CA CA- James Daniel "Bear" Horn, 31, Willits, 11 Aug 2014

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Missing Person / NamUs #MP52089

View NamUs missing person case MP52089 for James Daniel Horn missing from Willits, California. Date of last contact: Aug 11, 2014. NCMEC case number: --.

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James Daniel Horn – The Charley Project

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Horn, circa 2014

• Missing Since 08/11/2014
• Missing From Willits, California
• Classification Missing
• Sex Male
• Race Native American
• Age 32 years old
• Height and Weight 5'7, 180 pounds
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• Distinguishing Characteristics Native American male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Horn has the following tattoos: a bear paw with a feather on the right side of his face, a tribal design of a warrior bird on his neck, a dream catcher on the back of his head, the letters "NCN" and a Native American chief on his abdomen, and the words "Mendocino Outlaw" on his biceps. His nickname is Bear. His head was shaved at the time of his disappearance.

Details of Disappearance​

Horn was last seen in Willits, California on August 11, 2014. He was on his way to North Carolina, but never arrived there. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in his case.




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[Pennysmom1]

James Horn, Missing from California since 2014.

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James was 31 years old when he was last seen in Willits, California on August 11th, 2014. He was traveling to North Carolina but never arrived or returned home. James has a history of hitch-hiking and traveling on foot. There were community rumors that James had enemies and this was his reason for traveling to North Carolina, but any disputes existing were minor in nature. Few details are available in this case and James remains missing.

DOB: Unknown, circa 1983
Description: James was 5'7 and 195 pounds at the time of his disappearance. His hair is dark blonde to light brown when it's grown out, but he typically shaves his head. James has brown eyes. He has a bearpaw with an eagle feather tattooed on the side of his face, warrior bird on his neck, dream catcher on the back of his head, "NCN" (NoCal N8v) and chief on his stomach, and "Mendocino Outlaw" on the back of his biceps.

Tribal Information: Unknown

 

[LongTimeChinaTime]

I’m bumping for Bear.

So one of the top sources answered a question I had. It is said he did not have a cell phone.

It is said he left on foot, and unless he had substantial hiking gear he undoubtedly would have been doing a lot of hitchhiking. Hitchhiking is not only much rarer in recent decades, but the collective aversion to riding or picking up hitchhikers, if you’re a typical person, maybe filters and increases the risk that someone who is willing to pick you up has bad intentions?

It would be nice to know if he was outfitted with a backpacking backpack, with a tent and things like that, if he was going to hybrid camp and travel by hitching rides. But hitching your way around might still be common enough in some tighter knit regions, it probably is taboo enough on a widespread basis that it would make for an awful way to get across the country. And in 2014 a bus ticket from CA to NC should only cost ~$180 and that’s safe and assured?

There is a part of my intuition that wonders if this guy had other plans altogether and for some reason lied to his family and disappeared voluntarily. True crime podcasts of recent years will argue this is rare nowadays but it is more plausible than is given credit for, a Native American might be able to access off-grid help more easily than a white city man could due to the kinds of family culture and ties and resources available.

But the first intuition is some kind of misadventure not long after he left, such as trying to take cross country type shortcuts through wooded areas. Willits is mountainous, and is adjacent to steep terrain no? In these remote parts of California someone could vanish forever just from a fall or poor judgement in choosing routes if they don’t already have substantial outdoor saavy, and I didn’t read anything about Bear’s outdoor proclivities.