Jeremy Sides
{{Short description|America scuba diver and civilian crime investigator}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| channel_id = UClHubEgFJZQahvKeT1vMeng
| channel_display_name = Exploring with Nug
| years_active = 2016–present
| subscribers = 646 thousand
| views = 95 million
| stats_update = 10 January 2025
| silver_year = yes
}}
Jeremy Beau Sides (born October 2, 1979), aka "Nug" from the YouTube channel Exploring with Nug, is an American scuba diver and civilian crime investigator who investigates missing person cases and missing items. In 2021, he found the bodies of Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel, who had been missing for 21 years.
Personal life
Sides is from Acworth, Georgia.{{Cite news |last=Emerson |first=Bo |title=Diving for YouTube views, solving cold cases, finding the disappeared |language=English |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/diving-for-youtube-views-solving-cold-cases-finding-the-disappeared/3ZDXGQTBBNGINNW6SAKOXNI54E/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |issn=1539-7459}} He is married and a father of two children.{{Cite web |last=Flynn |first=Sheila |date=2021-12-17 |title=The scuba-diving YouTuber who is solving some of America's toughest cold cases |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scuba-youtube-erin-foster-jeremy-betchel-b1975404.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
Before diving full-time, Sides was a metal detectorist as a hobby, searching for American Civil War relics and other lost items around his hometown.
Career
After high school, Sides worked for the United States Navy, in aviation hydraulics. Later he worked in the automotive industry.
= Diving =
When Sides started a metal detectorist YouTube channel in 2016, friends at work gave him the nickname Nug, joking that he was looking for gold. It stuck, and he changed the name of his channel to Exploring with Nug as he started exploring more and doing less metal detecting.
Sides chooses unsolved missing person cases via the Charley Project online missing persons database,{{Cite web |last=Vnuk |first=Helen |date=2021-12-31 |title=Within a few weeks, YouTuber Jeremy Sides solved two cold cases that baffled police for decades. |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/jeremy-sides-youtuber/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Mamamia |language=en-AU}} focusing on cases where drivers went missing near bodies of water.{{Cite news |last=Holpuch |first=Amanda |date=2021-12-10 |title=Scuba-Diving YouTuber Finds Car Linked to Teens Missing Since 2000 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/youtube-scuba-diver-missing-teens.html |access-date=2022-07-21 |issn=0362-4331}} MARKS, A. The Scuba Sleuths of Youtube. Rolling Stone, [s. l.], n. 1363, p. 58–59, 2022. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=156477100&site=eds-live&scope=site . Acesso em: 21 jul. 2022.
= Missing person cases =
In October 2021, Sides assisted the Adventures with Purpose team while they found the truck owned by Thomas Thornton, a missing Vietnam War veteran from Tyler County, Texas. A body was found inside the truck, which police said was likely Thornton's.{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Raegan |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Body, submerged vehicle found by volunteer dive teams in case of missing Tyler County man |url=https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/body-vehicle-found-submerged-tyler-county-officials/502-1ed248fc-4088-4917-89a3-3267527e6f35 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=12newsnow.com |language=en-US}}
In November 2021, Sides found a car containing the body of Miriam Ruth Hemphill, who had been missing since July 2005.{{Cite web |last=Simlot |first=Vinay |date=November 11, 2021 |title=YouTuber finds car with human remains in Melton Hill Lake, linked to missing person case from 2005 |url=https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/youtuber-pulls-car-out-of-melton-hill-lake/51-38938a9b-602e-499d-be9a-a5ee4bcddcf0 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=wbir.com |language=en-US}}
In December 2021, he found the car containing the bodies of two teenagers in the case of the disappearance of Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel.Peiser, Jaclyn. "Two teens went missing 21 years ago. A scuba-diving YouTuber solved the cold case." Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A686196232/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=e66d95f2. Accessed 21 July 2022.{{Cite web |last=Kellar |first=Liz |title=After 20 years, Erin Foster and Jeremy Bechtel laid to rest after YouTube star finds car |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2022/07/20/erin-foster-jeremy-bechtel-buried-after-youtube-star-finds-car/10068664002/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Knoxville News Sentinel |language=en-US}}
In January 2022, he and two other divers found the vehicle of murder victim Alan Livingston, who had been missing since 1983. The FBI removed the body with local police in October 2022.{{cite web |last1=Purvis |first1=Kyra |last2=Turrentine |first2=Caleb |title=Remains of person reported missing in 1983 found in Coosa River |url=https://abc3340.com/news/local/remains-of-person-reported-missing-in-1983-found-in-coosa-river-cold-case-alan-livingston-etowah-county-dive-team-scuba-diver-car-forest-river-apartments-william-roth-jr |website=WBMA |access-date=8 November 2022 |language=en |date=27 October 2022}}
In February 2022, Sides assisted Adventures with Purpose while they found the car owned by Margaret Shupe Smith, who had been missing since April 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCrB_0cuJH0|title=SOLVED: Missing Woman Found After 10 months Underwater In Her Car!|date=6 April 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}
In December 2022, Sides and several other divers and dive teams found the vehicle of Jason Spencer who had been missing since November 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://snbc13.com/missing-jason-spencer-of-clarksville-tn-reportedly-found-dead/|title=Missing Jason Spencer of Clarksville, TN, reportedly found dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w53sS7RdUI|title=SOLVED! Missing Man Found Underwater In River At Downtown Boat Ramp!|date=6 December 2022 |via=www.youtube.com}}
In April 2023, Recon Dive Recovery and Sunshine State Sonar found the vehicle of Robert Heikka who had been missing since 2020, Sides had searched for Heikka but had not located him. Sides made videos on YouTube crediting RDR & SSS for their work.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNHWj10ygUc | title=Car Found Underwater While Searching for Missing Florida Man! | website=YouTube | date=15 October 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://sunshinestatesonar.com/#solved | title=SunshineStateSonar }} Later In April, Sunshine State Sonar and Recon Dive Recovery found the vehicle of Robert Helphrey who had been missing since 2006. Sides made YouTube videos crediting their finds as well as graciously hosting a GoFundMe fundraising campaign for his fellow Sonar Search Colleagues, raising just over $3500 to be split between the 2 Orgs.{{Cite web|url=https://meaww.com/robert-helphrey-missing-mans-car-with-human-remains-found-in-lake|title=Robert Helphrey: Missing man's car with human remains dragged out of lake 16 years after he was last seen|website=MEAWW|date=15 April 2023 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hvsCTK34BA|title=FOUND! Robert Helphrey Found In Vehicle Deep Underwater In Local Pond!|date=14 April 2023 |via=www.youtube.com}}
In October 2024, Sides found the submerged car of a woman named Shannon Taylor who was found dead floating in 2016 in a South Carolina River.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WiRyS4-if8&t=219s | title=Missing Car FOUND Belonging to Victim Found Floating in River! | website=YouTube | date=11 October 2024 }}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Cases solved | |||||
| Case | Name | Age | Missing | Found | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1 | {{sortname|Thomas|Thornton|nolink=1}}{{cite news |author1=KTRE Digital Media Staff |title=Body found at Huxley Bay believed to be veteran missing since March |url=https://www.kltv.com/2021/10/25/body-found-huxley-bay-confirmed-veteran-missing-since-march/ |access-date=November 1, 2022 |work=KLTV |date=October 25, 2021 |language=en}} | 72 | {{Date table sorting|March 24, 2021}} | {{Date table sorting|October 24, 2021}} | Toledo Bend Reservoir, Shelby County, Texas{{cite AV media |people= |date=December 24, 2021 |title=SOLVED: Vietnam Veteran (Thomas Thornton) Found 7-months after Crashing Car into Lake |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldgecWJMGfs |access-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time=00:10:35 |location= |publisher=Adventures with Purpose}} |
| | 2 | {{sortname|Miriam Ruth|Hemphill|nolink=1}} | 84 | {{Date table sorting|July 21, 2005}} | {{Date table sorting|November 10, 2021}} | Melton Hill Lake, Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| rowspan="2"| 3 | {{sortname|Erin|Foster|nolink=1}} | 18
| rowspan="2"| {{Date table sorting|April 3, 2000}} | rowspan="2"| {{Date table sorting|December 1, 2021}} | rowspan="2"| Calfkiller River, Sparta, Tennessee | |||
| {{sortname|Jeremy|Bechtel|nolink=1}}
|17 | |||||
| | 4 | {{sortname|Alan|Livingston|nolink=1}} | 25 | {{Date table sorting|April, 1983}} | {{Date table sorting|January, 2022}} | Coosa River, Gadsden, Alabama |
| | 5 | {{sortname|Margaret "Jan"|Shupe Smith|nolink=1}} | 59 | {{Date table sorting|April 2, 2021}} | {{Date table sorting|February 2, 2022}} | Lakeland, Florida |
| | 6 | {{sortname|Jason|Spencer|nolink=1}} | 49 | {{Date table sorting|November 9, 2022}} | {{Date table sorting|December 5, 2022}} | Cumberland River, Clarksville, Tennessee |
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/c/ExploringwiththeNug Exploring with Nug] official YouTube account
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Cobb County, Georgia