Irin Maria Meyer, 29, vanished from the southern Oregon coast while on an extended West Coast trip. She camped with her cat at Harris Beach State Park on July 19, 1979, and was last seen during the day on July 20, either at her campsite or at McKay’s Market in Brookings, where she bought groceries and cat food. When she failed to check out, park staff found her tent with personal items inside and her cat zipped in a sleeping bag and nearly starved.

Nine days later, on July 29, her 1972 green American Motors Gremlin (Missouri plate BBR220) was found abandoned in the Whaleshead Beach State Park parking lot about five miles north. The groceries from McKay’s Market were still in the car. She was described as white, 5 feet 2 inches, about 130 pounds, long brown hair, green eyes, a knee scar, and a light brown birthmark below her left shoulder. She may have been wearing a brown imitation leather coat, blue jeans, boots, and a head scarf, and carried a large silver ring and a rectangular keyring reading Boss.

The Curry County Sheriff’s Office found no conclusive leads; one early theory was an accidental fall from coastal cliffs, but no evidence supported that. Does anyone have memories from the Brookings–Harris Beach area in July 1979 or information about her travels that could help?