On May 29, 1994, 41-year-old James Carl Harvey fell from a cliff at Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City, Oregon. Emergency crews reached the scene and the United States Coast Guard located him in the turbulent water below, but severe weather and surf prevented a safe recovery. His body was never recovered, and the St. Helens Police Department handled the case as a long-term missing person matter.

The account describes a witnessed fall followed by an immediate but ultimately unsuccessful rescue effort hampered by dangerous sea conditions. Beyond the date, location, and that he was not retrieved from the ocean, details about what led to the fall are not specified.

Did anyone in the Pacific City area at the time observe conditions on the cape that day or have information about James Carl Harvey’s activities before the fall?