Daniel John Schalles was 37 when he was last seen in Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 8, 1993. He was wearing blue jeans, a Carhartt coat, and cowboy boots and had several distinctive tattoos on his left arm, shoulder, and upper arm, plus scars on his abdomen, right arm, chin, left knee, left wrist, and back.
Schalles was with companion Tony Myers aboard a skiff near the east end of Gravina Island. The predominant account is that the small boat capsized and both men went into the frigid water. Extensive searches of the coastline and surrounding waters by rescue teams and the Alaska State Troopers failed to find either man or the skiff, and no further leads have been reported.
The basic facts of what happened on the water remain unknown. If anyone knew Daniel, Tony, their boating plans that day, or saw a small skiff near east Gravina Island on May 8, 1993, please share what was seen or remembered.