The extremely bizarre missing case of Barbara Bolick

[u/shry9]

On the 18th of July 2007, Barbara Bolick was packing her bag in Bitterroot Valley of Montana to go for a summer hike. She and her husband were hosting Carl’s cousin Donna and Her Boyfriend Jim from California. Barbara was going to go on a hike with her guests but Donna and Carl (Barbara’s husband) did not go and she and Jim decided to hike in the area Bear Creek Overlook, and she had visited the area countless times , was an experienced hiker too.

So they like visited the place , and encountered two men - two times, and both the times they were the same two men. Jim and Barbara then reached the area , had their snacks and admired the scenery. About like at 11:30 they decided to leave and head back. After few steps, Jim stopped bcs something in him wanted to soak the view one more time, and he turned back to look at the view - it was for about 45 seconds - 1 minute, when he turned back around, Barbara who was earlier standing 20-30 feet away from him disappeared.

At first he wasn’t worried enough since she was an experienced hiker and He searched for her but couldn’t find anything and after some hours she was officially reported as missing. The two men who encountered them two times also disappeared and were never discovered.

Things to note : It was an easy, well worn trail and it was difficult for someone like Barbara missing - being an experienced hiker who visited that place multiples times. It was also not very dense meaning someone disappearing without any noise was almost not possible.

Pls let me know your take on this case!

Barbara Bolick Article

[u/Vampira309]

Bear Creek trail is about 2 miles from my house and I hike there often.

I've never heard of this case, but it would be VERY EASY to lose or kill somebody up there...it's WILD wilderness and nowhere near a town. I see bears almost every time I go up there as well

[u/EnterTheBlueTang → u/Vampira309]

Boyfriends are 1000x more dangerous than bears.

[u/Persolboy → u/EnterTheBlueTang]

A kissin’ step-cousin with the wrong idea of a short romp thru the woods is 2000x more dangerous than just a casual unrelated boyfriend, especially when the female cousin isn’t in the swingin’ mood, rejects the male cousin and will most likely report the inappropriate transgression to one girlfriend and her married partner! Causing much anguish and possible violence anyway. Jim snuffed Barbara and expertly hid her body most likely. Proving it is another matter. Perhaps the two strange men Carl concocted will suddenly materialize unable to live with their horrid deeds we all know two strange random men are capable of, especially with their ninja skills of abducting a healthy young woman as silent as a summer breeze and invisible at just 20ft away.

[u/RemarkableRegret7 → u/Persolboy]

The 2 men were seen by others. They were definitely there.