Olympic National Park is one of the wildest, wettest places in the United States. Towering trees, moss-draped trails, and a rainforest that breathes with mist and silence. It’s beautiful—and isolating. And in June 2006 a former military intelligence officer went missing without a trace. A man who knew how to take care of himself. So how did Olympic swallow him whole?

Tips: Thurston County Sheriff's Office 360-786-5742

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_National_Park

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/gilbert-gilman

https://charleyproject.org/case/gilbert-mark-gilman

https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article30946359.html

https://vault.fbi.gov/israel-keyes/Israel%20Keyes%20Part%2008/view

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeBullshit/comments/la8czj/gilbert_gilman_what_is_the_theory/

https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/22763?nav

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