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Garrett Bardsley, a 12-year-old Boy Scout, vanished from a Utah camping trip on August 20, 2004. Garrett had been fishing with his father early that morning when his shoes and socks got wet. He set off alone along a familiar 150-yard path back to camp to change into dry clothes and never returned. His father watched him leave, began a search when Garrett did not come back, and a large-scale effort followed involving hundreds of volunteers, dogs, and search-and-rescue teams.

Searchers recovered only a single Nike sock in a boulder field about half a mile from where Garrett was last seen; his ice-fishing pole and other traces were never found. The terrain was rugged and temperatures fell to near freezing that night. Authorities concluded Garrett likely became lost and may have died of exposure, while other causes such as animal attack or abduction were considered unlikely. The case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Garrett, was at Cuberant Lake that day, or has information about the route between the fishing spot and the campsite, please share what is known.