1. The Missing Painter (North Cascades National Park, WA)

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When a tourist from California treks north to visit the beautiful and scenic North Cascades National Park in northern Washington, no one could predict how his trip would end. After park officials noticed an abandoned painting easel and car near the Colonial Creek Campground, the search was on for the missing artist. Searching ensued but the owner of the easel has never been found and his whereabouts still remain a mystery today.

If you have any information about the case, please submit tips to 1-888-653-0009 or [e-mail] and click “Submit a Tip”. Your tips can remain anonymous, but information in this open case is needed.
The 10 Essentials for Outdoor Recreation here.
Leave No Trace (LNT) principles here.
North Cascades National Park incident reports here.
Sources:
https://www.nps.gov/noca/learn/news/search-for-missing-person.htm
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/alexander-pisch
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/missing-california-mans-car-painting-easel-found-along-north-cascades-highway
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/18kl4o8/a_mentally_ill_man_vanishes_in_a_national_park/?rdt=39998
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cascades_National_Park
https://www.nps.gov/noca/learn/index.htm
https://www.nps.gov/articles/10essentials.htm
https://lnt.org/why/7-principles/
https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2020/10/28/alexander-pisch-set-up-an-easel-to-paint-and-then-vanished/
https://skagitbreaking.com/2023/11/02/possible-human-remains-found-in-suitcase-floating-in-ross-lake/
http://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/noca.htm

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