Mark Alan Bondeson, a 36-year-old carpenter who owned a woodworking business, was last seen on November 17, 1995, on Priest Lake in Bonner County, Idaho. He was in a disabled fishing boat that was being towed by two friends and was last observed in the back of the towed boat near Papoose Island. Investigators classify the case as Lost/Injured Missing and consider accidental drowning in the deep, cold waters of Priest Lake the prevailing theory, but his body has never been recovered.

Bondeson was originally from Bismarck, North Dakota, and had moved to Priest River in 1985 after living in Alaska. He was described as a white male, 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. At the time he vanished he wore Levi’s jeans, a bright red jacket, a black baseball cap, brown tennis shoes and prescription eyeglasses.

Friends and volunteers searched shorelines after his disappearance, and official searchers used a fish-finder for two days without success. A memorial service was held and the case remains open. If anyone was on Priest Lake near Papoose Island on November 17, 1995, or has information about that day, please come forward.