Wayne Falconer Wikel, 48, disappeared after setting out on a solo camping and fishing trip in the Eagle Creek area near Hood River. He was last seen on June 14, 1992, beginning a planned 28-mile hike along trail #401. His Toyota truck was found parked at the Eagle Creek trailhead and he never returned from the three-day outing.

An experienced outdoorsman described as 6 feet tall, about 155 pounds, with brown receding hair, hazel eyes and a slight limp from an old knee injury, he carried a green Kelty frame backpack, a hammock with a camouflage cover and a fishing pole. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office led a search that included helicopter scans but turned up no trace of him. No evidence has surfaced to explain what happened during that June 1992 trip, and the case remains open.

If anyone had contact with Wayne in mid-June 1992 or saw him or his truck at Eagle Creek trailhead, please come forward with information.