Forensic analysis revealed that the hand had been severed from the victim while he was still alive, within a period of no more than five weeks. Upon checking the contents of the backpack, aside from Gary's belongings and identification, his severed hand was found, still holding his video camera. Several weeks after the truck was found and search and rescue efforts were completed, a group of hikers in White Pine County reported that a backpack, which turned out to be the property of Gary Hinge, had been left at their campsite. Feeling the victim of cyber-bullying and visibly affected, Gary recorded and uploaded one last video, explaining that he would not give the exact location of the mystery cabin, since he did not want to encourage inexperienced people to venture into those desert regions, and informed that he would return to the site, accompanied by his video camera and a gun for protection. This publication had a lot of comments, most of them negative, where followers expressed serious doubts about Gary's account, questioning why he had not recorded anything and did not present any evidence another large number of comments were from users demanding him to give the coordinates of the place and another part of the visitors of his blog challenged him to come back. The next morning, Gary reported that he found a trail of barefoot footprints, and on the way back to his truck, he felt he was being watched, and even felt he was being followed. However, a sense of "imminent danger" caused him to move away from the site and make camp away from the area. Following that trail, he found a dilapidated-looking cabin, as if abandoned, but with smoke coming out of an old chimney. In the next to last of the published videos, Gary appears in frame from his home, narrating a very unusual experience, which had left him very disturbed: In his last excursion, he had been walking for three days in an unknown area, when he noticed the smell of smoke. Several of his readers believe they have some idea about Gary's final whereabouts, and that the question about his final destination could be related to some of his publications. The hiker had some 50,000 followers, a fact unknown to his family and people close to him. In parallel, Bill Salerno started digging into Gary's social networks and Gal Roberts finds a promising clue in the video blog where Gary used to post his hiking and survival adventures, under the alias "Scorpion Sam". Since the John Doe's fingerprints did not match any database, the police found themselves at a dead end. In addition, a trail of barefoot footprints, also not matching Gary's, was found. Two aspects stood out first, numerous fingerprints that did not match Gary Hinge's were found all over the truck, especially on the steering wheel. Thus, the investigation then focused on the clues that could be obtained from the truck, now considered a crime scene. A reporter from a local media outlet, Gal Roberts, decided to convince her editor to keep on top of the story, lest it be forgotten as a " cold case". Subsequently, Beverly hired a private investigator, William 'Bill' Salerno, so that the case would not be abandoned. As time went by, the media stopped reporting on it.
When several more days passed without any news, the police terminated the search, as they considered that the chances of finding Gary alive were already practically nil, due to the fact that he used to travel with minimal supplies, water and equipment, which left him at the mercy of the weather (the hottest time of the year) and other dangers, such as the local fauna or the fact that there are multiple abandoned mining pits in the area. None of the groups were able to find any trace or indication of Gary's location. This finding prompted search parties, who covered large areas on foot, by helicopter and with the use of drones. A few days later, it was reported that Gary's truck had been found, 55 miles from his departure in Ruth, Nevada, at the end of a dirt road at the bottom of a small hill. Local and state police were involved, as well as park rangers and even volunteer groups. Initially, the police conducted a search based on the last GPS location of Gary's cell phone. More than a week had passed since Gary had last been seen. When he was two days past his estimated return date and did not return home, his housemate Simon Rodgers alerted Gary's sister, Beverly Hinge, who in turn notified the police. His starting point was the town of Ruth and his target was presumably a cabin he had approached on a previous expedition. The first part of the documentary focuses on the police " missing person" report of amateur hiker Gary Hinge: Toward the end of July 2017, Gary hiked to an unspecified area in the Great Basin Desert ( Nevada).
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