Josef Fiala was 23 when he left for Alaska in the summer of 1982 and last communicated with family in August of that year. A white man with blond hair and blue eyes, he was about 6 feet tall and 160 pounds. He told relatives he planned to move to the Fox area in the Fairbanks North Star Borough to build a cabin and live off the land, and family believed he had employment with the Highway Department in Fairbanks.

Josef gave a mailing address of General Delivery, Foxhole, Alaska, but that contact produced no replies and his family never heard from him again. The Alaska State Troopers later opened a missing person case; he was formally reported missing on January 4, 1995. Beyond those facts, there are few documented leads and no confirmed whereabouts.

If anyone knew Josef, his plans in the Fox area, or had contact information for General Delivery, Foxhole, Alaska in 1982, please share what is known.