Aloha! Just a couple thoughts on those folks that went missing here on Kauai. The couple that went missing in 1999? I guess they wanted to hike Mt. Waialeaele?, I’m sure that they knew its reputation as ” the Wettest Place On Earth” getting 450 inches of rain per year that’s like 37 feet of rain! I was lucky enough to live & work up there in Kokee. I remember this case. Another thing that I’m sure the Kokee museum staff told them was that they would be walking through the Alakai Swamp on their way to Waialeale. I fondly remember hiking that trail with my Dad & Cousin, and several times the swamp “bog” grabbed our feet, shoes and sometimes our entire legs, causing us to be in need of rescue; at least (1) or (2) people pulling to get us “unstuck.”
Because the area is at a high elevation, of course it rains, but there’s often a misty cloud cover that can cause white-out conditions, meaning you can lose your way, my Dad & his dogs were lost up there for 3 days once,, before searchers found them, exhausted & thirsty. He said he was just “Blazing A new trail”😉.
Sadly, at the beginning of this Summer, May 12, a college student; Samuel Martinez from Nebraska went up to Kokee, I think Waialeale and Alakai were places he mentioned in the newspaper article that he wanted to hike as well. There were extensive searches for him, and presently, he has not been found.😔
Another thing that day-hikers don’t really consider of course is how cold it gets in Kokee, once the wind starts, and after dark (especially in the winter months) I can remember there being frost on the lawn, even the Dog water dish froze solid. And the last thing, if years later, searchers seek to recover these lost people, remember the entire area is over run with wild 🐗 Boars. I heard that if the Boars encounter any deceased item(s) in the forest, they will eat it bones & all; (Boars/Pigs, literally can & will EAT everything they come across). That’s part of the reason their population is at such an explosion there and in other parts of the country.
Aloha! Thanks for your insight Erin.
As a Kauai native I’d like to say that the trope of the “killer marijuana farmer” is not as believable once you see how small Kauai is. However, like the museum director SAID – there are few trails and it is extremely dangerous. Many people are injured on what they expect to be casual day hikes. Especially near the coast. Trust the locals when they say not to go out.
The kauai case is wrong
This maui case was murder
Please learn hawaiian
Cool vid, but the computer generated voice , takes a lot away from it.
These videos are to bring old cases to light, mostly forgotten. I’ve received thanks from many of family members as well. These videos are about facts of disappearences, not improving my profile on YouTube.
Never seen Hawaii done before,great coverage.
Thanks Ruth!
Great video as always
Appreciate it Misti!
Gives meaning to there’s trouble in paradise.
Aloha! Just a couple thoughts on those folks that went missing here on Kauai. The couple that went missing in 1999? I guess they wanted to hike Mt. Waialeaele?, I’m sure that they knew its reputation as ” the Wettest Place On Earth” getting 450 inches of rain per year that’s like 37 feet of rain! I was lucky enough to live & work up there in Kokee. I remember this case. Another thing that I’m sure the Kokee museum staff told them was that they would be walking through the Alakai Swamp on their way to Waialeale. I fondly remember hiking that trail with my Dad & Cousin, and several times the swamp “bog” grabbed our feet, shoes and sometimes our entire legs, causing us to be in need of rescue; at least (1) or (2) people pulling to get us “unstuck.”
Because the area is at a high elevation, of course it rains, but there’s often a misty cloud cover that can cause white-out conditions, meaning you can lose your way, my Dad & his dogs were lost up there for 3 days once,, before searchers found them, exhausted & thirsty. He said he was just “Blazing A new trail”😉.
Sadly, at the beginning of this Summer, May 12, a college student; Samuel Martinez from Nebraska went up to Kokee, I think Waialeale and Alakai were places he mentioned in the newspaper article that he wanted to hike as well. There were extensive searches for him, and presently, he has not been found.😔
Another thing that day-hikers don’t really consider of course is how cold it gets in Kokee, once the wind starts, and after dark (especially in the winter months) I can remember there being frost on the lawn, even the Dog water dish froze solid. And the last thing, if years later, searchers seek to recover these lost people, remember the entire area is over run with wild 🐗 Boars. I heard that if the Boars encounter any deceased item(s) in the forest, they will eat it bones & all; (Boars/Pigs, literally can & will EAT everything they come across). That’s part of the reason their population is at such an explosion there and in other parts of the country.
Aloha! Thanks for your insight Erin.
As a Kauai native I’d like to say that the trope of the “killer marijuana farmer” is not as believable once you see how small Kauai is. However, like the museum director SAID – there are few trails and it is extremely dangerous. Many people are injured on what they expect to be casual day hikes. Especially near the coast. Trust the locals when they say not to go out.
The kauai case is wrong
This maui case was murder
Please learn hawaiian
Cool vid, but the computer generated voice , takes a lot away from it.
These videos are to bring old cases to light, mostly forgotten. I’ve received thanks from many of family members as well. These videos are about facts of disappearences, not improving my profile on YouTube.