In late summer 1973 a trip to the Renfrew County Fair ended with John Begolo disappearing after an argument with friends. Begolo, 48 and from Thorold, Ontario, was left at a stop sign in Eganville and later went into the Eganville Hotel for a drink. He told people there he planned to take a bus home to St. Catharines but never boarded any bus.

Descriptions place him at five feet nine inches, about 165 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes, a thin moustache and decaying teeth. He had a scar on the top of his left hand, a scar on his right hip from a World War II injury, and several tattoos including a nude woman entwined with a snake on his left forearm and a bird with a Mother banner plus a Canadian flag and maple leaf on his right forearm. Conflicting accounts say he might have gone to Golden Lake Reserve with two men or been seen last in Thorold planning to go to Hamilton, but police did not find the Golden Lake lead credible.

He was never found and searches turned up no leads. If anyone knew John, saw him in Eganville that night, or has information about his movements after he left the hotel, please come forward.