Christopher Charles Hallaxs, 30, disappeared from Paradise, Michigan, on March 17, 2004, after telling a clerk at the local BP gas station he was heading out to his camp. The clerk saw him buy soda and snacks; that was the last confirmed sighting. He was known as Chris and sometimes by the nickname ShadowStrider and preferred solitary travel through the Lake Superior State Forest and surrounding wilderness.

Search teams from the Michigan State Police and the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office followed what they believed were Chris’s wooden Alaskan-style snowshoe tracks for miles into a thick, tangled swamp. The trail ended in hazardous terrain and searchers called off the effort in the early morning hours. No confirmed personal property, campsite or clothing was recovered.

An experienced outdoorsman who kept hidden supply caches, made camouflaged lean-tos and often moved off established routes at night, Chris may have been carrying an olive-colored nylon backpack, a compass, knives, a multitool, matches in a waterproof container, a candle, a small LED light and a long wooden staff. He was about six feet to six feet one inch tall and 185 pounds. The case is classified as a lost or injured missing person; no confirmed explanation exists for his disappearance.

If anyone knew Chris, his camps or the remote routes he favored in the Paradise area, can you share information that might help locate him?