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Locations Unknown

Lost Hunter: Ronald Gray's disappearance in Idaho's Bitterroot Wilderness

Locations Unknown

Unknown Media Group

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On September 19, 2008, Ronald Scott Gray, a seasoned 62-year-old retired Marine and Massachusetts State Police captain, vanished during an elk hunt in Idaho’s rugged Selway-Bitterroot wilderness. Despite extensive survival training, he disappeared without a trace. His backpack, found near Highline Lake, provided no definitive clues. Unusual behavior noted by companions hinted at possible disorientation or psychological factors. Harsh weather and challenging terrain complicated the intensive search.  His mysterious disappearance remains unsolved, highlighting how even the most experienced outdoorsman can become lost in vast, unforgiving wilderness.  

Note: Mike is recovering from a serious illness and had some issues with his voice this episode.  We apologize for the listening inconvenience and hope for his speedy recovery by next episode!   

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Hosts: Mike Van de Bogert & Joe Erato

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Thousands of people have mysteriously vanished in America's wilderness.

0:13.0

Join us as we dive into the deep end of the unexplainable and try to piece together what happened.

0:20.0

You are listening to Locations Unknown. What's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Locations Unknown.

0:59.7

I'm your co-host, Joe E. Rodman with me, as always, is the guy who coined the term, coined the term.

1:04.3

So he coined the term.

1:05.4

Mike Van der Bogart.

1:06.8

Thank you, Joe.

1:07.8

And thank you once again to all of our listeners for tuning in.

1:11.5

Just a couple of announcements before we get going here.

1:14.0

New Patreon shoutouts to Jamie Drexler, Amelia Haverkamp, and Carrie Tetch.

1:21.9

I think I got that.

1:23.9

Sure.

1:24.7

Sure.

1:25.6

We don't know, but thank you for supporting the show yes thank you very much um we greatly

1:29.9

appreciate it uh if you want to call the show or send the show text i've been texting back and

1:36.6

forth with um i still got to share all this with you after the show i'll share it i have like

1:42.2

hundred pictures now of a individual who claims to

1:46.5

be the son of Glenn Hyde. Oh, we should maybe bring that. We'll bring that to the live

1:52.3

stream. Yeah, maybe. We can talk through the whole thing. You don't know that I'd permission to share

1:56.7

any of it yet. Well, if we'll figure it out. Yeah, we'll figure it out. But very interesting. The more

2:02.6

and more pictures I see, the more I'm convinced

2:04.5

he's telling the truth. So...

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