Thomas Nelson Lewis, 52, of Petersburg, was reported missing on the morning of Friday, September 12, 2008, after failing to return from a multi-day halibut trip into Frederick Sound. Twenty minutes after the missing-person report, a Coast Guard crew already working nearby found his 32-foot vessel Hurricane hard aground on the rocks near Cape Fanshaw, about 30 miles northwest of Petersburg, with the engine still running and the halibut catch aboard and spoiled. A rescue swimmer inspected the boat and found it empty. The last GPS entry on the Hurricane was recorded on the evening of Tuesday, September 9, 2008.

Search efforts by the U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers used helicopters, boats, and search dogs over more than 1,400 nautical miles, but turned up no sign of Lewis. He was believed to have been wearing green raingear and a blue foam life jacket when he disappeared.

What did anyone in the area notice around Cape Fanshaw during that trip or in the days afterward?