On September 10, 1979, 42-year-old Eli Wilson Darien, Sr., an American Indian / Alaska Native man, disappeared after a boating accident in the remote Dry Bay area of Cook Inlet, Alaska. He was reported to Alaska State Troopers the next day, and was described at the time as 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

The specific circumstances of the incident remain largely unknown: the type of boat, whether anyone else was present, and the weather conditions that day have not been reported. He is missing and presumed to have drowned; the disappearance is officially categorized as an environmental incident. The case remained open decades later and was entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System in August 2019.

Does anyone have memories, records, or other information about Dry Bay in 1979 or about Eli Darien, Sr. that could help fill in what happened?