{"id":14391,"date":"2024-10-06T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=14391"},"modified":"2024-10-06T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T17:52:40","slug":"mystery-of-man-who-vanished-after-taking-eerie-final-photo-while-hiking-stairway-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=14391","title":{"rendered":"Mystery of man who vanished after taking eerie final photo while hiking \u2018Stairway to Heaven\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daylenn Pua vanished nearly 10 years ago and one potential lead involved a skin-prickling photograph he took<\/h2>\n

A man vanished while hiking the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and one of the final photographs he sent to his grandma is particularly hair-raising.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teenager Daylenn Pua went on a hiking\u00a0trip<\/a>\u00a0during his visit to\u00a0Hawaii\u00a0<\/a>to see his grandmother and decided to tackle the Haiku Stairs – also known as the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ – on February 27, 2015.<\/p>\n

However, after sending photographs of his hike to his grandma, the 17-year-old would never be heard from again.<\/p>\n

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\"Daylenn<\/div>\n

Daylenn Pua went missing in 2015 (Family handout)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Daylenn’s grandmother had warned him about the Haiku Stairs – the pathway having been closed to the public and it considered trespassing to attempt the climb.<\/p>\n

The steps were built in\u00a0World War Two<\/a>\u00a0to provide access to a top-secret US Navy radio station hidden in Haiku Valley – the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0able to use the base to transmit signals to its ships in the Pacific, even as far as Tokyo Bay.<\/p>\n

The path consists of ‘3,922 steps across the Ko’olau range’ However, the stairs are ‘weathered and sometimes not trustworthy’ the hike up a ‘continuous and steep path’ considered extremely dangerous to try and navigate, Oahu Hike\u00a0states<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the teen went anyway – the stairway leading to ‘easily the best views across Oahu’ – a post to\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0the day before the hike\u00a0showing\u00a0<\/a>Daylenn asking followers to wish him ‘luck’.<\/p>\n

Alas, Daylenn has never been seen again, his grandmother left only with several photographs he sent her from during his hike.<\/p>\n

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\"One<\/div>\n

One of the photos Daylenn sent to his grandmother (Daylenn Pusa)<\/cite><\/div>\n

US navy drones were sent to try and find any sign of Daylenn and search parties were conducted, however, neither the teen nor his phone or backpack were located.<\/p>\n

There are subsequently only two main theories as to what happened – one a result of a photograph the teen sent to his grandmother.<\/p>\n

If you zoom in on the image, you can spot a figure of someone – or something – seemingly crouching in the undergrowth.<\/p>\n

It’s not been ascertained whether this is actually a person or animal, what they were doing at the location and whether or not they’re related to Daylenn’s disappearance, however, Honolulu Police Department determined if it was a man in the image, they would be considered a person of interest in the investigation.<\/p>\n

Another possible explanation is Daylenn slip and fell – rescue teams searching for the teen reporting slipping and falling themselves despite being experienced hikers.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it remains unknown what happened to Daylenn even nearly 10 years on since he vanished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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