The Ultimate NIGHTMARE for any Female Solo Traveler⚠️
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The bizarre and tragic disappearence of Aubrey Sacco.
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I'm a woman in the Pacific Northwest. I love it, I love the rain forests, the ocean, the mountains. I would love to go into the forest and camp solo. But it just isn't safe. I don't worry about wildlife. It's the humans that will kill you.
And unfortunately, the Democrats have a policy of letting the worst criminals out to continue victimizing the rest of us.
I don't blame you the Pacific Northwest is serial killer central.
Sad that you’ve been raised to believe this
Bear vs man, bear every time.
@@abigailwharton6271delusional
if anybody believes that the army in Nepal is a safer place than being around the local people, he is totally wrong. Village people got their life organized, the army is a place where young men of all kinds, even villains, spend a difficult time, away from home and family. Western women among them are never ignored. And that is the reason why western woman take a great risk when they travel alone in areas where it is easy to let bodies disappear
Absolutely hit the nail on the head my friend.
China No.1
@@kurt9609 China is asshole!
That's a very nice way of saying it's a Very Stupid thing to do
Exactly!
Old Alaskan proverb, "Go alone, don't come home".👋🏻☠️
Don't tell local strange men your plans either.
No kidding. In my backpacking travels, I avoided talking to people as much as possible, and if I encountered men, I was quick to keep moving. I can't imagine discussing my plans with men I didn't know, or getting involved with any of them in any way. I'm just too afraid of human predators, much more than the animals.
@@connie7128Smart don’t trust men
@@connie7128you're definitely one of those who thinks a bear would be a safer encounter
@@dukenukem69You definitely don’t know that.
I honestly think those young men followed her and took her. If she hasn’t been found, chances are she was sold. 🤷🏼♀️ I definitely wouldn’t chit chat and tell others where I was heading!
We hike in groups of no less than four and as many as a dozen. It’s a group we formed years ago at the gym. I’m female and I love hiking and would prefer to be alone but it’s just not safe, and it turned out I wasn’t the only person who felt that way. We meet on Sunday mornings to go solo hiking together. The only commitments are be on time to the meeting point, keep in easy vocal range so we hear if someone is in distress, and leave each other alone. We don’t chat, we eat alone, etc. and it works out surprisingly well. I wish groups like ours would catch on globally when I hear stories like this.
Sounds lovely!
That’s a great idea!
Then you haven’t heard of missing 411! YOU ALWAYS STAY TOGETHER!!!!
Please look into the Missing 411 cases. Being in earshot is not good enough to save your life. Carrying a gun and GPS might, and being visible to each other.
An antisocial social group 😂
The first thing I learned as a hiking guide was to never hike alone. Regardless of your skills, unless you have to go alone for some reason, bring a friend or guide. I wish we lived in a world where we could hike alone safely, but as a professional, it is not worth the risk.
Thank you for saying this! I hike alone often and I'm a pretty small woman who looks like a teen. I guess I didn't realize how dangerous it was. I wanted to find a female hiking buddy for the longest, do you have recommendations? I live in a smaller town so apps have not been working, although I will meet up with clean-up crews when they meet.
@@brittadactylexpand the search area on your apps.
I do most of my hiking alone as a fairly small 115lb woman. Honestly, most of the time I'd rather hike with someone but it's hard to find people with the same sorta hiking goals.
Wise words. Hopefully, all solo hikers -- male or female -- will heed your advice.
Especially for a 23 year old female in an unfamiliar foreign country.
Sadly, being a solo woman in that part of the world (in many parts of the world) is incredibly dangerous. As a woman who has traveled alone (Pakistan and parts of India in the 90's) I would urge any woman to regard that part of the world as a no-go zone. Just don't! Unless you are traveling with a trusted man or male partner it is not safe. No joke.
Travelling with one male isn't going to do much if there's a group of them trying to attack/kidnap you.
It's not really much safer in the U.S. I don't recommend solo hiking unless it's a popular trail with lots of people on it.
You're much more likely to be killed by a partner, friend or family member than some random stranger!
Traveling alone, male or female is dangerous and STUPID.
@@seewobble7048 but have a male companion can be a deterrent, maybe not always but still better than alone. A lone woman is a very easy target to anyone with harm in mind.
I trekked the Himalyas for about 112 miles (not long). I was with 10 men plus a Sherpa and his crew. I broke out for a bathroom break while everyone waited for me. Out of nowhere 2 gross men approached me in a very menacing way. Thankfully, I had a bunch of people with me but dude ... Don't hike alone and especially as a female. Cultures and the views on women are varied and even with a team of men with me i was still vulnerable.
Were you in a remote area?
@@silverjeyjey4054 Trekking from Keylong to Ladakh. I'd say pretty remote.
So you were trekking in India, a different country?
@@srper2 Yes. On the border of Pakistan and near China.
Were you trekking in India or Nepal ?
Not only females. Solo male, and I'm not a small guy. I'm large and ugly enough to scare off most animals. Not humans, though. Been robbed at gunpoint more than once
Ita much more dangerous for lone women, though. Lets be honest here.
If only women were just being robbed 🥲
Robbed while hiking? I'm calling bullshit on that
@@dianedomina1069 massive problem in South africa
More than once wow guess you need a new mirror eh 😂
The worse thing has got to be losing a child and not knowing what happened, not knowing if they're even dead or are being abused. I hope the family gets some closure one day.
I grew up with Aubrey in Greeley, Colorado, from elementary school through high school. She was an incredible person and a close friend of my cousin. Aubrey and my cousin were a part of the popular girls one year older than myself and my friends. She always made a point to say hello to me because I was Shoni's cousin, usually before Shoni even. This made me cooler in my friends eyes in middle school and high school because Aubrey and the popular older girls would always talk to me. The last time I saw her in person was my freshman year of college, her sophomore year at CU. The world lost an incredible person. Every time I see a dragonfly, I think of her.
Aubrey was cool. I was gonna go with her, but didn’t. I’ve regretted that. She was a good yogi, and we had both experienced Greality. I like to think she’s living somewhere with someone cool she met, or at least went fast and painlessly. RIP, Glitter Girl
I'm sorry about your friend. I knew a gal that went missing in college. They found her years later living in Mexico & she said it was her choice. I don't know why she'd put her loved ones through such misery? I suspect she was in fact kidnapped & brainwashed by gang members. When she went missing she left her dorm in Flagstaff Az to buy weed in Phoenix or Tuscan. She was an adult, she could have done what she wanted without disappearing like that. I think she was kidnapped.
If you're female NEVER trek in the himalayas alone, or anywhere remote for that matter, always use a local guide. People tend to think these Buddhist countries are safe, and while the majority of the population are super lovely, you get bad people in every country. It's a beautiful country, beautiful people but please be sensible and be safe. And that goes for male trekkers too. The himachal areas are remote and the weather can change suddenly, and there are always dangers Namaste
Not just the Himalayas. I live in the Pacific Northwest. I love our beautiful rain forests. But no way would I venture into the woods alone. A woman alone isn't safe anywhere. 😞
Why do you think it's safe to be alone with a guide? There is a total misunderstanding of risk management throughout everything I'm reading here
@@miapdx503i do it all the time. People do it all the time
Solo men also can be, and have been, victimized as well, misled, or surprised, overpowered, robbed, even graped & killed, no doubt.
people in the west have such soft lives that we have poor judgment of danger. the people that insist it's fine for women to hike alone in these kinds of remote places are the same kind of people who think it's fine to walk up to a bison and pet it in yellowstone
You should be able to go anywhere alone but this isn’t the world we live in. Never go alone
Well if she was a man, it's more likely she wouldn't be dead, let's be real.
I love that your channel has turned into a hiking-crime-investigative videos
Same! So good!
Same. Had to subscribe.
This is how detectives are made I think
Exactly why I listen. I call it true crime adjacent. 😅
yes. This
I have traveled to 67 countries but under No Circumstances did I do it alone. That is INSANE.
Uggghhh
I've traveled to multiple countries as well... but alone. Waiting for someone to go traveling is what's insane. That said, would never hike alone. And obviously there are places where you shouldn't go.
@@aingeal5180 fr, the notion that as a woman I have to waste my life waiting to find someone to travel with is insane, I am not a child in need of a guardian, be smart, be safe but also be free ✊
@@lucygaskin7723 Yeah... I'm 51 now. I'd not have traveled to/lived in multiple countries if I had waited for others. I just wouldn't hike/camp alone.
@@aingeal5180 I have hiked and camped alone many times, the issue isn't women doing things alone it's more so the view that if they do things alone like hiking and something goes wrong (which statistically is less likely than any other form of violence) then the woman got what was coming to her. Men don't own the outdoors.
With such a caring family, I'm guessing she had no idea how much evil is out there in the world just ready to pounce.
If her family was that caring, they would tell this naive woman that a solo trip like that is a stupid idea.
I can't believe she or her parents thought that would be safe. I am 66 and my parents way back knew that you shouldn't even go to the mall by yourself.
@@AlphaQHardits not stupid idea you just have to pay attention to your surroundings
@@AlphaQHardcan’t control a grown woman lol
Im sure she did have an idea. It was well publicized that a lot of missing people and especially missing women were murdered. She must have thought she was super-girl to withstand the odds. I feel sorry for her and for the others who will naively follow in her footsteps.
I’ve traveled in many countries where it is considered irresponsible for a woman to be alone, unattended by a male member of her family. Do not think that as a western woman you can assert your values in another country, you will always be judged by the indigenous and they know the country, the police, and politicians who most likely carry the same values as him.
No you haven't.
@@jerrygreen3818she likely has and I have also. It's the reality of the world.
It's not worth it and it is naive
Many in the West do not realize how good they have it. An expectation of safety isn't just the default way the world works, unfortunately.
So lock yourself up in your home for the rest of your life unless you have a man, got it 🙄
It's not safe to hike alone anywhere in the world.
This is too broad a statement. It pushes safety requirements to impossible extremes. For example your hiking companion might be unhinged or a nutcase without you knowing it. Thus bringing harm to you. There are quite a few examples of this kind of danger associated with hiking. There is no alternative to being aware of your abilities and being able to match those abilities with the planned hike and being aware of potential dangers. I'd say it is not safe to hike anywhere in the world if you act like a headless chicken.
Even in the United states, people get assaulted and killed on jogging trails. Nothing safe anymore by yourself. It happens to male and females. Horrible brutal murder happened to a male in Dallas , Texas where I'm from on a well-known jogging trail.
@@joey8701 There are several large mountain ranges in Europe with extensive well-marked hiking trails. Everywhere on these trails is completely safe. For thousands and thousands of miles. You can be a sole female hiker on these trails for months and never encountrer the slightest danger. Get real. Hiking on hiking trails anywhere in the world is ten times more safe than being out and about in the towns and cities of the respective countries. Who had the idiotic idea that being on a hiking trial is more dangerous than being in a large city? You have to be suffering from severe delusions if you consider hiking trails more dangerous than city streets. Only a truly degenerate city dweller could come to such a conclusion.
Runyon canyon is :)
@@joey8701 😮I used to run by the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge was it there?
The world has never been a safe place. It's not even 100%safe to go to Walmart by yourself. Sadly, there are is always people who want to do you harm. I feel so bad for that poor woman. She should have been perfectly safe.
It used to be.
@@rodneystanger1651...pfft. When? Name a year.
@@waitwhat1029 Any year before now.
@@rodneystanger1651 ...lol. Sure. Btw, I've got this lovely bridge for sale. Think it'd be right up your alley.
@@rodneystanger1651 ...LOL! If you really believe that then I have this lovely bridge for sale.
2 things to comment on here. 1 - When the locals say to you "It's too late in the day to make that trek" you listen to them. Always listen to the locals wherever you go (within reason of course). 2 - You would think that in a country like Nepal where (I don't know the number) 50% of their income relies on tourists the government would have a "don't mess with" policy on tourists and take any acts against tourists (from anywhere) very very seriously. This is such a frustrating story and I feel so sorry for the family. I have 2 kids and I can't even take my mind there. So very sorry.
Its the same as when you might be visiting a city you aren't familiar with and a local person who is native to that city tells you to avoid certain areas after dark.
I remember seeing this case being covered on another channel a while back and, when those 3 locals warned her that it was dangerous, she actually got angry with them and called them liars to their faces.
Sounds like her own hubris was the beginning of her own downfall
She also told 3 strange men where she was hiking and when. That was also a very stupid move. .one even as a bloke I would not do.
Thing is, trusting nice people give that info, thinking people are basically good - but it pays to be slightly less Polyanna-ish and more wary with strangers.
@@cgmartin18 That's what I believe, too.
As a woman who loves to travel, there are still some areas that I would never consider going by myself. The world unfortunately still has its share of horrible people.
The west will be the same soon enough
I’m a woman, I wouldn’t solo travel anywhere by myself but I’m still at risk walking alone at night, done it a lot and I admit it wasn’t smart of me.
Nepal is an incredible country with amazing people and breathtaking landscapes. However there is a risk traveling to foreign countries, especially as a Western woman. Even though major cities like Kathmandu and Pokhara are very safe, the same cannot be said traveling in rural parts of Nepal where there is significantly less infrastructure and the people are not nearly as educated. Unfortunately many men throughout Asia can have a very perverted view of Western women. It's not advisable to travel outside of the major cities if you're a woman traveling alone in these parts of the world. If you're going to visit India thinking it would be as safe as Switzerland or Spain, you're seriously mistaken and need a reality check.
EDIT: This is coming from an Indian-American guy by the way.
there are predators everywhere
@@larriveeman There are more in some countries!
Yeahh right....western womans are target😂😂😂....hardly saw ugliest womans than westerness....i would understand u said Eastern Europe or Rome, Grece, France, Spain, Serbia, Croatia etc....for taht u can tell that can be target but western are only on television tbh....was in USA two time and was in more than 30 states and tbh i saw few beautiful womans but thats it. What u see on TV is totally different that reality is. Maybe western womans for robbin them....yeahh but to f....em hardly honestly.
There are FAR more cases of SAs on women in Europe and America when adjusted for population, so yeah India is much safer for women than spain or America.
@@devamjani8041 Does your “statistic” account for inter marital SA..?!
I'm a solo female traveler, and I have backpacked alone in this country and in the UK & western Europe. Honestly, even though I didn't encounter any serious problems, I also avoided having conversations, if possible, particularly with men. Women alone are subject to problems they wouldn't encounter in a group or if they were male instead of female. I'm not blaming this young woman, but it is a cautionary tale. Don't travel to the wilderness anywhere alone. I was lucky. I could easily have disappeared as well.
Yes yes the bad men. I come from Germany and can report that it is life-threatening to go into the city in the evening. Only men from Muslim countries, women are fair game. Torste
I backpacked and then hitchhiked through North Africa and across the Sahara. Each camp area with travelers I asked for female hitchhiking partners. Usually more volunteers than not. 3 months with one of them . Never an issue, they felt safer and a couple got more rides. Good street smarts and emotional balance along with a willingness to learn and compromise when possible. She punched out a 15 year old that attempted to attack her in a restroom. And I used her walking stick to knock out an attacker. We slept together for months but there was no desire for "romance" ....rough travel is more about survival, besides after weeks without bathing, in a filthy environment, water rationing, diseased food, attraction is only a fantasy.
Yep. I’m a man. I know men and how they look at women. Don’t trust men out alone…
I’m a fairly tame man and you wouldn’t believe the things by a I’ve heard dirty men say about women. Like appalling and criminal even hearing it
Same here, either we are lucky or we are doing the right thing by avoiding conversations with anyone
@connie7128 - how is avoiding conversations going to save you? Once you've been targeted by an evil person, they don't care if you talk to them or not. The only thing they have in mind is to end you. You got lucky you didn't run into any evil people when you backpacked solo.
I think the dangers of solo travel/trekking aren't widely known. I trekked through Europe on my own out of college and it was probably one of the most dangerous things I've done. I nearly got kidnapped after I declined an invitation to tea. The invitation was on an urban/rural-ish trek and the near-kidnapping was in a large, busy city-same person. It sucked. My advice: 1. Know your surroundings. Anyone can be danger/friend. 2. Take a weapon and know how to use it. When I go solo hiking, I stick a sharp pencil in my hair bun- weapon. 3. Know an exit. Know where the trails are and where help is so that if you need to run, you are running towards help and not something worse.
What country in Europe if I may ask?
@@dyslerxi Germany is where this happened, but I've had other close calls everywhere. If it's not a pinch, it's a cat call, or a follow.. and so on.
A pencil? Carry a pistol.
. It is very hard if not impossible to do in Europe.
I love the sharp object in a bun tip!
Thanks for contacting her family and delivering their message. Sad for her and the other women
Good research, contacting her family. And very good of you to cover her story.
Is there any govt in the world that isn't corrupt?!
Not in 2024...
All governments are corrupt.
None
Is it possible that all governments are corrupt?
Yes, they call corruption lobbying and voila!
I had no idea that Nepal was so dangerous. I trekked there in 2016 with a group, became injured and had to stay back from the group as they moved on. Since I was with a group with an excellent guide, they made arrangements for me to go to lower elevations in case I had to be evacuated. They also sent an assistant guide with me who called ahead and made sure the tea house owners knew I was coming. I actually felt very protected, having the guide stick tight with me and the lead guide calling every night to be sure I was there and safe. And because I was older, slow, and injured, I would have been an easy target. I can’t imagine doing it alone even under the best of circumstances. The trails and mountains all start to blend in. Up up up and down down down. Just a few steps but more like hundreds of steps. But the locals were some of the kindest people I’ve met anyplace in the world. And I consider myself to be very blessed to have experienced the beautiful country and the fantastic people and that I was able to hobble out under my own power. Glad I did it once. Knowing the dangers now, not sure I’d be up for the adventure again.
I'm a father of five daughters and would never encourage my daughters to engage in solo voyages at 23
I would be very proud of I had a daughter that was smart, confident, and capable enough to adventure through life. Alone or with a partner. Life is too short to play it safe.
@@678rwhp And it's often a lot shorter when you don't play it safe.
@@678rwhpFor the woman in the story, life became really short. I don’t see the point in traveling or “adventuring” alone.
@678rwhp Yeah, and it's significantly shorter if you're not smart about things. I know numerous people who didn't play it safe and died in their late teens/early 20's. Any decent parent would want their kid to play it safe so they can live another day. It's just dumb to be reckless for no reason.
Depending where, and when of where, that may be wise. At the same time, discouraging the self-empowerment attempt can prove life-long deterrents and detriments. At least you have the relief 1. That you have daughter(s) and 2. That they have each other to lean upon at all.
Even being with one or two others may not help. Recently the two Australians and American were murdered while camping out in Mexico. Also not too long ago a man and woman in India were attacked and the woman was gang raped. So it's not the case necessarily that there is safety in numbers.
Never heard of the three men killed in Mexico until I read your comment. Damn, those were some good looking, strong men, too. Not wimps. And I thought Baja California was one of the safer regions of Mexico. Guess I was wrong! Very sad that so many Americans are okay with open borders and letting the worst people flood into our country.
Idk about Mexico but foreign women have been getting gang raped pretty regularly in India for decades
Thank you for saying this!! I'm very tired of the fearmongering against recreating solo. There are places that aren't safe for a /group/ let alone one person, you're completely right. In the end it's most important to do your research and stay educated.
99.9999% of the time nothing happens and people just have an amazing trip. You just watch these videos and get a distorrted view of the world and how dangerous it really is.
@@Benji-jj2bg couldn't agree more!
I knew someone that was born and raised there. He said that most males in villages don’t have regular normal interactions with females. The few females that are there are spoken for and you are not even allowed to talk with them. Aloha Kyle 💚🍃💚
It's possible too that their perception of western women is.... they're easy.
@@cdes1776 oh 💯💜🦄💜
There are not even enough women because many girls were aborted and not wanted by parents. Now too many male virgins never even touched a woman in their life probably.
Her parents seem incredible. So sorry for their loss....I hope they get justice soon.
I did a study abroad in Nepal in 2007 (from Texas) and there was unrest with the prince issue, and the Maoist demanding bribes on trails. Leaving Pokhara heading back to Kathmandu we got stuck in a road block for 11 hours due to a man getting killed on a motorcycle. The family demanded justice, the nepalese armed forces showed up, villagers pushed the truck into the river, and when it was all said and done the family was paid $1500 bucks for his life. People tend to think places like Nepal are peace, love, and Namaste. The reality is life is very hard in those villages. I'm not defending terrible people and their actions, but as a traveler it is your duty to not get lost in the fairytale. The Nepalese are amazingly generous and loving people who are being squeezed by their government, the Chinese, the Indians, the British (Gurkhas), and then have to watch foreigners sip chai while they make tips hauling gear up those mountains in plastic flip flops. I feel for this woman and her family, and wish them all the hope and peace in the world! I like the fsthers statement about what Lonely Planet describes Nepal as because he is spot on!
Life is a full contact sport. Sometimes it is easy to forget that in the land of abundance. Keep up the great work, and keep traveling!
Very sane comment.
I used to live in Turkmenistan and one day the vehicle I was in was all of a sudden blocked in a neighborhood with other vehicles by empty government buses. We were all completely surrounded and here’d into a central area, in my head I was sure it was a junta and we were all screwed. Turns out, the President was headed to the airport and they wanted to minimize traffic. I’ve never forgotten those moments of sheer terror.
@Catmom-gl5nt I had similar incident happen in Costa Rica. We were heading to see the volcano and the road was blocked causing us to take an extra hour around. Since they don't have a military it wasn't that scary, just odd. Come to find out they were paving the road because the president was coming later that week. Our driver said that's the only way the roads would get paved!
Bro, I tried to explain to my bf what its like to not feel safe alone in so many situations. The bear debate upset him, as a strong protective but respectful partner.. he hates that so many men ruin the perception of good men. Stories like this show why it makes sense to be hypervigilente. It sucks to not feel safe so often.
I wear a cap & Police t shirt,get Creative! CIA operatives do this! Google
Your boyfriend is a slay.
Not all men are human. Some are sub-humans. Don't confuse the two.
Women are equally if not more evil. However most people aren’t bad
This is the hard part for men who see themselves as protectors and for women who are attracted to that quality....but all human beings are not good people and it is often hard to tell when one is being a wolf in sheep's clothing. Tell your BF to just keep being the good guy, it attracts other good humans, they form a tribe with others who watch their backs and families within it, eventually there are children brought up with values of being good protectors and those that value that quality. He may be but one man now, but he can leave a mighty legacy!
I've done a fair amount of solo traveling in the US and the world, including solo hiking. It can be dangerous for men to do so, and even more dangerous for women. When I travel alone in the US or Europe, I take precautions. When I hike alone in the US, I take bear spray and a Sig P365. I have learned that solo travel in the 3rd world is just too dangerous. I've had some close calls. I would never ever hike alone in the 3rd world.
I concur, however, it is impossible to bring a firearm outside the USA unless one is going on a hunt and trekking with a long gun is simply not feasible. When I am in the backcountry I always have a S&W M&P 9C on me.
@@bwca4454 Yes. That's why I don't hike outside of the US.
My heart breaks for these people. Losing your child is awful enough, but also not knowing what happened to her must be life shattering. I really hope they are able to find some closure soon.
Oh boy a new Kyle video. Time to buckle up.
Kyle, when you say the government in Nepal doesn't care about investigating missing hikers, pls be aware that Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. It's unlikely that they don't care, more likely that they just don't have the resources
I mean let's be honest, it's both. people aren't gonna stop coming there just because someone disappears every now and then... if anything it's probably better pr for it to remain a mystery than for the world to find out what actually happened
Nepal has a very corupt government as well, like many countries.
Or they're corrupt?
Yes so it stands. They don't care about investigating missing hikers as that's the least of their worries & they can't afford to do a, govt fundef search for missing people any way.
they are poor but they are extremely corrupt. Look at how they treat the indigenous people there. The people are poor cause the government milks them of all the money and resources they can so the elites can be rich.
Two Dutch women, Kris Kremers, & Lisanne Froon, went missing in Panama 2014. They went a hike , never returned. Their belongings found about 60 miles from where they departed. A backpack with a camera and their phones were found. The camera had strange photos on it. One of the women's clothes was found folded and placed on a rock. Searchers found a shoe with a foot, and other human remains were found. No credible explanation for their deaths
This story has been covered A LOT.
I do believe they succumbed to the elements. There was no sign at the waterfall that said it was the end of the trail. It feels like the locals found their stuff later and messed around with it for the reward $.
I want to say he covered the story but I have to look because I'm not sure
This story has always fascinated me but i do tend to believe they succumbed to the elements after one of the girls fell
I’d heard of this story and there was some reports that they had gone to a club/dance and partied with some questionable young men. A good number of internet people want to attribute it to the group of young men, but the location and facts that there belongs were found in an arranged strange manner still leaves questions unanswered. Also, I’d heard that there was no proof that there belongings had been tampered with.
Traveling solo can be very rewarding. It can also be very dangerous given the wrong place at the wrong time.
It’s still not worth it. Thanks to these shows we are warned.
Watching Harold Baldr UA-cam channel you get an idea of how dangerous the terrain is in this area. If you slip on any of the narrow trails you probably would never be seen again.
If I venture off the beaten track for even just a few yards I’m convinced that every sound is some creep stalking me, so I’m impressed by women who go off into the unknown all alone for days, weeks, even months. Well, I’m sort of impressed, but at the same time I marvel at their naïveté because bad things happen and predators are looking for easy targets. What better target than a lone, defenceless woman in the wilderness? In space no one can hear you scream - that’s a line from the film Alien, but it could equally apply to the mountainous area of Nepal. It’s tragic that such a lovely young woman never got to return home, and her family will suffer a lifetime of heartbreak. Hopefully whoever was responsible will suffer horribly.
the two men who were last to see her might know more about why she shouldnt have gone to the town on her own. interviewing them more and getting the US embassy to look into the nepal local government. this sounds like s*x trafficking to me, unfortunately
It was three men strangely enough, the exact number they arrested.
Could be that those young men could be in the military? just happened to be stationed close to their home? (since he said they were local) and knew exactly where she was going.
If they were stationed further down the trail (next checkpoint) they would also have had a reason to be seen going that way and so not look suspicious?
No
So sad, my daughter is 23, can’t imagine what she and her family went through. 😭
Having trekked in Nepal myself I can absolutely agree, do not trek alone! And I have a possible theory about her disappearance based on my experience.
For 7 days I was on a small guided trek in the Himalayas, but randomly took some time alone up into the mountains, I was also in my early 20’s at that time and still naive to some of the possible dangers.
During one exploration away from the group who stayed in the village.. I found an incredible waterfall and stripped down for a natural shower.
After a short time I felt an uneasy feeling and despite the beauty and adventure I decided to hurry up and get myself back down the mountain to the village.
On my way.. I could hear the monkeys chattering high up in the trees.. it was strange to witness, but thought it was just normal.
When I returned to the village the locals informed us that we should not leave the village since the monkeys screaming in the trees indicates a Bengal Tiger was in the forest hunting.
So basically I made myself an obvious easy target for Tiger 🐅 food.
Please reconsider any decision that you think might be safe to do alone out in the wilderness.. respect Mother Nature ALWAYS!
A Bengal Tiger, maybe? More likely a bunch of local guys disturbed the monkeys, whilst they were considering if you were an easy target for SA! Did you think of that possibility? 🤔😱
Thank you for sharing your story.
Thanks for sharing your story, however I feel it is more likely to be a Human perp
@@seattlejayde You mean a human Perv!
@@BrianMurfitt are you serious? Have you ever trekked into the Himalayas? Tigers do roam and hunt. And I can assure you I was alone given the path I took and where I was at the time.
I have been so lucky so many times…I honestly wonder pretty often how I survived my teens and early 20’s as I hiked and lived solo all over Alaska, Oregon, Montana and in Idaho some…as a single female with my dog later in life I credit my signature leather Stetson cowboy hat and large malamute/Pitt heeled mix dogs with me being alive today, I have noticed in life that people think twice when I have the hat on and also when I have a dog with me. That said I was lucky to make it out of some sketchy situations! Love your channel thank you, from this hillbilly mamma in the backwoods of Tennessee
How horrible. Really tragic, a beautiful life who would have made such a positive difference in the world. Really feel for her family. Hopefully one day they will find her.
I really hope someday the family gets closure as to what happened to their daughter. It would be a nightmare, never knowing what happened to her
It’s common sense that solo traveling in remote areas is dangerous.
Its common sense driving in a car is way more dangerous yet you probably do that everyday.
@@bradsanders407what a stupid comparison! 😅
Exactly!
Solo travelling isn't dangerous, having no common sense is dangerous travelling solo or with a group.
@@devacore477 a person is more vulnerable when they're alone.
It's good that you publicize these stories. I hope the awareness you create will cause hikers everywhere to take more precautions and who knows the lives it may save.
It's a harsh world no matter where you go. In the USA over 600,000 people go missing every year. Since 1916 over 1000 have disappeared from our national parks. That number may be underreported. The Grand Canyon is number one in that regard. Cruise ships have reported around 200 missing persons since the year 2000.
Being prepared and having a good sense of situational awareness can make for a fine trek, but giving up your plans to total strangers along the way is not a good idea.
Thank you for making this video I'm sure the family really appreciates you bringing awareness to this case. Hopefully someone will come forward and bring this family closure. This video could also save the life of another hiker so they don't go out on their own.
Heartbreaking story. I was there in '84 and felt safe the entire time Things have gone downhill since the Crown Prince slaughtered his entire family at a dinner party.
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Well, I want some UA-camr to tell this story then.
What crown prince is that??
Say, what?
They probably had it right when they arrested the 3 men originally, but I imagine they were probably linked with law enforcement or military and would cover up any sort of charges. That body would be long gone by now, unless there's some sort of slave trade going on.
Probably the same three young men she was talking to before she left.
@@Amanda-uc5jq yep, it said they were arrested and let go. But when she mentioned that they gave her false information and she quickly tried to leave town, that automatically raises red flags.
Money talks...
I worried about that too. If still alive, her life could be so much worse than being dead.
Why would she trusted random men!! Some women need to wake up!!!!
Prayers for her family & friends. Hope they get closure. So sad. 😭💔❤️🙏
Thanks Kyle for reaching out to this family and putting this out there to try to help get answers for them.
Same question echoes in my head over and over when watching this: it’s simple and cliche: why? WHY? Why travel alone there? I know the magic about walking alone too, and I need it occasionally or very regularly to be honest but to do it in a region that is knowingly dangerous, especially for single hiking women? A country and place that have a rigorous history of disappearances and killings? Is it worth it? Is it about playing against your destiny or is it about adrenaline addiction? Or simply but sad, naivety?
As a matter of fact, It is about a weird and evil world with evilness and disturbed ppl. they are few against the masses but unfortunately, the mass need to step aside.
Her website that the family has created for her is beautifully designed, I hope they can find the answers soon
Would you consider telling the story of Maren Ueland and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen? They deserve to be remembered and what happened to them in 2018 was absolutely horrific and heartbreaking.
Weren't they the ones that wanted tp prove that the Muslims weren't that bad so went through an area known for that?
When virtue-signaling gets you unalived.
Was that the two Dutch girls?
If it's who I'm thinking of... The video of the one girl being murdered and beheaded is so grim, absolutely barbaric
@@scottdavidson526 no it was a danish girl and a norwegian girl.
Aubrey was so sweet and beautiful. I still think about her all the time. Part of me still believes she's still alive.
Dream on
Why
@@thecastle09 because when you're close with someone and their family it's hard to let to let your hope go.
She's not. If she is, she's some kind of slave to some man.
Who was she to you?
Lived near Boulder and followed this since it was local news. I still think of Aubrey and her heartbroken family. You're only the second UA-camr to cover this (that I know of), thank you. I pray they get answers some day.
Wow, that’s a long damn time for the family to have not an answer, no closure. I lost a son, but this is worse, not knowing I can’t even imagine how anyone can move on from that. Prayers for her family and I’m hoping Aubrey is in a good place wherever it is
from one parent to another, my heart goes out to you! I cannot imagine.
Lesson learned. Never hike alone.
For men, it's not so bad.
@@user-ub4hr3mr8i men have higher rates of victimization actually
From my own solo backpacker having been to 24 countries men are generally OK unless u do drugs n stuff. For girls solo is also OK as long as u can brush aside some inconveniences like wolf-whistling , touching , being asked for sex , being stared at those pokey parts n b sensible. U must understand in half the third world men generally see a white chick as a sex toy , sexy n freely available.
Yeah id hate to be one of the 5 out of 100s of millions of people who die a year while hiking.
Amazing video, Kyle, I appreciate you including even more the personal and emotional aspects of these cases. I hope her family would get news about her, just wanted to say they looked like such a loving family, and they have done so much to find her, even more than some dads would do for their families, I wish they wouldn't feel guilty at all.
Besides this being so sad, it’s even sadder that other people that have gone missing might not have parents that have the same resources as this family has displayed in the search for their daughter
Hiking alone in the Himalayas just isn't safe. All it takes is just tripping over a stone/treeroot or getting lost in dusk and dying of hypothermia. It is a vast area and can take years before someone finds your remains. And yes, that can happen to men and women alike. It is much safer to have fellow hikers, who can always save your life.
Just stay in your basement then.
@@rohw0016 Actually I enjoyed trecking in the Himalayas. I just don't do it alone but I take friends with me.
@@raphi72 ok good lol
Even much shorter mountains can be dangerous. One wobbling stone is enough to twist an ankle. And cold night without a shelter can tend to be too extreme. I know a person who lost his way and luckily enough survived a night in a forest. And that was far not that height!
So heartbreaking!! Sending hugs and prayers to Aubrey's family.
Women who say they can take care of themselves when hiking in a foreign country have not experienced fear yet
This is true.
And Modern Feminists have been so far removed from danger they believe that man don’t experience it abroad, despite men being far more likely to be robbed/attacked/murdered. So they dismiss regular men from “mansplaining” the danger and try to prove themselves, by getting beheaded in the Moroccan desert while screaming for their mommy. (Don’t watch that video.)
Young and naive
They are extremely naive. Men are in danger hiking alone, women are almost begging for trouble. You don't park a Ferrari in the ghetto. You don't walk as a white woman alone through third world countries. They see white woman as "other".
just look at her pictures. she was doomed
💯 the government covered it up. Tourism is probably the only economy that exists in that area. They don’t want that exposure
Great video, you told this with great sensitivity and care 👍
I hiked the Jhomson trail starting from Pokara in 1987! It was amazing! Those times it was possible hiking on my own with my own backpack and no sherpa. a few times it was getting dark and nearly lost my way, but made it anyway! There was no roads only possible by walk or donkey! Amazing but dangerous! I did my 8 days poon hill loop and after I was so fit, I could've hiked forever and I was so sad It's finished and I'm in car country again, that I bawled baweled my eyes out! RIP Sister , where ever you are 🙏🥀
Yes in those days it was as you said but still one needs to take precautions! It is poor country with backward people knowing nothing about the world. Nowadays it is surely worst not mentioning that there are far less tourists comparing to 20-30 years ago. I visited and hiked in Nepal several times, with local professional acquittances.
Bless her soul and glad you gave her time for our prayers !
Hiking alone is dangerous. PERIOD!!!!!!🙀 Anything could happen 😵
She never forged on by herself after meeting those three guys. Don’t overthink it. We all know what happened.
It’s simple. She was killed because she was alone. Either by humans or accidental. But it was because she was alone.
Hi Kyle, I can’t do most meal delivery services because of my allergies (garlic, onion, peanuts, and cheese; tragic, I know). But I just used your code for LMNT. I’m currently waiting for my watermelon salt with the sample pack to try other flavors.
I am a very amateur nature walk/light hike kind of person and have learned a lot from your videos. This case is so sad. Thank you for making these and please continue. You’ll reach 1mm in no time.
Langtang was erased from the mountains in the 2015 Mega Quake. While new structures have been built, the family will never find her body, camera or belongings.
Hmmmm 😮
Great to see you back Kyle ❤
My husband and I hiked Langtang Valley in 2007. We loved it! This gives me the chills. My heart goes out to the family.
Thank you for sharing this sad story and providing such a balanced presentation. May her family find the closure they so deserve.
Hubris? Why in the hell would any woman or man treck in this extreme/remote wilderness alone . Very sad.
Because they have to prove they can
@clairehann2681 it is elitist hubris in this case. Just look at the family . Nothing can touch me cause I am a nice person and have money . How arrogant and childish.
Because its way safer and more beautiful than walking down the sidewalk
@@10.6.12. Because someone is nice and loves other cultures and people you make that claim? you are projecting hard and i suggest getting therapy. This was just a decent person doing what she loved. 99.9999% of the time nothing happens and people just have an amazing trip. You just watch these videos and get a distorrted view of the world and how dangerous it really is. Sadly bad things ended up happening to her, and now people like you can watch these videos and act superior cause it gets you off lol. so sad.
Because someone is nice and loves other cultures and people you make that claim? you are projecting hard and i suggest getting therapy. This was just a decent person doing what she loved. 99.9999% of the time nothing happens and people just have an amazing trip. You just watch these videos and get a distorrted view of the world and how dangerous it really is. Sadly bad things ended up happening to her, and now people like you can watch these videos and act superior cause it gets you off lol. so sad.
Hmmm the parks don’t keep records of the lost and missing?…. Just like our national parks when David Paulides of “Missing 411” series of you tubes and books could not get a list of the missing from the national parks. They were very rude about it too. Finally Paulides got a call and if he wanted a list it would cost him either 1/2 a million or a million dollars. So this seems to be the norm. Why?? I guess money talks and they don’t want to dissuade tourists.
Telling me I "have" to do something doesn't make me want to do it any more. The exact opposite in fact!
I totally agree, she does have such a beautiful light and energy about her ❤️❤️❤️
I traveled all and I mean all over Nepal from 2001 till 2011 for professional reason and for trekking. I did it with my husband, with Nepalese colleagues, alone. Never I felt unsafe, apart from some armed conflict situations back then.
I even would say the people there are less threating then in the average western culture. But... one needs to understand that real law enforcement is very far away in these mountains. And with law enforcement this far away it would be advisable to be vigilant in any country.
Also it isn't true that the government doesn't care. They do care and that's why Langtangs solo trekking is dead for decades.
Also accidents happen. Trails in Langtang are less maintained then Annapurna or Everest or Manaslu. Yet Langtang is near Kathmandu, has less altitude to people think they can do it.
Have you seen the rivers there? You trip and fall and you're gone forever.
Perfect timing, I just sat down with my tea 😊
Enjoy your tea break, Meg!
I have a latte and some carrot cake :)
I donated for many different reasons. I hope the truth comes to light.
A lot of people have told me not to hike alone and I get it , I do …
If you wait for people to do things with you you might be waiting a long time !!
True
My heart goes out to Aubrey's family and to her soul.
She learned the hard way that the world can be dangerous
Love all your vids and enjoy the unsolved cases as you always wonder what could have happened. Thanks Kyle for a new video. Time to get your popcorn and snacks!
I need a t-shirt that says Kyle Hates Hiking. Lol. Make some!
You need to study the culture of the country where you go.this is essential.
She did....?! She went trekking alone - therein lies the problem.
Eh, male r*pe culture exists everywhere. Even in the US, ever seen a situation where big groups of men realise there are no consequences to their actions like music festivals? Sexual assault and rape. Ita not a culture problem, its a male problem.
Nothing to do with it
Besides National Parc is a nature. Wild nature.
Love from the UK brother! Love your stuff!
You did a wonderful job on this video. The images of her show what an amazing woman she must have been, in every way. Sadly, we live in a dangerous world. She lived her life to the fullest but I wish she could have continued living it that way, long into her old age. God bless and comfort her family and friends.
I grew up in Oregon, and I think about all the times I went into the forest alone back in the 70s 80s and 90s. I had an incident where two men in an orange and white Bronco , followed me up in Bend. I ran up a hill and hid behind rocks. I watched from this vantage point as they circled around 3 times.
Even in a safe place, you should always hike with someone in case there is an accident. But, I hike alone. 🙄
Serial killers are far more prevalent in the US, we account for something like 2/3rds of them.
That we know of.
Good job, Kyle!🎉❤
You have earned a place in my top favorite UA-camrs and I cannot wait for you to post again. You have great content here. Just keep being yourself and you WILL reach more than a million subscribers!! Your content is fantastic ❤️🔥
Honestly, she seems like the kind of person that bad things shouldn’t happen to, but hiking solo in foreign places take some naivety.