Kurtis Buree Wyatt, known as Kurt, was 16 when he was last seen on May 2, 1981, working aboard the fish processing vessel Yardarm Knot about 80 miles west of Port Moeller, Alaska. He was wearing a blue checkered Pendleton-style shirt, Levi’s blue jeans, green rubber boots, and an orange stocking cap. He has brown hair, green eyes, and a distinctive scar near his right eye from a bottle rocket injury.

The remote location in the Bering Sea made immediate searches difficult, and the Alaska State Troopers in Anchorage were assigned to the case. No sign of Kurt has been found and the circumstances of his disappearance from the Yardarm Knot remain unclear; his case remains open. If anyone was aboard that vessel that day or has information about Kurt’s movements or the Yardarm Knot on May 2, 1981, please come forward.