‘Beast Runner’ The Man Searching Taiwan’s Mountains For Missing Hikers

‘Beast Runner’ The Man Searching Taiwan’s Mountains for Missing Hikers Known as Beast Runner,” Petr Novotny searches some of Taiwan’s most dangerous and remote mountains for hikers who have disappeared without a trace. Working through rugged terrain and often difficult conditions, Novotny follows the smallest clues that could reveal what happened to missing people sometimes continuing searches long after official efforts have ended.

CNN correspondent Will Ripley joins Novotny on one of his searches, documenting the painstaking process of tracking missing hikers and the emotional stakes for families still waiting for answers.

For Novotny, every discarded object, trail mark or subtle change in the landscape can potentially provide a breakthrough. His work reflects the extraordinary lengths some searchers are willing to go to bring closure to families when conventional searches have come to an end. Taiwan’s mountainous terrain can make missing-person searches particularly dangerous and challenging. For families, however, the search often continues emotionally long after rescue teams have left. “Beast Runner” is driven by a simple mission: keep searching when others have stopped, and give families the answers they have been waiting for.