Larry Alfred McKenney, also known as Larry Alfred McKenney Jr. or Larry McKinney, was 32 when he left Bethel, Alaska, in his boat at about 6:00 PM on May 19, 1996. He was described as a Caucasian male with black hair, brown eyes, and scars on his abdomen and near his left eye. He was last seen wearing a tan Carhartt jacket and blue overalls and was reported not to have been wearing a life jacket.

Witnesses saw his boat with a single occupant heading upstream in rapidly worsening weather—20 mph gusts with rain and snow—and later saw that same person walking on the beach. Six minutes after that shore sighting, the boat was found unmanned, running and spinning in tight circles. The Alaska State Troopers in Anchorage investigated; the prevailing account suggests he likely fell from the boat and into the cold water, but he was never found.

If anyone was in the Bethel area that evening or recalls seeing a small boat or a man on the shore, please share what you know.