In 2021, search crews at Grand Canyon National Park made an unexpected discovery while looking for another missing person: skeletal remains believed to be of another missing person. His backpack had been found years earlier with prescription bottles bearing his name, but no trace of him was located until the 2021 aerial search. His remains were there the whole time, blending into the canyon until chance and persistence finally brought him home.

Sources:

https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/8-facts-about-grand-canyon-you-never-knew

https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

\https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/body-of-hungarian-man-missing-since-july-recovered-in-grand-canyon

https://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/grca.htm

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-canyon-search-human-remains-scott-walsh/

https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Scott_Walsh

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/89603

https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/gibbs-missing-person.htm?utm

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