Barry Lowell Yocom, 68, of Wasilla went missing after an accident while crossing O’Brien Creek near Chitina, Alaska, on the evening of July 8, 2020. He was driving an amphibious Argo vehicle he had used on that route before when unusually high water and a strong current swept the vehicle from the creek bed into the Copper River. Barry jumped from the Argo and attempted to swim to shore but did not reach safety.

Alaska State Troopers launched air searches and used local jet boat charters to comb the river. Teams recovered some items from the Argo, but Barry’s body was never found and the active search was eventually called off because the Copper River’s fast, murky currents made recovery impossible. A nearby bridge was too narrow for his vehicle after a past decision to install a smaller span, forcing him to attempt the crossing.

Does anyone who fished, boated, or worked near Chitina in July 2020 recall anything that might help clarify what happened that night?