On March 11, 2001, 20-year-old Braden Lindholdt and his friend Jim Robinson, both inexperienced kayakers, launched borrowed kayaks from Wildcat Cove at Larrabee State Park for a short outing near the shore. Neither wore life jackets or spray skirts. Late in the afternoon the weather turned suddenly: by about 5 p.m. wind and rain created treacherous conditions on the water. The two men disappeared; their kayaks were later found near the mouth of the Nooksack River but there was no sign of either person.

Both are presumed drowned in Bellingham Bay and were never recovered. Braden was last seen wearing blue nylon pants, a windbreaker, a baseball cap, white size 12 Reebok shoes, and had a left-ear piercing. The families honor their memories each year by painting a local boulder known as graffiti rock.

Does anyone who was on the water that afternoon or who might have seen them near Wildcat Cove have information to share?