Darren Fortier was 21 when he vanished from Port Hardy, British Columbia, in the winter of 1998. He was last seen walking alone in a rainstorm on the evening of December 30, 1998, heading south on Highway 19 and was reported missing the next day after efforts to locate him failed.

At disappearance he was described as a Caucasian male, 5 feet 9 inches and about 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a black fleece jacket with a blue outer jacket, a baseball cap with the word Avalanche on it, and brown shoes. He had no wallet, money or identification with him. Notable medical identifiers from a 1995 car crash include a brain injury, a broken leg with surgical pins and plates, and a full set of braces on his teeth; the family and investigators have asked hikers and hunters to watch for those items.

Darren has since been declared legally deceased but the disappearance remains unresolved and the circumstances of that rainy December night are unclear. Did anyone in northern Vancouver Island remember seeing Darren or notice the surgical hardware or braces afterward?