Handprints in the Mud: What the Forest Kept from Denise

Voices In Woods · Aug 9, 2026 · 20m

Handprints in the Mud: What the Forest Kept from DeniseCold, child-sized palm prints pressed into a clay bank at Pellhorn Creek - no footprints leading to them, no footprints leaving, and no child. The prints were found while a search was already underway for forty-seven-year-old Denise Brooks, who vanished after starting a planned solo overnight loop; what do those handprints mean, and how did they arrive with no tracks around them?In this episode, we follow the timeline from Denise Brooks's planned nine-mile loop out of Orvane Creek trailhead to the moments search teams found trekking poles…