Missing 411: The Hunted

I'm watching this for the second time and if you like mysteries, the creeps and the outdoors, you'll like this. This documentary focuses on stories of hunters who have vanished without trace while out on legal hunts and some will be thinking "well, if they weren't out there shooting animals, they wouldn't have gone missing". Well, there's certainly validity to that argument but leaving that aside, the manners in which these people just vanished are very strange indeed.

For once, here's an American documentary series (there are other Missing 411 docs on Prime) that doesn't rely on relentless recaps, overly dramatic talking heads and intrusive music. What it has are the facts, presented via personal testimonies from those who were there, all set against stunning landscapes that are at once beautiful and frightening in their size and wildness.

For me though, the highlight is the section where footage is played of the eerie, creepy-as-hell sounds recorded by two hunters one night, out in the wilds. Really gets the hair on the back of the neck standing up because, I think, it taps into our primal fears of the unknown, what's out there and what dangers it presents.

Highly recommended.

I did enjoy this documentary but having watched a fair bit of background viewing on YouTube I anticipated that this documentary would expand further on the mysterious nature of the disappearances. That might be a little harsh yet 7/10 is still quite high. Missing 411 is certainly highly watchable even if you are unfamiliar with the phenomenon.

Strange thigs happens to humans all around the world, and this is a comprehensive dive into some cases from the wilderness of the usa.they are all mysterious, but there are things that could in my simple old grumpy mind like mine could be explained. but all over a well bred documentary.

there is a phenomenon known as a presign to migrene that can cause flimsy,blinking and partially vanishing vision, and it appears on both eyes, its a bit scary, especially behind the driving wheel of a car, but that is my solution to the woman in the treetop case.

I've noticed that people who come into just one of his documentaries or talks tend to hold a skeptical point of view, which is respectable as long as you keep an open mind. Once you realize that he has done extensive research on hundreds, if not thousands of these cases, you'll begin to realize that a pattern emerges and something strange is going on. If there were only these 4-5 cases, then yes, they can be easily explainable. It's easy to say this person fell, this one drowned, this one was abducted by a human, this one ran away from their family, this one committed suicide, etc ... But what do you say to thousands of similar cases that have not and cannot be explained by the forestry, the police, the FBI, the green berets? It's just weird. I love that there's mystery still in this world.

Paulides frequently discusses the fact that it's the cumulation of these bizarre disappearance which paints the full picture on coast to coast. This documentary is more for people who understand this, or for those whose curiosity will be piqued. A documentary allows him to give a more detailed and comprehension view of some individual cases, otherwise this documentary would be hours long.

I personally think that the research that David Paulides has done is fascinating. I have a soft spot for the families of the people who has gone missing whether it be in our national parks or anywhere else. I often think about how badly they must hope the coverage of their lost loved one is reaching as many people as possible. So, when I see documentaries on the missing, I watch them. I would want that if someone I loved was missing.

I don't know what is going on but this documentary explored some of the paranormal aspects of spots where there have been clusters of disappearances dealing with hunters. Some of it was strange but if you want to try and get answers you should be willing to think outside the box and considering how odd these disappearances are a bit of "WTF?" hangs like a cloud over the cases. They simply do not make sense.

I like these cases and I hope that they will continue to make documentaries on the subject. We may never really know what is happening. I can only imagine how heartbreaking that must be for the families who would like answers. I pray that they are at least given the opportunity to lay their loved ones to rest.