MISSING: Donald George MacVicar

 On July 20, 1956, 26-year-old Donald MacVicar would go into a boat in Chandler Lake in Kotzebue, Alaska. The boat would sink and it was presumed that he had drowned. Searches continued for around 10 days but had to be stopped as it was too dangerous for searchers. 

At the time Donald was a Yale geologist working towards his doctorate. This was the second summer in Alaska that he conducted field studies. Two years later another Yale geologist would name Mount MacVicar after him. Mount MacVicar is located 4 miles Southe East of the South end of Chandler Lake and 15 miles North West of the headwaters of John River, Brooks 

Donald was a white male and was 26-years-old at the time. He was 5'11" and 165 lbs.

SOURCES:
NamUs
International Missing Persons Wiki
Alaska Guide

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner July 23, 1956

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner July 31, 1956

Agnaiyaaq or Little Girl

 

In 1994 Coastal Erosion exposed the body of a little girl at Ukkuqsi in the old whaling village of Utqiagvik in Alaska. The little girl was between 5 to 8 years old and lived and died between 800 and 1200. She was a member of the Thule people. Her name was lost, but she is known now as Agnaiyaaq or Little Girl. 

The little girl was loved in life. She was chronically sick in her short life. It was found that she had lung damage due to emphysema, and a rare congenital disorder, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. Though she was chronically sick her body and burial showed signs that she was well-loved. 

She had evidence in her lungs that she spent much of her life by fire and being cared for and chewing on leather trying to soften them. A little girl helping her family. She however only had clay, leather, and fur in her stomach. It's not believed that she was intentionally starved, but that she and her clan were starving at the time of her death.

With a mixture of her illness and starvation, the girl would pass away. She would be laid to rest carefully. She was buried with a small toboggan made of whale bone likely used to help move her and wrapped in her fur parka. She was then buried in a cold cellar. 

After her scientific look at her body, she was then laid to rest by the Inuit people in Barrow, Alaska. 

SOURCES:

Jstor

Mummipedia

Seattle Times October 1995

Monsters: The Qallupilluit

 

The Qallupilluit is a Boogeyman figure in Inuit folklore. It's said that they kidnap misbehaving children. If a child is near the edge of ice or water the Qallupilluit will stuff them into its amautik (similar to a parka) and drown them in the water. 

There are conflicting reports as to the appearance and gender of the Qallupilluit. Though it is always in a humanoid form. They are said to have bumpy, or scaly or slimy skin and reek of sulfur. When the creature is feminine it's described as having long flowing hair, long nails, and green slimy skin. It's said that she uses the children to maintain her hair. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Cryptid Wiki

STRANGE HISTORY: Ghost Ship of S.S. Baychimo

 

Baychimo crew bringing supplies to the shore. 

In 1914 the cargo ship SS Ångermanelfven was built in Sweden. It was initially used on trading routes between Hamburg and Sweden until August of 1914 when WWI started. After WWI the boat was transferred to the U.K. as a part of Germany's reparations. In 1921 The Hudson's Bay Company bought the ship and renamed it the S.S. Baychimo. It was used it to trade pelts in Inuit settlements along the Victoria Island coast of Canada Northwest Territories and back to Scotland.

On October 1, 1931, the cargo vessel S.S. Baychimo was heading to Vancouver but became icebound in the waters near Barrow, Alaska. It was towards the end of a trade run, but the crew couldn't do anything about it. They tried their best to dig the ship out, but it was no use they weren't able to do it.

They decided that the best thing to do was to wait out the winter so that the ship would be free. They hiked over to the closest Alaskan City. They waited a few days and it did break free, but then got stuck again a week later. 

The Hudson Company decided to airlift 22 or 19 of the crew member and 14 or 17 of them stayed to keep an eye on the ship. They made a small camp on the shore near the ship. They anticipated they'd stay until the end of winter. 

On November 24th there was a massive blizzard that blew in. The blizzard caused the men to stay inside. When the storm was over they came out and found that the ship was gone. The crew initially believed that the ship just collapsed and sank due to the storm. 

A few days later an Inuit seal hunter had told the group that they saw the S.S. Baychimo around 45 miles off-shore. This was the beginning of the S.S. Baychimo becoming a ghost ship. The ship was reported missing spanning over 3 decades. The last sighting of the ship was in 1969. 

SOURCES.

The Vintage News

Canadas History

Travel Channel

MISSING: George Alfred Tonsgard

 George Alfred Tonsgard was last seen on July 15, 1956. A witness claimed that they had seen Tonsgard drowning while he was scuba diving in the Gastineau Chanel in Juneau, Alaska. George was 5'6 to 6'0 tall and weighed around 160-175 lbs. He had brown hair and either brown or blue eyes.

SOURCES:
NamUs
National Missing Person Directory