12 Real Appalachian Park Ranger Trail Stories That Will Keep you Up All Night (Episode 53)

DESCRIPTION:A veteran ranger found 17 unsolved incident files within six miles [citation:5]. Another tracked a massive 12-foot creature near the Smokies [citation:15]. A hiker survived 26 days in the Maine woods, her final diary pleading for her body to be found [citation:13]. From the 1990 Thelma Marks shelter double murder to rangers who counted 12 men returning from an 11-man patrol, these 12 true stories prove that the Appalachian Trail holds secrets no map will show [citation:1][citation:4].