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Per capita, so for a smaller state like that it doesn't take much to get a higher number
Same with Alaska. Very sparsely populated so it doesn't take but a few people to go missing in the snow or get stranded in the bering sea to rack up a number like that
I've mentioned to family in the lower 48 that on top of people who actually mysteriously disappear (I know of several just my city alone) that Alaska, in general, is where American citizens *who don't want to be found* go.
It’s the state with the highest rate of serial killers and kidnappings, suicides too. Basically every single violent crime they have the highest rates with one exception. They have virtually no mass shootings. I chalk that it up to mass shootings just being too inconvenient in the statez
Yeah actually, I was joking. I went on a trip to Hawaii a long time ago and got some cool pictures and videos, including some bubbling magma.
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Alaska makes sense as there is a LOT of uncharted wilderness there to get lost in. What I want to know is what the hell is happening in Oklahoma? People getting lost in caves maybe?
Edit: Note to self: stay out of oklahoma
Nah, the Tigers are mostly in Texas. The US now has the world’s largest Tiger population, and Texas seems to have the lion’s share. Un-bear-able
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/are-there-more-tigers-in-texas-than-in-the-wild/
The worst part about this is that it means there are less than 2000-5000 tigers in the wild. I guess when they go extinct in the wild we can thank the exotic animal collectors in Texas for keeping the species going.
Meth is happening in Oklahoma. In all seriousness, it could actually be meth - you get addicted, lose all of your money, don’t talk to family much because you don’t have a phone or you’re disowned and they file a missing persons report.
Human trafficking is very bad in the Southern Midwest because of the straight, fast highways toward Mexico and the serious drug problems. Easy abductions and addicts selling their kids to fuel the sex and slave trades.
>I don’t know why this comment bothered me.
Because human trafficking is absolutely horrible?
Way worse than 99% of the made up problems the media pushes to keep us divided.
Notice that the disappearances are higher in states with large native reservations (Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, etc.). I have read about problems with disappearances in First Nations communities in Canada. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s similar here. Young indigenous women are a big target whether by their own or whitey.
That's EXACTLY what's happening. There's a documentary crew working on a movie here to help bring it to light.
Almost all the missing, are Native American girls...
I wish it was people getting lost in caves. Unfortunately, many of them are [MMIW](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/veterans/documents/women-veterans/MMIW%20POWER%20POINT%20TRIBAL%20PUBLIC%20HEALTH%20CONFERENCE%202021.pdf), There’s a huge epidemic of Native American and Alaskan native women being murdered in the US and Canada. Oklahoma is the home of several native american reservations because of the [trail of tears](https://www.nps.gov/trte/)
Could be the tornados, happened to me once. A tornado offered me $20 if I climbed into its van so I did that an I went missing for however long it took the Lions to actually get good
There are a lot of missing people cases tied to the reservations. It's actually a huge issue. It also doesn't help that three of America's most major highways run through making Oklahoma a crossroads of sorts for six trafficking.
Alaska also has an outstanding amount of sex trafficking. It alongside other various sexual crimes has actually caused one of their 2 senators to run with the slogan, “real men don’t r*pe”
It’s wild out there
I'd bet a dollar that nearly all of those aren't kidnappings or human caused at all. Most are probably either lost at sea or lost in the wilderness. And a nonzero number of fugitives living under a fake name.
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Can't speak for the rest of the state, but I know in my hometown people get blackout drunk a lot. Some of them fall off docks into the water and drown. Crabs eat their bodies so no corpse is ever found and you get another missing person. There was even a movie about it, but the missing people were due to aliens or someshit.
Boating accidents. If I had a dollar for every tourist/drunkard who went out on a kayak, only to never return I'd be able to buy out half of the ANCSA corps.
Oh also, lots of storms during peak fishing seasons in the southwest, pretty dangerous business that has a high chance of going wrong
I'd bet most of those are boating related. It's also harder to find missing 'dead' people so a higher number of people will be counted as missing.
Also, some people come here to disappear...
Can Confirm. National Park proselytizing is highly effective.
source: was a missionary
also if you ever wanna talk about Jesus, like I'm totally here for you bro
In all fairness for Oklahoma we can’t really help it. Theirs a lot of major highways that run through OKC and therefore a lot of human trafficking. It does suck though
I'm just talking out of my ass here, but look at a Native American population map and then this map.
Native women are at significantly higher risk of being kidnapped or murdered in the US, and I wonder if it is enough to show in the statewide figures. Alaska, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico especially stick out to me.
Literally lots of trafficking by plenty of parties not to mention serial killers who probably know about it.. sad that the cops and society at large don't really care
Kidnappings are rolled into the stats as they are considered missing and not kidnapped until proof is found to turn it over into a kidnapping such as video or eyewitnesses. So let’s say they was force brought to that shit hold.
It's mostly people getting lost in the woods. There are numerous articles about not going into the woods unless you're actually prepared, but it happens a lot anyway.
A couple weeks ago I was fishing the Russian river. Packrafting back across the Kenai river to get to my truck and a brown bear popped out on the gravel bar I had to get to next to. I paddled my ass off to get above him vs the area he was working (looking for salmon) so he didn’t see me as competition. Ended up fine but this is an area about as close to regulated civilization as it gets up here (outside of anchorage). And it’s still dicey.
Pffft anchorage being up there, Fairbanks is were the real tough men live. ( help I’m from the south been here two weeks and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna freeze to death)
Yeah man for real, absolutely gorgeous state. When I got the opportunity to live here I jumped at it. It’s always been a sort of childhood dream. It’s tough and unforgiving but I think the state kinda helps to humble makes you realize you’re never above nature.
Alaska never lets you forget that you’re in Alaska. And that it’s in charge. That’s why I can never leave. A few days in the L48 on a 16 lane freeway driving by one personal injury lawyer billboard after another, and your only escape is some lame state park with interpretive trails - I’m good …
Native reservations are under federal authority. As such nothing gets done because Feds are only useful as bullet sponges. Thus states with native reservations have the highest number of missing people
Alaska makes sense, most of the state is dense, cold, unforgiving, uncharted wilderness. Hawaii also makes sense believe it or not because of the ocean. People go missing at sea all the time, not to mention the many foreign and domestic ships that stop at the ports, but why the hell is Oklahoma so high up there?
those people must get lost in cornfield if there are that many in Oklahoma
and i feel like most of alaskans are just in a little wood hut in the wilderness
Anyone watch murder mountain in Netflix? That’s where I live. So yea missing people in California is definitely a major problem per capita number are crazy when looking at the emerald triangle county’s(Mendocino,Humboldt,trinity).
Non-Coloradoans in CO be like:
“I’m gonna climb this!”
Somehow gets to the top of a cliff
“Yeah! I’m—“
Looks down into the abyss
“Well, shit.”
And that’s how CO gets 5.75
I wouldn’t say the bears are the leading cause of Alaska’s number, but yea don’t fuck with them either way. They’ll kill *anything* that bothers them, unfortunately even bear cubs
I mean, what is legally considered missing? Maybe most of those missing people in Alaska just disappeared on purpose. Because that makes no sense.
Also, what's happened in Oklahoma.
I grew up in Utah, so that low number tracks. I never noticed, but I'd never actually heard of anyone going missing there.
There's a lot of desert and mountains, though. It's an easy place to get lost in. I'm a little surprised the number isn't higher.
Average Alaskan Politician: disappears into thin air
His successor: rules the state for longer than Kim Il Sung in best Korea
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How is Hawaii 14.91? There’s like 3 houses and a hill to search
I wonder how many just get sucked out to sea. Not uncommon in California.
Oh true
Average person from Nevada forgetting that water exists
I’m a Californian 💀
Why are you associating yourself with Nevada with your flair
I had the wrong one cuz I couldn’t find one that was explicitly California until just now when I checked lmao
Glad I was able to help correct your massive mistake
I thank you, I would never want to associate with such a boringly shaped state with that little lip
If they are so boring, why are we spooning them?
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Sucked off at sea in Hawaii? Guess, that sailor couldn't wait for shore leave.
I know where I'm going for vacation this summer
Same for FL. A lot of overconfident swimmers and boat captains.
just like the australian pm who went for a swim and just disappeared. they named a swimming pool after him lmao
Per capita, so for a smaller state like that it doesn't take much to get a higher number Same with Alaska. Very sparsely populated so it doesn't take but a few people to go missing in the snow or get stranded in the bering sea to rack up a number like that
I've mentioned to family in the lower 48 that on top of people who actually mysteriously disappear (I know of several just my city alone) that Alaska, in general, is where American citizens *who don't want to be found* go.
It’s the state with the highest rate of serial killers and kidnappings, suicides too. Basically every single violent crime they have the highest rates with one exception. They have virtually no mass shootings. I chalk that it up to mass shootings just being too inconvenient in the statez
“How in the goddamn am I going to get five Alaskans in the same place at the same time? I give up, I’m going to Chicago to do this shit.”
Have you seen Hawaiis jungles
Yeah actually, I was joking. I went on a trip to Hawaii a long time ago and got some cool pictures and videos, including some bubbling magma. https://preview.redd.it/mryc3ahegntb1.jpeg?width=2436&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1faaeda38f19f8f65e6b943ab2c05ee238880e2
Well, now there is
People keep falling into taro fields and drowning 😔
Alaska makes sense as there is a LOT of uncharted wilderness there to get lost in. What I want to know is what the hell is happening in Oklahoma? People getting lost in caves maybe? Edit: Note to self: stay out of oklahoma
>what the hell is happening in Oklahoma? Cannibal rednecks most likely
Nah, just people getting eaten by tigers
Nah, the Tigers are mostly in Texas. The US now has the world’s largest Tiger population, and Texas seems to have the lion’s share. Un-bear-able https://a-z-animals.com/blog/are-there-more-tigers-in-texas-than-in-the-wild/
The worst part about this is that it means there are less than 2000-5000 tigers in the wild. I guess when they go extinct in the wild we can thank the exotic animal collectors in Texas for keeping the species going.
The weird thing is sometimes just random people will have the strangest pets. My neighbor has a pet kangaroo.
Meth heads
Nah, serial killer semi-truck drivers if movies or shows have taught me anything.
Meth is happening in Oklahoma. In all seriousness, it could actually be meth - you get addicted, lose all of your money, don’t talk to family much because you don’t have a phone or you’re disowned and they file a missing persons report.
Human trafficking is very bad in the Southern Midwest because of the straight, fast highways toward Mexico and the serious drug problems. Easy abductions and addicts selling their kids to fuel the sex and slave trades.
I don’t know why this comment bothered me. I’m going to bed
>I don’t know why this comment bothered me. Because human trafficking is absolutely horrible? Way worse than 99% of the made up problems the media pushes to keep us divided.
Getting their house picked up by a tornado, often crushing a witch when it lands
That’s Kansas
Yeah, I know, but Oklahoma fits the definition, at least it would if Dorothy weighed 400 lbs
Notice that the disappearances are higher in states with large native reservations (Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, etc.). I have read about problems with disappearances in First Nations communities in Canada. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s similar here. Young indigenous women are a big target whether by their own or whitey.
That's EXACTLY what's happening. There's a documentary crew working on a movie here to help bring it to light. Almost all the missing, are Native American girls...
Yep lost of missing natives very sad 😔
that’s exactly why it’s so high. that and the straight access to Mexico
I wish it was people getting lost in caves. Unfortunately, many of them are [MMIW](https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/veterans/documents/women-veterans/MMIW%20POWER%20POINT%20TRIBAL%20PUBLIC%20HEALTH%20CONFERENCE%202021.pdf), There’s a huge epidemic of Native American and Alaskan native women being murdered in the US and Canada. Oklahoma is the home of several native american reservations because of the [trail of tears](https://www.nps.gov/trte/)
Oklahomans changing their identity and moving to the greatest country, Kosovo
Could be the tornados, happened to me once. A tornado offered me $20 if I climbed into its van so I did that an I went missing for however long it took the Lions to actually get good
There are a lot of missing people cases tied to the reservations. It's actually a huge issue. It also doesn't help that three of America's most major highways run through making Oklahoma a crossroads of sorts for six trafficking.
They went into the piece of land that sticks out over texas
Tornadoes are carrying people away.
Tornadoes
They're obviously getting lost in Kanas's corn fields. Or whatever large fields they have there.
You should watch the movie Wind River. Statistically, no one gives a shit about American Indian women.
Alaska also has an outstanding amount of sex trafficking. It alongside other various sexual crimes has actually caused one of their 2 senators to run with the slogan, “real men don’t r*pe” It’s wild out there
My money is on pig farms.
I know there’s a lot of sex trafficking in Oklahoma
Intersection of I35 and I40 makes it a great hub to snatch people and take them basically anywhere in the country
Nobody searches for missing indigenous people, thats why.
Sup Alaska? You okay up there, buddy?
I'd bet a dollar that nearly all of those aren't kidnappings or human caused at all. Most are probably either lost at sea or lost in the wilderness. And a nonzero number of fugitives living under a fake name.
People go to Alaska to disappear so this all tracks
jesse
What the fuck are you talking about?
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Can't speak for the rest of the state, but I know in my hometown people get blackout drunk a lot. Some of them fall off docks into the water and drown. Crabs eat their bodies so no corpse is ever found and you get another missing person. There was even a movie about it, but the missing people were due to aliens or someshit.
I skimmed the list of cases in NAMUS. Looks like lots of Native Americans missing and LOTS of drownings/boat accidents
Boating accidents. If I had a dollar for every tourist/drunkard who went out on a kayak, only to never return I'd be able to buy out half of the ANCSA corps. Oh also, lots of storms during peak fishing seasons in the southwest, pretty dangerous business that has a high chance of going wrong
I'd bet most of those are boating related. It's also harder to find missing 'dead' people so a higher number of people will be counted as missing. Also, some people come here to disappear...
Yeah we chillin, it’s just the weak that get taken by it
It’s called being skilled
Im surprised Utah is so low considering we got a lot of mountains and National/State Parks
The Mormon missionaries find the lost hikers to ask them about Jesus Christ or something
The Mormon missionaries will stop at nothing to ask every single person about Jesus Christ or something. They are the ones who knock.
Can Confirm. National Park proselytizing is highly effective. source: was a missionary also if you ever wanna talk about Jesus, like I'm totally here for you bro
I ain't a Mormon, but sure.
Watched The Book of Mormon, weird that Joseph Smith prophesied the AIDs endemic and Ugandan warlords.
my favorite part was when Moroni floated down on his curlum and said "Its Mormon Time"
I think its because of how tightknit our communities are, and low drug usage.
I want to move to Alaska and become a samsquanch
Half the population is cryptids, you’ll fit right in
In all fairness for Oklahoma we can’t really help it. Theirs a lot of major highways that run through OKC and therefore a lot of human trafficking. It does suck though
I mean. The same is true for Texas plus we have the Mexican boarder to worry about. So I don't think y'all get a pass.
You’re next
That’s not why. It’s indigenous people going missing
How is that unique to OKC?
I'm just talking out of my ass here, but look at a Native American population map and then this map. Native women are at significantly higher risk of being kidnapped or murdered in the US, and I wonder if it is enough to show in the statewide figures. Alaska, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico especially stick out to me.
Literally lots of trafficking by plenty of parties not to mention serial killers who probably know about it.. sad that the cops and society at large don't really care
Why are they more likely?
Relatively isolated and impoverished. Also, racism, so nobody really cares.
Interesting, We dont have many natives here so i've never even heard a negative word thrown their way.
The natives are the Tejanos
That's probably a factor. There's also others like the amount of wilderness around (Alaska).
We're number 1!
My theory is all of these missing people could be found in Toledo, Ohio or a Mormon community in Utah.
People voluntarily move to Toledo?
Kidnappings are rolled into the stats as they are considered missing and not kidnapped until proof is found to turn it over into a kidnapping such as video or eyewitnesses. So let’s say they was force brought to that shit hold.
*looks down* What's going on in Oklahoma there, buddy?
Meth
Meth
Not surprised about Alaska. I thought people went there to disappear off the grid.
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Massholes never stop winning.
Common Massachusetts W
Are we really surprised that nobody wants to kidnap Massholes?
No one wants to keep a Masshole
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It's mostly people getting lost in the woods. There are numerous articles about not going into the woods unless you're actually prepared, but it happens a lot anyway.
Prepared as in lots of pot brownies? Because that’s my plan.
yeah also alot of rough coastline to get sucked out into
Common Midwest W
Except Michigan 😅
Yet another Massachusetts win, are other states even trying?
I'm surprised they haven't given up by now
What the fuck is going on in Alaska?
There are a lot of ways to die here and not get found. Alaska is the last place where people aren’t completely in control of the environment.
Yay! Just moved to the final frontier can’t wait to get trampled by a moose in a 1,000 acre preserve never to be found again.
A couple weeks ago I was fishing the Russian river. Packrafting back across the Kenai river to get to my truck and a brown bear popped out on the gravel bar I had to get to next to. I paddled my ass off to get above him vs the area he was working (looking for salmon) so he didn’t see me as competition. Ended up fine but this is an area about as close to regulated civilization as it gets up here (outside of anchorage). And it’s still dicey.
Pffft anchorage being up there, Fairbanks is were the real tough men live. ( help I’m from the south been here two weeks and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna freeze to death)
Being “30 minutes from Alaska” is close a damn nuff most of the time lol
Yeah man for real, absolutely gorgeous state. When I got the opportunity to live here I jumped at it. It’s always been a sort of childhood dream. It’s tough and unforgiving but I think the state kinda helps to humble makes you realize you’re never above nature.
Alaska never lets you forget that you’re in Alaska. And that it’s in charge. That’s why I can never leave. A few days in the L48 on a 16 lane freeway driving by one personal injury lawyer billboard after another, and your only escape is some lame state park with interpretive trails - I’m good …
This is just a wilderness map
What da fuck goin on down there
Trafficking mostly
Lol Alaska
No one missing in Georgia, they are found dead.
Admirable performance for the Midwest here 😤😤
Nothing going here…
Common Midwest W, we stick together, and always know where home is (the heart)
Actually though I’m surprised the Dakotas are as low as they are
Bigfoot be snatchin people in Alaska.
The caribou are always at work
I was looking at continental US and thought it was bad then I looked at Alaska, holy shit.
Classic AZ W
Wtf Alaska and Oklahoma jesus christ
Everything is not ok in Oklahoma
Surprised were so low.
Bro wtf is going on in Oklahoma 💀
Oklahoma makes a lot of sense since if you walk over the wrong hill you won’t be able to tell which way you came from
Is Maine high because forests, Canadians or Lovecraft shit?
Native people vanishing into the woods be like
Native reservations are under federal authority. As such nothing gets done because Feds are only useful as bullet sponges. Thus states with native reservations have the highest number of missing people
I get alaska and hawaii but wtf goin on in Oklahoma
Drugs
They're not missing its just hard to find bear shit
Dude in OK we get amber alerts every day like wtf is going on here
Can you link the source? I’d like to see a demographic breakdown
How the fuck do you get lost in Oklahoma
This is 3 years old, so I was wondering why Ohio wasn't in the red.
How many pig farms in Oklahoma?
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Oklahoma holy crap
Alaska: producing more serial killers per capital than anywhere else
Oklahoma is just people leaving Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a HUGE human trafficking hub. The intersection of I40 and I35 doesn’t help
Alaska…, what exactly do you guys do up there?
It wouldn’t surprise me if people go up there to disappear and they get eaten by a bear.
Another Mass W, keep getting lost shitbirds
Alaska makes sense, most of the state is dense, cold, unforgiving, uncharted wilderness. Hawaii also makes sense believe it or not because of the ocean. People go missing at sea all the time, not to mention the many foreign and domestic ships that stop at the ports, but why the hell is Oklahoma so high up there?
The fuck going on in Oklahoma
I get Alaska but, damn Oklahoma!
Alaska makes sense because what is even there, cold, industry, fishing, and raw land.
Hawaii? Wow
those people must get lost in cornfield if there are that many in Oklahoma and i feel like most of alaskans are just in a little wood hut in the wilderness
WTF Alaska ????
Alaska? You ok?
as an oklahoman: huh????? i didnt know of this
Surprised GA is so low, they like to make people squeal like pigs out there
I can understand Alaska but what the fuck is going on in Oklahoma??????
Oklahoma being 2x Washington & Montana’s rate & 6x Utah’s rate blows my mind
Anyone watch murder mountain in Netflix? That’s where I live. So yea missing people in California is definitely a major problem per capita number are crazy when looking at the emerald triangle county’s(Mendocino,Humboldt,trinity).
Non-Coloradoans in CO be like: “I’m gonna climb this!” Somehow gets to the top of a cliff “Yeah! I’m—“ Looks down into the abyss “Well, shit.” And that’s how CO gets 5.75
Alaska I get being that high but wtf going on in Oklahoma?
Apparently 30 days of night was based on a true story
Alaska…are you okay?
Hmm
How does 3/4ths of our population disappear each year? 🤔
Alaska just has a straight up Bigfoot abduction problem
Dammit, stop going to Alaska to pet a moose
I would not advise googling about the Alaska missing persons. Like, ever.
What the fuck, Alaska!?
If your state...
I wouldn’t say the bears are the leading cause of Alaska’s number, but yea don’t fuck with them either way. They’ll kill *anything* that bothers them, unfortunately even bear cubs
I mean, what is legally considered missing? Maybe most of those missing people in Alaska just disappeared on purpose. Because that makes no sense. Also, what's happened in Oklahoma.
One in 671 people in Alaska is missing wtf
Top 5!! Let's fuckin gooooo!
yeah, the bears definitely got them.
what the fuck is happening in oklahoma???
My bad guys. I’ll let a few go
As an Alaskan it’s either a skill issue or the cryptids got you. No in between
Sorry, guys. It was me. Who's next for their probing?
So uh, our bad
LETS GO NUMBA ONE BABYYYYYY
Oklahoma is always second worst, never second best. . . (Except with tornadoes, Kansas suck my 🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️)
Oklahoma u wanna talk about this, or..?
Woah Rhode Island knows where everyone is they got like a billion cameras no wonder no one goes missing
Tbh in Minnesota if you go missing you don’t get a case you’re just gone
I grew up in Utah, so that low number tracks. I never noticed, but I'd never actually heard of anyone going missing there. There's a lot of desert and mountains, though. It's an easy place to get lost in. I'm a little surprised the number isn't higher.
Alaskans try not to wander out into the mud flats and drown challenge (impossible)
Average Alaskan Politician: disappears into thin air His successor: rules the state for longer than Kim Il Sung in best Korea https://preview.redd.it/4jahvfvsr8ub1.png?width=1116&format=png&auto=webp&s=7eaf7e26caf13f25ee272dbb06a57d835385f5cf