The Eleven Cairns: How a Perfect Line Led Him Astray
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A county surveyor found eleven pale quartzite stone towers in a straight line spanning eleven miles of roadless wilderness, made from nonlocal stone and aligned to a bearing of 172 degrees with less than two degrees deviation - and at the far end, a man was missing. Who built that perfect line, and how did it collide with the disappearance of an experienced, beacon-carrying hiker?
In this episode, we follow the timeline and fieldwork that unfolded after Darlene Mitchell's discovery and the Gallatin County search that began when Neil Christensen reported his brother missing; we cover the discovery of the towers, Richard Christensen’s planned route and habits, the tracking dog’s puzzling behavior, and the first campsite - and ask how these pieces fit together.
Person: Richard Christensen
Date: October 11, 2019 (signed trail register at 6:52 AM)
Location: Ridgeback Creek trailhead / Ridgeback Shelf, Gallatin Highlands, south-central Montana
Event: Discovery of eleven stone towers by Darlene Mitchell on October 14, 2019
Status: Richard did not return by expected date October 16, 2019; search initiated October 17, 2019
- Eleven stone towers found in a perfectly straight line across eleven miles, bearing 172 degrees ±2 degrees.
- Towers were two feet tall, made of pale water-smoothed quartzite not native to the area.
- Darlene Mitchell discovered the first tower on October 14, 2019 and followed them for two miles before calling her supervisor.
- Richard Christensen signed the Ridgeback Creek trailhead register on October 11, 2019 at 6:52 AM, planned to return by October 16, 2019.
- Tracking dog Pepper located a scent moving south, then sat at a creek bank refusing to cross, indicating the scent split or doubled back.
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