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The Basement: Dave Paulides | Missing 411 and Cases the Government Won't Let You See

2026-06-29 Entertainment
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-Head to https://Superpower.com and use code BASEMENT at checkout for $20 off your membership. Unlock your new health intelligence. 100+ biomarkers. Every year. Detect early signs of 1,000+ conditions. #superpowerpod -Go to https://nicnac.com/whyfiles and use code WHYFILES for 20% off, or use the store locator to find Nic Nacs near you. -Discover how to move your IRA or 401k into physical gold and silver — with no taxes or penalties. Get your free portfolio review and free gold & silver guide from GoldenCrest Metals: visit https://GoldenCrestMetals.com/thewhyfiles or call (888) 949-9172 now. The Basement: Dave Paulides | Missing 411 and Cases the Government Won't Let You See David Paulides spent his career as a detective. Then two park rangers knocked on his door and told him something that didn't add up: people are vanishing in our national parks, and nobody's talking about it. Search dogs that won't track. Hunters who walk back with stories that shouldn't be possible. A bullet that hit nothing. AJ sits down with the man behind Missing 411 to ask the question the Park Service won't answer — where did they go? #Missing411 #NationalParks #AJGentile #DavidPaulides 00:00 - Intro 03:54 - Cop Days, the Polly Klaas Case & Silicon Valley 10:30 - Embedded at Bluff Creek: How Bigfoot Found Him 16:00 - Star People, Harvey Pratt's Sketches & Bigfoot Behavior 28:34 - The Knock at Yosemite & the Birth of Missing 411 45:21 - The Park Service Stonewall: $1.4 Million for a List 55:14 - Mount Rainier: Lost Marines & the First Flying Saucers 1:04:10 - The Jacob Gray Case & the Kindness Award 1:13:11 - Gilbert Gilman: The Spy Who Vanished in Plain Sight 1:24:25 - Granite, Orbs & the Mount Shasta Disappearances 1:42:24 - Grandma Cappy & the Boy Taken Underground 1:45:08 - The Bigfoot Evidence: Sierra Sounds, Language & DNA 1:59:07 - Giants, the Smithsonian & Debunking Gigantopithecus 2:07:47 - Interdimensional Bigfoot, the Hitchhiker Effect & Simulation Theory 2:16:48 - The Missing German Physicists 2:24:01 - Stonewalled by the Government & What Still Haunts Him 2:29:37 - Wilderness Survival & Where to Find David 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 Executive Producers: Jennifer Gentile Gino Gentile AJ Gentile Patreon Members Editors: Joe Stone Drew Sullivan Brandon Snyder Ryan Fitzgerald Producers: Victoria Young Haley Burke Research: Haley Burke AJ Gentile Gino Gentile Jen Gentile Victoria Young Written/Hosted by: AJ Gentile Hecklefish J. Moriarty Thank You Mods: The Hybrid Paul Rohrbaugh Mischief SnowCrash BeezySmeezy TrashPanda MaryJaneMcweed AC Sanzel Abbaton SpookyMadison Original Jim With Music on Repeat by Victor Lundberg The Why Files lyrics by Straightjacket Spaceman 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 PAULIDES LINKS Website: missing411.com YouTube: @canammissingproject 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🎧 The Why Files: OPERATION PODCAST 🎧 🎧 https://thewhyfiles.com/podcast 🎧 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🙏 SUPPORT THE WHY FILES (Fun, Free Perks!) 🙏 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewhyfiles 🙏 YT Members: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFk2uvCNcEmZ77g0ESKLcQ/join 👽 BUY WHY FILES MERCH 👽 👽 https://shop.thewhyfiles.com (Code: LIZZIDPEEPLE for 10% off first order) 👽 💬 CHAT WITH US ON DISCORD 💬 💬 https://thewhyfiles.com/discord 💬 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🌐 OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://thewhyfiles.com 📸 BE A WHY FILES MODEL (and get free stuff!) 📸 Send a photo of you/family/friends watching TWF, 📸 wearing TWF gear, using TWF merchandise: 📸 https://thewhyfiles.com/wild 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 ▪TWF ON THE WEBS ▪https://www.reddit.com/r/TheWhyFiles/ ▪https://twitter.com/OMGTheWhyFiles ▪https://www.instagram.com/OMGTheWhyFiles ▪https://www.rumble.com/thewhyfiles ▪https://thewhyfiles.locals.com ▪https://www.tiktok.com/@thewhyfiles ▪https://www.facebook.com/OMGTheWhyFiles 〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰〰 🐠 BETTER CHANNELS TO WATCH: 🐠 https://www.youtube.com/c/HecklefishMoriarty 🤓 https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWhyFilesBackstage 🎧 https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWhyFilesPodcast

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@rmcduck8131 2026-06-29

20 year retiree of LE in NPS. There are lots of missing people in parks, lots of suspicious deaths. Many of those cases in a lot of parks are under the jurisdiction of the counties. Many parks are proprietary jurisdiction, and therefore missing people and murders are investigated by the sheriffs and counties. The park still has a case file on it though as they do SAR response and initial searches. All the fatalities in one of the parks I worked were handled by the county. We still did a report on it though. Also to tell the truth, the superintendents have too much control over LE they want to hide anything negative. Many of the superintendents are corrupt and are part of the criminal syndicate of our government. Many of the special agents were lazy and would pass cases off to other agencies or dump them on the ranger staff who never had time for investigations. The NPS LE needs to be completely revamped and taken out from the tentacles of the sleazy superintendents.

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@MikeMacYT 2026-06-30

One of the things AJ is incredibly good at, is matching his guest's energy level. Makes for such a good, easy to listen to show. As a Radio guy, let me say he's one of the best of us.

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@agilbertatucb 2026-06-30

“Use the national park ‘missing’ as cover …” was the most important lightning strike with the recent scientists

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@internal_arts_madeira 2026-06-30

When Dave talked about the "hitchhiker effect" it reminded me of a similar experience I had when I was about 16 years old. I grew up in the western half of Washington State and would often go on hikes alone in the forests near my home. One day, I was deep in the woods and started to have that creepy feeling you get when you know you are being watched. Then, I started to hear and see a large shape moving through the trees, parallel to my path. I immediately turned around and headed back towards my house. Once I started to leave, the activity in the woods stopped. Along the way, I had to cross a muddy area. The mud had been fresh and unmarred when I first came though earlier in the day, making mine the only footprints on the trail. Now, when I returned, just off to the side of where I had stepped, was a single, massive, bare, human-like footprint about 15-16 inches long. I never went back to that particular section of the forest. If the intent was to scare me away from the area, it definitely worked!

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@QuantumN3rd 2026-06-30

40:48 stumbling upon that factoid of using the missing people in the Park service to extricate people from society to a different part of a governmental plant would make total sense of why they wouldn't give him the lists of the missing people from the park service through the FOIA requests ...

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@jamesfernandez5210 2026-07-01

Never separate from hiking group without a buddy. Buddy system keeps you safe!

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@kathymc234 2026-06-30

35:48 Yes, he purposely had the music loud. And he wore loud tourist clothes. That screamed "Look at me."

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@rh5971 2026-07-01

Thank you so much for having David Paulides on AJ! I've been hoping for this for quite a while. You guys are both doing great work!

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@CAB1701 2026-06-30

kindness & manners, both free of charge and go a very long way

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@Intherealmofhungryghosts 2026-07-01

This was a good one.

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