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Dennis Eugene Johnson










Missing Person Case September 2021


Dennis, approximately 1966




Date reported missing : 04/12/1966

Missing location (approx) :
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Missing classification : Lost/Injured Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
Age at the time of disappearance: 8 years old
Height / Weight : 3'8, 60 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A dark red or mAge at the time of disappearance: nta long-sleeved shirt, tan Levi's pants and size 8 laced moccasin-type leather hiking boots with crepe soles.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Caucasian male. Sandy blond hair, brown eyes. Dennis's nickname is Denny. He has a six-inch scar on his abdomen running through his navel.





Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Dennis is from Inyokern, California and was camping with his parents and sisters at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming when he disappeared on April 12, 1966. His seven-year-old sister had gotten lost and he and his father were searching for her in the forest when they decided to split up.
Dennis was last seen walking away from his wife at the Cascade Picnic Area, a quarter-mile north of Canyon Junction, at 1:30 p.m. His father found Dennis's sister, but Dennis has never been heard from again and an extensive, two-week-long search of the camp turned up no indication of his whereabouts, not even his footprints.
Dennis had prior wilderness experiences from going on hunting trips in California with his father in the past, and knew basic survival skills. He is presumed to have become lost or injured in the wilderness, but it's possible he was picked up by a passing motorist on the park road. His disappearance is considered one of Yellowstone's greatest unsolved mysteries.


Other information and links : ncy

National Park Service
307-344-2122



September 2021 updates and sources

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The Valley Independent
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October 12, 2004. March 8, 2016; Description, clothing, jewerly and more : and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.