Michael Wayne Pearcy, 22, disappeared on May 1, 1975, after heading out from Tenants Harbor, Maine, with his friend and business partner John Judd Miller, 21. They were last seen on Miller’s recently purchased lobster boat returning from Stockton Springs and were never heard from again.

The next day the lobster boat was found anchored near Turtle Head on Isle Au Haut with its hatch cover off; the plywood skiff that had accompanied it was missing. The skiff was recovered a day later, floating upside down near Belfast, Maine. Weather and ocean conditions that day were reported as ideal for sailing. The Coast Guard investigated and concluded the two men were presumed lost at sea. The original police file has been lost; family members do not believe Pearcy could still be alive and local fishermen have suggested bodies may have sunk into deep parts of the bay floor.

What did anyone in the area remember about that trip or the boat that day?