Kenny Veach
The hiker who chased a vibrating cave — and vanished.
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Executive Summary
On Nov 10 2014, Las Vegas hiker Michael 'Kenny' Veach left a note for his fiancée and walked into the mountains east of Nellis Air Force Range to relocate a strange cave he had described in a viral YouTube comment. He never returned. Six weeks later, his phone was discovered near the entrance of a small cave on Gass Peak. The case remains open.
The Hidden Truth
What the headlines won't tell you
Nothing about the public record proves a paranormal cause for Veach's disappearance. What IS unusual: a 38-year-old, fit, experienced desert hiker walked into a known terrain, told family exactly where he was going, and was never recovered — despite multiple coordinated search efforts including private volunteers and Las Vegas Metro Search & Rescue.
Case Timeline
- 2013-11-21PRIMARY SOURCEVeach posts 'Tikaboo Peak Area 51' hike videoThis upload predates the viral M-cave comment by nearly a year and establishes Veach's pattern of documenting solo desert explorations on his YouTube channel.
- 2014-09-30PRIMARY SOURCEComment describing 'M-shaped cave entrance'The comment described a cave entrance that made his body vibrate and caused him fear, sparking viewer challenges for him to return and film it.
- 2014-11-10CREDIBLE REPORTINGLast seen alive — note left for fiancéeVeach explicitly told his fiancée Sheryon Pilgrim he was returning to the Sheep Mountain area near Nellis Air Force Range to find the M-cave.
- 2014-11-12CREDIBLE REPORTINGFamily files missing-person reportThe two-day gap before reporting reflects the family's initial assumption that Veach might have extended his hike, as he was an experienced outdoorsman.
- 2014-11-15CREDIBLE REPORTINGFirst organised search of Gass PeakLas Vegas Metro Search & Rescue deployed to the declared search area but found no trace of Veach despite his having told family his intended location.
- 2014-12-21CREDIBLE REPORTINGVeach's phone found at a small cave entranceThe phone was discovered by a volunteer search team, but no other personal effects, tracks, or signs of Veach were found in the immediate vicinity.
- 2015-01-15GOVERNMENT RECORDCase ruled missing — not closedThe NamUs database lists the case as still open under MP38486 with no resolution or remains recovery as of the investigation date.
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Evidence Library
- videoTikaboo Peak hike + cave comment thread
Veach's own video and his comment about the M-shaped cave are the only first-person documentary evidence for the cave's existence.
- physicalRecovered cellphone (Dec 21 2014)
Found by Sheree at a cave entrance on Gass Peak. No body, no gear, no signs of struggle reported in public materials.
- officialLVMPD missing person file
Case remains open. Veach is listed among LVMPD missing persons records.
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