Grand Canyon National Park: Strange and Unexplained Disappearances

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► The Grand Canyon National Park… Often described as a breath-taking and awe-inspiring place was the 15th site in the United States of America to have been granted the National Park status ([1.] Wikipedia.org). The Parks most notable feature, as the name might suggest is the Grand Canyon itself, a gorge of the Colorado River which is considered one of the Wonders of the World. Scientists currently believe that the Canyon itself was formed between 5 and 6 million years ago when the river cut a channel through the rock ([2.] History.com, 17 February 2020). The first European explorers, Spanish explorers specifically, reached the Grand Canyon in the 1540s. However, this site has an ancient history of human habitation dating all the way back to the last Ice Age.

117 years ago, Theodore Roosevelt visited the site and stated:
“The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison, beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world. Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do nothing to mar its grandeur, sublimity and loveliness. You cannot improve on it, but what you can do is to keep it for your children, your children’s children and all who come after you, as the one great sight which every American should see.” ([1.] Wikipedia.org).

Despite Theodore’s attempt, the site was not named as a National Park right away, but it appears that he did pave the way and on the 26th of February 1919 the Grand Canyon, and the entirety of the 1.2 million acres was declared a National Park. The Grand Canyon was then designated as a World Heritage Site in 1979 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Since then, though perhaps specifically in more recent times, the park attracts almost 6.5 million visitors every year, making it the second most popular National Park in America, only surpassed by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
While most of the Parks visitors come and go without issue, for a minority of people this is not the case.

Grand Canyon National Park: Strange and Unexplained Disappearances

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