In October 2018, a 29-year-old outdoorsman named Jordan Grider walked into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) wilderness in Northern Minnesota and never walked out. He wasn't reported missing. He wasn't on a canoe trip. He was trying to disappear from society entirely. He almost succeeded.
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Sources and credits
- FOX 9, possible remains found at BWCA campsite ,
- Star Tribune, scattered remains found in the BWCA ,
- Star Tribune, skeletal remains in BWCA are human ,
- AP via WIZM, remains identified as Jordan Grider ,
- Duluth News Tribune, winter camper’s death remains a mystery (ME report) ,
- Duluth News Tribune, was he devoured by wolves? (Gable, Williams, scene detail) ,
- StrangeOutdoors, the baffling death of Jordan Grider (comprehensive, quotes, photos) ,
- Globe Gazette, Joe Friedrichs, Last Entry Point ,
- Last Entry Point (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2024) ,
- Alexander Henry the elder, Travels and Adventures (1809), Ojibwe windigo account ,
- Photo / Video Credits
- BWCA Map 1
- BWCA Map 2
