The Lost Boy: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

True Crime, Places & Travel, History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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In July 1939 12-year-old Donn Fendler was separated from his group while hiking Mount Katahdin. What ensued was one of the largest search operations in Maine state history and became a legendary story of one little boy’s will to survive.For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!Thank you to this week’s partners!IQBAR: Text PARK to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products and free shipping.BetterHelp: National Park After Dark is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off.Prose: Use our link for a free in-depth hair consultation and 50% off your first subscription order.For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every life or death situation ultimately comes down to those two outcomes.
0:08.0	You will survive or you will perish.
0:11.0	When people find themselves in those types of events, whether it be a natural disaster,
0:15.6	accident, or a violent crime, it is often not what we have that makes a difference,
0:21.2	but what we think. Our brains can often be the most important
0:25.2	tool for survival. State of mind often makes all the difference. In his 2010 book
0:32.1	Survivor's Club The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life,
0:36.0	Ben Sherwood lists 12 survival traits, psychological strengths that survivors consistently draw upon.
0:43.8	Among them are adaptability, faith, resilience, hope, love, purpose, empathy, tenacity, and
0:50.8	instinct.
0:52.1	The will to survive is something all survivors have and the key to that
0:56.3	will lies in one's attitude. Your state of mind is everything, even if it feels as though all is lost, and so are you.
1:07.3	Welcome to National Park After Dark. work. I wonder if I was the only one who was thinking when you were listing off all the traits that survivors typically have.
1:36.0	I'm like, okay, do I have that?
1:38.0	Do I have that?
1:39.0	Do you have this one? No.
1:40.0	I think you have...
1:41.0	The positive thinking. I think I have that one. I think you have the positive thinking I think I have that one I think you have
1:45.2	love empathy hope for sure ten tenacity, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. My survival's not
1:58.0	looking really great. I know you have like a very positive well that's the thing it's like
2:03.9	positivity and I think that you emulate that overall so you're welcome
2:09.6	what a great way to start this episode. I love it.
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