Joel Hardin Explained

Birth Date: 1940
Occupation:Tracker, author
Employer:Idaho Air National Guard, United States Border Patrol
Known For:Human tracking expert

Joel Hardin (1940) is an American expert man tracker and author. He has worked for the Idaho Air National Guard and the United States Border Patrol before launching his own tracking company.

Early life

Hardin was born in . He became a border patrol officer in 1965 and was stationed in El Cajon, California.

Career

Hardin, after joining the United States Border Patrol, started working at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canadian borders. During his time on the U.S.-Mexico border, he learned tracking from fellow agents.[1] He begantracking illegal immigrants who cross into the United States on foot. In 1972, he was sent to Bellingham, Washington where he worked in an office.

In 1974, he began to develop an advanced-tracking training program. He retired from the border patrol in 1990 and started a company providing training services based on the work he had been doing while employer.[2]

During his career, Hardin tracked serial killer Gary Ridgway and the escaped Soviet spy prisoner Christopher Boyce. In 1982, while he was still a border patrol agent, the United States Forest Service reached out to Hardin asking him to examine alleged Bigfoot tracks found near the Mill Creek Municipal Watershed in Walla Walla, Washington. Hardin determined that the tracks were not made by an animal.[3] In 1989, he was part of the search team in Whatcom County, Washington assisting with the search for missing teen Mandy Stavik.[4]

Law enforcement officials occasionally hire Hardin to track suspects. In 1998, he helped police in Washington track a criminal who had broken into 75 buildings. He determined the criminal's favorite trails and police installed sensors accordingly, which led to the capture of a suspect.[5]

Since his retirement from the Border Patrol, Hardin is the owner & operator of Oregon Company Universal Tracking Services. The company undertakes and trains clients in human tracking.[6] [7] He is referred to as an expert tracker and he travels through the United States training other trackers.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Mike Nash. (2007). Exploring Prince George: A Guide to North Central B. C. Outdoors. United States: Rocky Mountain Books. p240
  2. News: Duguid . Sarah . First Person: Joel Hardin . 29 March 2023. subscription . The Financial Times. 27 January 2012 . 17 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190917191838/https://www.ft.com/content/a481acac-47ce-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0 . live .
  3. News: Jenkins . Sarah . Tracker Calls New Bigfoot Tracks a Hoax . 29 March 2023 . . 20 June 1982 . 28 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328230614/https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/ezproxy/r/ezp.2aHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MubmV3c3BhcGVyYXJjaGl2ZS5jb20vb3RoZXItYXJ0aWNsZXMtY2xpcHBpbmctanVuLTIwLTE5ODItMzgxMDI1Mi8- . live .
  4. News: Ferm . Carol . From Herald archives: Clipper teen presumed kidnapped after disappearing while on jog . 29 March 2023 . Bellingham Herald . 26 November 1989.
  5. News: Police capture Mountain Man who They Say Broke Into Homes . 29 March 2023. . . 17 March 1998 . 28 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328230640/https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/ezproxy/r/ezp.2aHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MubmV3c3BhcGVyYXJjaGl2ZS5jb20vb3RoZXItYXJ0aWNsZXMtY2xpcHBpbmctbWFyLTE3LTE5OTgtMzgxMDI0My8- . live .
  6. News: Hansen . Mark . He Tries Men's Soles . 29 March 2023 . American Bar Association . 1 May 2010 . 22 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322035643/https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/he_tries_mens_soles . live .
  7. Linda Jo Hunter. (2008). Lonesome for Bears. Globe Pequot Press. p.8
  8. News: Ledden . Nicholas . Reading the Signs . 29 March 2023. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake . 26 April 2008 . 28 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328230643/https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/?next_url=/ezproxy/r/ezp.2aHR0cHM6Ly9hY2Nlc3MubmV3c3BhcGVyYXJjaGl2ZS5jb20vb3RoZXItYXJ0aWNsZXMtY2xpcHBpbmctYXByLTI2LTIwMDgtMzgxMDIxNy8- . live .
  9. Web site: Kurcina . Michael . 2022-03-08 . Modern Tracking: Art or Science for the Modern Warfighter? . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308204300/https://spotterup.com/modern-tracking-art-or-science-for-the-modern-warfighter/ . 8 March 2022 . 29 March 2023. Spotter Up.

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