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Submission declined on 6 July 2025 by Protobowladdict (talk).
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Comment: You should add more info and remove the headings. ProtobowlAddict talk! 14:25, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Topic appears notable but the article is overly reliant on bulleted lists even where they don’t make sense — could you please turn them into prose? —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 16:20, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
In August 2016, 35-year-old Oregon native Justin Alexander Shetler disappeared during a solo journey into India’s Parvati Valley.[1][2][3][4]
On August 20, 2016, Justin published his final blog, with the last line stating: “I should return mid September or so. If I’m not back by then, don’t look for me".[5][6] By September a police report was filed when Justin had not returned from the mountains and his mother had not heard from him and became concerned. After Justin's disappearance, the sadhu that Justin was traveling with, Sat Narayan Rawat (Naga Baba), was apprehended by local police for questioning, where he apparently committed suicided by hanging in his cell at the Manikaran police post.[7]
Over the years extensive efforts have been made to track down Shetler, many of them documented in the 2022 book "Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas" by Harley Rustad, 2022. His story was retold as recent as 2024 in the podcast, Status: Untraced.
As of 2025, nearly a decade later, Justin’s disappearance remains unsolved.[8]
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[edit]- ^ Rustad, Harley (2018-12-13). "Lost in the Valley of Death". Outside Online. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Nolasco, Stephanie; News, Fox (2024-05-27). "Missing Oregon survivalist, seeking enlightenment in 'The Valley of Death,' leaves behind a trail of questions". Fox News. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ "US man missing in Kullu wanted to live hermit's life". The Times of India. 2016-10-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Kumar, Ashutosh (2023-02-28). "Why are people going missing in Himachal's beautiful Parvati valley?". Indianarrative. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Paterniti, Michael (2022-01-21). "Seeking Enlightenment, He Disappeared Into a Hiker's Bermuda Triangle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Rustad, Harley (2018-12-13). "Lost in the Valley of Death". Outside Online. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ "Man ends life in police custody". The Tribune. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ "Family searches for answers after survivalist disappeared in 'valley of death'". The Independent. 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
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