You are an excellent story teller, you have met your calling, very enjoyable, sad for the missing !
Why do people give up rescue operations? We don't know if they are alive what they might be going through. Never give up.
This one is really strange
Watching thanks for the alert
Hello rusty ... we missed you
About time!!!
I'm surprised we haven't seen a dusty east come about trying to duplicate this greatness.
My mama always said that a dusty east is better than a crusty south any day
The Kung flu
Thank you Rusty well done I must say love the content keep up the great work my condolences go out to the family
Thanks so much rusty, love your uploads x
I wouldn't think he'll collect a bucket of rocks , then commit suicide , the heat I think played a roll in this .