Simeon Ernest Bear was 25 when he disappeared from Reindeer Lake on July 23, 1982. Employed transporting fuel and supplies between Southend and the remote Lawrence Bay Lodge, he set out by boat on a route he knew well and never arrived. Initial searches turned up nothing.

Years later, investigators and family recovered the wrecked boat, found sunk in the lake, while his hat was located on a small island and a paddle was recovered several kilometres from the boat. Simeon was an Indigenous man with shoulder-length black hair, brown eyes and disfigured index, middle and ring fingers on his right hand. On the day he vanished he was believed to be wearing a green summer jacket with yellow stripes, blue jeans and black and red rubber boots.

No definitive explanation has been reached; the scene could indicate a boating accident, though family members have questioned that conclusion. Does anyone who spent time on Reindeer Lake in 1982 remember seeing Simeon, his boat or those items?