

Strange weather patterns seem to accompany every single disappearance. Paulides detailed in his Missing 411 books how there were other strange coincidences and through-lines of continuity from case to case. No records were kept of the searches by the Park Service or the federal government. When the week was up, the search was called off and ended without another word. The pattern of the searches for the missing persons went as follows according to the park ranger: each time there was an intense week-long search accompanied by a media blitz. What the park ranger said was subsequently investigated for over six years by Paulides and compiled into four different Missing 411 books. The park ranger told Paulides that in his 30 years of service within the National Park Service, he had been privy to many searches for numerous missing persons, and some aspects of each and every search had left him troubled.

Several years ago, when David Paulides, a writer/investigator, was working on something completely different in a national park, a national park ranger approached Paulides with a strange story.

Ben's father, David Paulides, is at the heart of the Missing 411 story. Missing 411 - the documentary - is the brainchild of Ben Paulides. Missing 411, a documentary based on the mysterious and tragic disappearances of over 1,400 children and adults in national parks in the United States, has surpassed its $100,000 Kickstarter goal and continues to collect funding.
