OR OR - Michael Bryson, 27, wandered away from friends @ campground party, Cottage Grove, 5 Aug 2020

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LETS FIND MICHAEL BRYSON!

JAN 2
Post provided clarification on specific information that is circulating involving the OPEN investigation into Michael’s disappearance.
1. The shirt found at grange was NOT bloody and it DID NOT belong to Michael.
2. The receipt for the dump was found at Wildwood Falls and did NOT have initials on it.
3. The casing found was turned in to police. It was NOT found by a shirt. And everyone up here searching know there are casings everywhere.
 
mlhenn said:
LETS FIND MICHAEL BRYSON!

JAN 2
Post provided clarification on specific information that is circulating involving the OPEN investigation into Michael’s disappearance.
1. The shirt found at grange was NOT bloody and it DID NOT belong to Michael.
2. The receipt for the dump was found at Wildwood Falls and did NOT have initials on it.
3. The casing found was turned in to police. It was NOT found by a shirt. And everyone up here searching know there are casings everywhere.
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Uh huh... according to his parents. Not the police. I'd take it with a grain of salt. Thank you for posting these updates!
 
Michael Bryson stopped by his parents house in Harrisburg, Oregon on August 3, 2020 before riding up with a friend to a week-long birthday party/camping trip at Hobo Camp Campground near Dorena, Oregon. The 27-year-old of Eugene, Oregon, had a passion for music and was often invited to DJ sets at parties and raves across the state -- including where he was last seen at the Hobo Camp Campground in the early morning hours of August 5, 2020. He reportedly wandered away from a group of friends who were partying at the campground and has not been seen since. His camping gear was left behind and he hasn’t accessed his bank account. A Facebook group called “Let’s Find Michael Bryson” already has more than 12,000 members who include family, friends, the community and people from around the world. Detective Richard Smith of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office told Dateline that Michael’s disappearance is still an ongoing, active investigation and that they are doing everything they can to bring him home. Michael is described as
being 6'0" tall and weighing approximately 180 lbs, with short brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, tan shorts, and white Crocs with rainbows on them. He might also be wearing a brown, corduroy baseball cap. He has several tattoos on both legs, his ribs, and his arms. Anyone who may have information about Michael’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Lane County Sheriff's Office at 541-682-4150 then press 1 and reference case #20-5286. A $10,000 reward gathered by his family is being offered for information that leads to Michael.

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Search for Michael Bryson continues

Michael Bryson is still missing. The search for him continues for his family.

Tina and Parrish Bryson have driven Row River Road countless times since August 5, 2020 - the day their son Michael disappeared from Hobo Campground about 25 miles southeast of Cottage Grove.

The Brysons shared with us some off the last pictures of Michael, taken at what some describe as a "renegade" or "rave" party in the woods.

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To date, the Lane County Sheriff's Office has coordinated over 15 separate searches spanning two counties.

Paid and volunteer searchers have logged over 700 hours.

As recently as last weekend, search and rescue investigated yet another tip.

Our news crew was on scene December 11 where items were found near a swimming hole about a mile from Hobo Campground, visible from the road and in an area Parrish says was searched multiple times.

"The blue ribbon right there is where two of the items were found. And the blue and orange ribbon is where the other items were found," Parrish said.

Parrish confirmed the items belong to Michael.

"I'm 99.9% sure that these items were planted," he said.
 
Unfortunately, nothing new about Michael here, but this local article from February mentions him and lists some interesting stats:
Rogue Valley News, Monday 2/8 – Oregon Has Third-Highest Rate Of Open Missing Person Cases In USA, White City Man Sentenced for Illegally Poaching in Crater Lake National Park For Years - Rogue Valley Magazine

"NamUs, which helped find Davis, says there are currently 16,025 open missing person cases in the U.S. Of those, Todd Matthews, NamUs’s communications director, told a KATU reporter 60 percent are men.

“It’s harder to get news media to cover a missing male than it is a missing female,” Matthews said. “They’re not considered so much as a victim.”

A study by the website VivintSource found Oregon ranks No. 3 on a list of states with the highest numbers of open missing person cases per 100,000 people.

Washington ranks No. 4.

Matthews said the top five states do not require law enforcement agencies to use NamUs. Only Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, and New Mexico require agencies to use NamUs in missing person investigations."

Edit - Alaska and Arizona are numbers 1 and 2 respectively.
 
Curious_in_NC said:
Unfortunately, nothing new about Michael here, but this local article from February mentions him and lists some interesting stats:
Rogue Valley News, Monday 2/8 – Oregon Has Third-Highest Rate Of Open Missing Person Cases In USA, White City Man Sentenced for Illegally Poaching in Crater Lake National Park For Years - Rogue Valley Magazine

"NamUs, which helped find Davis, says there are currently 16,025 open missing person cases in the U.S. Of those, Todd Matthews, NamUs’s communications director, told a KATU reporter 60 percent are men.

“It’s harder to get news media to cover a missing male than it is a missing female,” Matthews said. “They’re not considered so much as a victim.”

A study by the website VivintSource found Oregon ranks No. 3 on a list of states with the highest numbers of open missing person cases per 100,000 people.

Washington ranks No. 4.

Matthews said the top five states do not require law enforcement agencies to use NamUs. Only Tennessee, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma, and New Mexico require agencies to use NamUs in missing person investigations."

Edit - Alaska and Arizona are numbers 1 and 2 respectively.
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Sad to see there’s not any updates with Michael’s case...but thanks for sharing these stats; very interesting.
 
mlhenn said:
LETS FIND MICHAEL BRYSON!

May 29
A nonprofit group has offered to conduct searches and help in finding Michael. The family is blessed to have a new set of eyes looking in on his disappearance.

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A post was also shared May 30 that stated the family along with others were out yesterday following up on a new tip.
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ohhhhh let this new tip have merit!! Thanks for the update!
 
LETS FIND MICHAEL BRYSON!

The next huge organized search is scheduled for Saturday, June 26, at 9am!
(Sadly, it’s been 10 months since Michael was last seen; this search is considered a recovery mission.)

The plan is for all volunteers to check in at Hobo Camp.

Any volunteers that own four wheelers, motorcycles, or any off road vehicles are encouraged to bring them. Horses were used in previous searches but unfortunately did not work out too well; a lot of the terrain is too steep for horses.

The family asks volunteers to be prepared for a full day of searching and hiking as well as weather conditions.

Tina, Michael’s mom states she truly believes he isn’t too far from the camp he was last seen at, somewhere on the mountain.
 
LETS FIND MICHAEL BRYSON!

June 10
Just because we’re quiet doesn’t mean we’re not investigating, listening, watching, and gathering tips!

We aren’t going away until we bring Michael home!

Then, we will help bring others home!

We love you Michael. You have a whole army behind us so strong. You are changing lives and making this world a better place one person at a time.
 

Drone Search for Michael
•area searched in this particular video: Curtin, Oregon off 15
•footage date: July 26, 2021


Drone Search for Michael
•area searched in particular video: Sharps Creek
•footage date: July 26/27, 2021


•footage from August 26, 2020

https://youtu.be/NQqmm_8vNug
•footage from August 22, 2020


••requested that as many people as possible to watch the footage to see if anything of interest may be spotted.
 
Drone Search for Michael PART 1
Dorena Grange area
Footage from August 15, 2020

Drone Search for Michael PART 2
Dorena Grange area
Footage from August 15, 2020


••requested that as many people as possible to watch the footage to see if anything of interest may be spotted.
 
This case is so sad. He seems so beautiful and full and love and life, but his case got so tricky, and he really just deserves to be found. can't believe its been a year already!
Such a loss, hope he can be laid to rest :(
 
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