James J. Arthur, a 67-year-old U.S. military veteran and retired lieutenant colonel with the Air National Guard, disappeared on July 28, 2008, during a solo hiking and fishing trip in Sierra National Forest, California. He told family he planned to visit Star Lakes with a lunch stop in Big Sandy and was expected home that evening. His dark blue Dodge Ram was recovered near the entrance to Iron Lakes, about 14 miles southeast of Star Lakes, but Arthur himself was not there.

Two hikers reported seeing him resting on a steep trail toward Iron Lakes. He was last seen wearing a light jacket, orange t-shirt, blue jeans, and a straw hat, carrying a cane, a camera, and possibly a pistol loaded with snake shot. He had no known history of health problems that would explain the disappearance. Despite a large-scale search, no further trace has been found and the case remains open and classified as a missing person under suspicious circumstances.

Did anyone hike or fish in the Star Lakes–Iron Lakes area on July 28, 2008, who might remember seeing Arthur or something unusual that day?