Ravalli County

This was because this party had been friendly to them, had given them presents, been kind to them, and had taken advantage of them in no way.

So also the Flathead Indians, who lived in the Flathead Valley and on the slopes of the Bitterroot Mountains and in the Bitterroot Valley, were friendly.

The Flatheads sold the Americans food, showed them the best trail over the Bitterroot Mountains, and were kind to them.

The Bitterroot Mountains were so called because of the bitter little root with pink flowers, which grew all over those mountains.

This was because this party had been friendly to them, had given them presents, been kind to them, and had taken advantage of them in no way.

So also the Flathead Indians, who lived in the Flathead Valley and on the slopes of the Bitterroot Mountains and in the Bitterroot Valley, were friendly.

The Flatheads sold the Americans food, showed them the best trail over the Bitterroot Mountains, and were kind to them.

The Bitterroot Mountains were so called because of the bitter little root with pink flowers which grew all over those mountains.

Oh, thank you so much johnny well, I am also a human I may citizen journalist, not by choice, I really kind of fell into it, and so a bit of my background I moved to a place called Missoula Montana.

where david lynch was born many many years ago in the year 2000 i arrived as the hell's angels were raised in hell fires were happening in the bitterroot valley where we have a biosecurity level 4 lab called the rocky mountain lab and i didn't have any idea really about missoula montana when i moved here i finished my undergraduate college work being a creative writing major literature, the humanities at the University of Montana has now been gutted, but I was very progressive.

I like to smoke weed as a form of rebellion.

I like beatnik poets like Allen Ginsberg, who I now think is a sexual predator.

and so i talked to a lot of young kids about this this particular youth um who was at a party in the woods kind of like i would go to the the field parties back in the day the keggers in the in the late 90s you know um and so i tried to remind myself i was young once but these these kids you know are partying in the woods um and joey thompson according to a lot of sources you know ran afoul of a couple people was possibly assaulted and then thrown in the river But because one of the one of the people possibly involved, his mom worked within the homeless industrial complex, possibly taking advantage of drug addicts herself in her position of influence.

Nothing happened.

You know, the chaplain of the Missoula County Sheriff's Office is another person I've done a lot to expose because he is he's on a piece of land in the Bitterroot Valley.

where the Crooked Tree Ranch helps victims of human trafficking.

This was because this party had been friendly to them, had given them presents, been kind to them, and had taken advantage of them in no way.

So also the Flathead Indians, who lived in the Flathead Valley and on the slopes of the Bitterroot Mountains and in the Bitterroot Valley, were friendly.

The Flatheads sold the Americans food, showed them the best trail over the Bitterroot Mountains, and were kind to them.

The Bitterroot Mountains were so called because of the bitter little root with pink flowers which grew all over those mountains.

Right like picture the West Fork Ranger District It’s out in the Bitterroot National Forest and honestly this scale of place is almost impossible to wrap your head around if you haven’t physically been there.

It really is I mean we are talking about One point six million acres No Just vast quiet terrain Exactly Yeah One point Six Million Acres the pine trees seem to go on forever right? They create this dense canopy that basically filters out the sun Its beautiful But its uh very isolating Very Isolating So You Are Navigating Flat Creek Trail Your miles away from any major highway Surrounded By Nothing Like Ambient Sounds Of Nature Hmm Then Completely Out Of Nowhere You Trip Over A Nineteen-Year Old Secret Yeah that jarring contrast cannot be overstated Mm hmm You were In This Pristine Seemingly Untouched Ecosystem Suddenly Confronted With Stark Reminder Human Mortality Mystery Left Right There In Dirt Exa Today Deep Dive Is Focusing On Specific Case Our Sources We Are Looking At Two Thousand Seven Bitterroot John Doe Such Fascinating Case Dig Into Really Single Decades Cold Case Serves Perfect Lens Examine Massive Collision Happening Now Investigative World Unforgiving Reality Outdoor Mysteries Yes Slamming Headfirst Cutting Edge Private DNA Technology Perhaps Most Surprising Element All This Power Public Crowdfunding Stepping Foot Bill Wild Think About Totally For This Deep Dive Pulling Directly Comprehensive Publication Put June First Twenty Twenty Six Dan Miller He's Director Customer Service Author Exactly Dan Miller Othram His Publication Details Incredible Collaborative Effort Missoula County Sheriff Office Othram Finally Identify Remains Found Way Back Two Thousand Seven Completely Dismantles Traditional Narrative How Cases Solved Because Might Think Know How Works Landscape Has Completely Shifted Linear Progression Investigator Finds Physical Clue Points Witness Witness Provides Name Straight Line When Someone Vanishes Sheer Immensity American Wilderness Linear Trail Breadcrumbs Doesn't Go Cold Obliterated Elements Paradigm Shift Both Science Economics Money Side Huge Physical Reality What Actually Happened Before High Tech Solutions Understand Mystery Explore Cure Date May Eleven Two Thousand Seven Group Hikers Were Out Navigating Terrain Ravalli County Montana Southwest Small Community Connor Connor Montana Off Road Extremely Remote Westfork Area Discovered Skeletal Remains Geography Discovery Changes Entire Approach How So? Remains Near Camping Equipment Mass Divergence Typical Ways Remains Rural Areas If Someone Is Found Rural Road Vehicle Involved Somewhere Precisely Anchor Bureaucratic World License Plate VIN Dashboard Registration Glove Box Ties Them Society Even Abandoned Car Links Modern Infrastructure Finding Skeletal Structure Scattered Campsite Implies Profound Isolation Separated Infrastructure Attempting To Exist Elements Detached Systems Track Movements Makes Me Think Hikers May Afternoon Walking Through Museum Natural History Taking In Geology Ancient Forests Oh For Sure Artifact Modern World Doesn't Belong Piece Story Abruptly Ended Highly Complex Logistical Response Authorities Jurisdictional Stuff Here Fascinating When Discovery Happens National Forest Instantly Dealing Tangled Web Land Federal Overseen West Fork Ranger District Personnel Topography Access Roads Seasonal Trail Conditions

ConditionsA death investigation

Yeah

That, that falls into the authority of a local county sheriff.

So in this instance, that's the Ravalli County Sheriff's Office?

Exactly.

With Sheriff Chris Hoffman initially leading the charge and issuing the news releases.

And the other one was Shane.

And we're living in this small town, Hamilton, Montana, in the Bitterroot Valley.

Wow.

And the theater we went to go to was built in 1935.

That was a lot of fun.

And then we went in the mountains for a little bit, and then we came back to the Bitterroot Valley, and, uh, we had a lot of fun floating and fishing every morning when the sun was coming up.

Spent time with Mel.

A lot of laughs on the lake with him.

Okay, I got one s- I got a story that we can go into detail with 'cause this one's an innocent story.

No one gets hurt.

Um, and it's just good old red-blooded American fun, okay? So we're in the Bitterroot Valley.

We're getting on down the road.

I'm an entomologist, I'm a scientist, and I am using this podcast to talk to all kinds of growers and eaters who are serious about their farms, their gardens, their local food systems, and I'm asking, how can science help? Today's co-host is Casey.

She is an experienced market farmer growing out in Montana's Bitterroot Valley.

Her and her husband, Jesse, are transitioning into non-commercial farming.

They're homesteaders now.