The Notebook Found Downstream Dated After The Man Went Missing

A dry notebook was pulled from a root mass along Alder Fork on April 19, 2019 - its final entry dated three days after Norman Price was reported missing, and the notebook lay miles from his stated route. How did a man who planned every step down to calories and topo lines leave a notebook that suggested he kept writing long after the search had started in the wrong place?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from Norman's careful planning to the baffling gaps the search team found, and we trace how a single misplaced notebook reframed the search: why was the notebook downstream, why were signaling tools untouched, and what does the final dated page actually mean?

Person: Norman Price
Date: April 11-19, 2019
Location: Colburn National Forest, Mile Marker Seven and Alder Fork
Status: Missing
Occupation: Shop teacher (Marwick High School) for 31 years

- Norman was 62 years old and had taught at Marwick High School for 31 years.
- He left on April 11, 2019, planning the Kettle Basin loop and to call home by 7 PM on April 14.
- The notebook was found on the morning of April 19, 2019, open to the last page and dry, dated three days after he was reported missing.
- The campsite at Mile Marker Seven had 1.5 days of food remaining from an original four-day supply.
- Search dogs followed a scent northeast from camp for nearly two miles until scent dispersed on a granite apron below Painter's Col at about 6,400 feet.

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