Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project
Each year 2,400 people, on average, get lost in the wilderness in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. 90% of those that become lost are found alive, 8 % are located deceased, and the other 2% simply vanish without a trace.
Our host Tanner Hoskins, co-Founder of Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search and Executive Director at Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project (PNWMPP) shares the mysterious true stories of adults and children who inexplicably disappeared while recreating in the great outdoors of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Tanner will share the stories of these missing persons as well as our own expeditions into the area these people were last seen or known to be.
We hope that by telling these stories we can help foster a community driven in bringing answers and closure to these grieving families.
Tanner will also share stories from our organization's own personal expeditions into the wilderness in search of signs of Sasquatch activity and following-up on reports of reported bigfoot activity.
Donate to our cause (Donations are tax-deductable):
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or text "PNWMPP" to 44321
PNWMPP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the search for and recovery of missing persons whose cases have gone cold in rural and remote locations of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
If you'd like to contact our team, support our organizations mission, or donate directly to our team please visit our website:
www.pnwmpp.org
www.pnwbigfootsearch.com
Episodes
57 episodes
Eddie Harris, Scott Smith, and the Kim Family (Oregon)
In this episode of the Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project Podcast, host Tanner Hoskins investigates the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Curtis Hair and Scott Jon Smith, two longtime friends from Beavert...
Vanished in the Canadian Wilds: The Cases of Howard Metacat, Benjamin Laboucan, Gavin Edkins, and William Bereziuk
In this episode, we journey deep into the remote wilderness of Alberta, Canada, where four men vanished without a trace. Howard Metacat, Benjamin Laboucan, Gavin Edkins, and William Bereziuk each disappeared under mysterious circumstances—hunti...
Between Survival and Silence
In this episode, we explore two men who entered the wilderness under very different circumstances—one who fought to live, and one who vanished into the shadows.First, we follow the incredible survival story of Ralph Sawyer, a 52-y...
"Scent and Service" with Jensen Huffman (C.H.A.I.S.)
In this powerful episode of the PNWMPP Podcast, host Tanner Hoskins sits down with his good friend and elite K9 handler Jensen Huffman — owner of Huffman K9 Obedience and Executive Director of CHAIS (Charon Human Advocacy and Intervention Servi...
Canada's Wilderness: The lost, the found, and the missing
In this haunting episode of the Pacific Northwest Missing Persons Project Podcast, we venture beyond borders into Canada’s vast, untamed wilderness—where stories vanish into the fog, survive against impossible odds, or dissolve in wave...
Travis Decker manhunt - Washington State (2025)
Travis Decker, 32 year old army veteran, wanted for the murder of his three children, Paitlyn, Evelyn, and Olivia. Decker has been on the run for nearly a month in the remote backcountry of Chelan and Kittitas Counties in Washington State.<...
Aaron Hedges and Jaryd Atadero Cases
In this gripping episode, we journey deep into the heart of two baffling disappearances that continue to haunt the American wilderness. First, we head to the rugged mountains of Montana, where experienced hunter Aaron Hedges vanished und...
Vanished in the Pines: Three cases that still haunt the PNW
The Pacific Northwest is a place of mist, mystery, and myth—but beneath the towering trees and winding trails lie stories that never made it home.In this cinematic and chilling episode, host Tanner Hoskins walks you through three of ...
Breaking News from PNW Bigfoot Search (April 26th, 2025)
On April 26th, 2025, the PNW Bigfoot Search team made a shocking discovery along the White Salmon River near Willard, Washington—a clear, unexplainable track believed to be from a Sasquatch.Join Tanner Hoskins and the team as they docume...
Mount Rainier - Three missing outdoorsmen
Release Date: April 16, 2025Mount Rainier stands as one of America’s most breathtaking — and dangerous — natural landmarks. In this chilling episode, we examine three haunting disappearances that occurred on its icy slopes....
Lost in the Mount Jefferson Wilderness – The Cases of Sandy Rice & Riley Zickel
The Mount Jefferson Wilderness in Oregon is a breathtaking yet unforgiving landscape. In this episode, we examine two disappearances that have haunted the region since 2016.On June 23, 2016, 59-year-old Sanford "Sandy" David Rice, an exp...
Vanished Hikers of Mount Hood, Oregon
Episode Description: Mount Hood—a breathtaking yet unforgiving giant—has claimed the lives of many who dared to explore its rugged terrain. In this episode we uncover the chilling disappearances of Fred Frauens and Kenneth "Ken" Budl...
Disappearances at Priest Lake, Idaho
In this episode of the Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search Podcast, hosted by Alberto Quinones, Kelly Stolp, and Tanner Hoskins, with special appearances by Mike Palagi, we dive into two perplexing missing persons cases from the rugged wilderness ...
The Unexplained Disappearances of Adams, White, and Walton
Podcast Episode Description:In this chilling episode we dive into three unsettling disappearances in the remote wilderness of Idaho. Susan Adams, a nature lover, vanished without a trace from the Selway-Bitterroot Wildernes...
PNW Bigfoot Search - Into the Tillamook State Forest
Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search is following-up on leads brought to us by logging crews in the Tillamook State Forest regarding strange bare footprints, vocalizations, and sightings of upright, hair-covered bipeds roaming an area known as Give...
Everett Ruess and Vilate Young disappearance (Utah)
Everett Ruess a 20 year old adventurer, poet, and artist known for his solo-expeditions throughout the High Sierra Mountain Range, the Coast of California, and the American southwest departed for a two month trip into the remote and rugged Utah...
PNW Bigfoot Search Update! (01/08/2025)
Tanner shares updates from the Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Search (PNW Bigfoot Search) research team, including two documentaries we have in the works! One documentary will be released in December of 2025 and another will be debuting in ...
Kyron Horman disappearance (June 2010)
Kyron Horman was a loving and intelligent 2nd grader when he vanished from Skyline Elementary School in rural Washington County, Oregon on June 2nd, 2010.Kyron's disappearance would kickoff the largest and most expensive Search and Rescue m...
A Boy Scout and seasoned Hiker vanish near Cuberant Lake, Utah
Known as the Bermuda Triangle of Utah, the Mirror Lake Highway and adjacent wilderness is a beautiful location full of high-strangeness and mystery. The area is full of dense vegetation, beautiful clear running water, and boulder fields.
Three people missing in the same general area of Anchorage, Alaska. (2015-2020)
Kevin Mitchell (2015) an Alaska Native vanished in September of 2015 after driving south of Girdwood, Alaska and going on a hike.KEVIN SOURCES:
Kieran Burke, Ruth Ruppert, Timothy Barnes - (Yosemite National Park)
Yosemite National Park and its 748,000 acres of land and 750 miles of hiking trails is shrouded in mystery, with well over 1,300 people who have died within the park boundaries since 1890 and more than 30 missing persons cases from 2003 to 2023...
Lisa Brost and Daniel Neasbit cases - Urgent 2024 cases
First case: Lisa Brost, is a 55 year old caucasian female, standing at about 5’3” tall, weighing about 140 pounds with blonde hair, brown eyes. Lisa left her residence in Ellensburg on March 15th, 2024 in her 2002 Red Toyota Tacoma pickup truck...
PNWMPP Campfire Stories - Part 2 (Halloween Special)
This week’s podcast has to do with the strange, spooky, and true life horror stories that have been shared with our team via email from individuals who wanted to tell their hair-raising stories of either becoming lost and how they self-rescued ...
PNWMPP Campfire Stories - Part 1 (Halloween Special)
This week’s podcast has to do with the strange, spooky, and true life horror stories that have been shared with our team via email from individuals who wanted to tell their hair-raising stories of either becoming lost and how they self-rescued ...
High strangeness in and around Yellowstone National Park
In this week's episode Tanner fills you in on the poor record keeping from the United State's largest law enforcement agency the National Park Service. Tanner also shares the stories of three individuals, two adults and one child, that vanished...