Just days before disappearing, Jonas Bare, who was celebrating his birthday in Alaska, made an unsettling Facebook post about not getting lost as he had on vacation a decade ago.
The Fairbanks Police Department are searching for the 50-year-old Tennessee resident and Cynthia Hovesepian, 37, who were on holiday in Alaska but had failed to get on their return flight and had not contacted family. Officers “located the couple’s luggage still at their Fairbanks accommodations,” according to police report from Chena Hot Springs.
Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers found the couple’s vehicle at Chena Hot Springs Resort on Saturday. A search and rescue operation was launched in the area, according to the report.
Bare had been documenting his trip to Alaska on his Facebook account, revealing he was traveling to his 50th state for his 50th birthday.
“I greatly appreciate all the web love for my B-day hurrah! Finally have a signal as we leave base camp tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. in Denali. A checklist range of the great four.”
“I’m not going to get lost like I did 10 years ago in Australia and Katoomba Range. If a Kodiak gets me, I’ll consider that an honorable death,” Bare wrote to Facebook on Aug. 8.
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