Charlie T. Chocknok, Sr., an 84-year-old Yu’pik man from New Stuyahok, Alaska, was last seen at the village airport on July 21, 2000. He told people he planned to travel to Dillingham, 43 air miles to the south, and was dressed for travel in a dark green or blue coat, blue or brown pants, brown shoes, and a baseball cap; he wore glasses and may have had a blue travel bag. He is known to have suffered from dementia and did not board any flights that day.

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on July 27, 2000, and searches of the airport area and potential routes to Dillingham followed, but turned up no sign of him. Investigators considered that he might have become disoriented, attempted the overland route, encountered wildlife, or fallen into the Nushagak River, but no evidence has been found. He was declared legally dead in 2001, though his ultimate fate remains unknown.

If anyone from New Stuyahok or Dillingham remembers seeing Charlie around July 21, 2000, please come forward with what you recall.