Chilling rumors suggest “feral cannibals” may live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where several people mysteriously disappeared. For centuries, stories of “wild people” hiding in America’s wilderness have stirred fear and speculation.

Online users warn: “Too many people go missing for this not to be happening.” Paranormal podcasts even claim these groups set traps, targeting lone hikers, children, and the elderly. Reports of “hairy, blood-covered men” in the woods only add to the mystery.

Some disappearances remain unsolved, including six-year-old Dennis Martin in 1969 and hiker Polly Melton in 1981. More recent cases include Christopher Cessna in 2011 and Derek Lueking in 2012, who left a haunting note in his car: “Don’t look for me.”

Experts caution that no solid evidence supports the cannibal theory. “There is no official documentation of feral people in the parks,” one resort noted. Still, locals remain cautious. As one warned: “You never let your children run alone in these woods.”

Do these disappearances point to something sinister—or simply the dangers of wild nature?