Ricky Daniel Tanner, known to friends as Big Dog, was 42 when he disappeared from Oconee County, South Carolina, while working a temporary piping job. He was last seen on October 15, 2008, near Cooper Road by the two coworkers he was working with. A resident of Alto, Georgia, he had been working in Westminster at the time.

Ricky is described as five feet eight inches and about 270 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes and a tattoo of his last name Tanner entwined with barbed wire. Law enforcement classifies him as an endangered missing person and suspects foul play, though the two men who last saw him were unable to provide information about what happened afterward. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Department lists the investigation as open and active despite limited leads.

If anyone knew Ricky, worked with him in Westminster, or has information about the area near Cooper Road on October 15, 2008, please come forward.