Ellice Harper was on a family outing at Red Sucker Lake when a sudden storm turned a routine day of duck hunting and fishing into a disaster. While returning across the lake, their small boat began taking on water as waves and wind increased. A powerful wave washed Harper into the lake; his wife and child drifted in the swamped boat and later reached shore and were rescued, but Harper was never seen again and is presumed drowned.

Harper was described as an Indigenous man about 71 inches tall and 165 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing navy blue pants, a green short-sleeved wool shirt, a blue plaid lumberjack-style shirt, and black Oxford shoes. Few other details about the incident are given; the family was left without closure.

If anyone was on Red Sucker Lake that day or has information about sightings or recoveries related to this disappearance, please share what is known.