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Duane Miles, 78, a lifelong Forks, Washington resident and experienced outdoorsman, disappeared during a solo day hike in Olympic National Park in the fall of 2021. The last verbal contact was October 18, 2021; he was seen October 19 driving near Kalaloch toward the Graves Creek area and was headed to hike south of Graves Creek Campground. His vehicle was later found parked at the campground, confirming he reached his planned start point.

Miles was about 5 feet 9 inches, 185 pounds, with blue eyes. He often hiked off-trail alone searching for elk antlers and was last seen wearing black rain pants, a camouflage jacket, and believed to be carrying a dark-colored backpack. Intensive searches began after his family reported him missing on October 23, 2021; ground teams logged more than 2,000 hours, with dog teams and aircraft also deployed. A recently opened sardine can was recovered but produced no breakthrough. On November 1, 2021, large-scale searching was scaled back to limited continuous patrols and follow-up on new leads.

If anyone was in the Graves Creek or south-of-campground area on October 19, 2021, or saw Miles that day, what did you notice that might help explain what happened?