I always like an interesting story so here’s another one: part true, part theory. At mile 232 (371km) also referred to as Honeymoon Rapid is the location where Glen and Bessie Hyde likely disappeared in the early winter of 1928. Newly married, the couple set out on their honeymoon adventure trip departing from Green River, Utah. When they reached the Grand Canyon, they hiked out for supplies and stopped at Emery Kolb’s studio to have a photo taken. Emery offered them life vests but they declined.
When they didn’t arrive at their destination on their scheduled date, Glen’s father organised a search party. The Kolb brothers who assisted in the search found the Hydes boat with all the gear intact but without the couple. Amongst the gear was Bessie’s journal with an entry indicating that they cleared the rapid before Honeymoon Rapid and then no further entry. So, what happened to them?
Their disappearance was never solved but some theories took hold. The first one was by Georgie Clark, a well-known river runner, declaring some 40 years after the event, to fellow rafters that she was the real Bessie Hyde and that she stabbed her husband after a disagreement. She later recanted her story and upon her death her home was inspected. Several dubious items were found but once investigated it was decided that the evidence was inconclusive.
Another theory that floated around was that after Emery Kolb died, a skull with a bullet hole in it was found amongst Emery’s belongings. It was theorised that it might have belonged to Glen Hyde. Thanks to advanced forensic science it was concluded that the skull belonged to an unidentified suicide victim who died in 1933.
The final theory and one that seems most plausible was that the Hydes hit submerged rocks and had fallen out of the boat into the freezing cold water (it was winter). Having declined the life vests Emery offered earlier, they were possibly swept downriver and drowned.
Their bodies were never found and the case remains a mystery.
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