Daniel Vern Alcantra, 36, disappeared while on a hunting trip in Alaska on August 13, 1985. He left his camp in the Upper Cheshnina River area near Glennallen around 11:00 AM, riding one horse and leading another as a pack animal, wearing a blue plaid shirt, blue Levi jeans, a brown leather bomber-style jacket with fleece lining, and leather chaps.

The next day fellow hunters in the Upper Kotsina River Valley found Daniel’s two horses and his dog alive but unattended on the south side of the Kotsina River. His saddle horse was cut and bruised and its saddle was damaged, consistent with rolling in turbulent water. A single cowboy boot identified as Daniel’s was later found near the lower Kotsina River drainage downstream from the animals. Extensive searches of the riverbanks and surrounding wilderness turned up no further trace.

The trail ends with the horses, the dog, and the lone boot; what happened to Daniel remains unknown. Anyone who was hunting or traveling in the Kotsina or Cheshnina drainages in August 1985 or who has information about this disappearance is asked to come forward.