In January 2002, 26-year-old Bethany Lynn and her boyfriend, Gabriel Kehn, were caretakers at Tutka Bay Lodge on Kachemak Bay. On the morning of January 16 they set out in a blue-and-white kayak but were caught by sudden powerful winds that made returning to the lodge impossible. Battling exhaustion, they let the wind push them toward nearby Casey Island, where a wave capsized their kayak and both were thrown into about 40-degree water.

They reached an exposed rock and then a shore on a largely cliff‑surrounded island. Lynn became unresponsive from the cold and fell asleep on the beach; during the night she was swept out to sea by the tide. Kehn suffered severe frostbite, climbed the cliff, and survived three days on the island until a boater spotted and rescued him. A brief helicopter search for Lynn’s body lasted three days and was then called off.

The account ends with Lynn missing and presumed lost after being pulled out to sea. Does anyone have additional information about that day or about Bethany’s life in the area?