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Charlene Finley Johnson, 37, disappeared on the night of September 22, 2005, after leaving Dillingham, Alaska, with her brother-in-law Art Johnson, 42, for a duck hunting trip. They left about 8 p.m. in a 16-foot Lund boat with a yellow Labrador named Flash, heading northeast of the city in poor weather. When they did not return after midnight, a search began.

The dog Flash was found alive and swimming in the Dillingham boat harbor the next morning. Around 1 p.m. their overturned skiff was recovered on a sandbar about 5.5 miles from the harbor, in the opposite direction of their intended destination; debris from the trip was found roughly a half mile from the harbor. Charlene may have been wearing orange and green rain gear and neoprene chest waders; it is unknown whether she or Art wore personal flotation devices. After days of searching the waters and coastline, the search was suspended and both are presumed to have drowned in a boating accident.

If anyone witnessed the hunt that night or saw the boat, the dog, or debris in the area, please share what was seen.