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Media reports that Dwight Florin and Kaino Dixon (MP #67115) were crewmen on the fishing vessel, Cougar. They left the Cougar in a 12' aluminum fishing skiff, Dawn, late on Thursday, 11/12/1981 to hunt on Kodiak Island. The men apparently were stranded by increasingly bad weather which churned up to 6-8' breakers near the beach. As night fell, they flashed an SOS to the Cougar and later fired a distress flare. Then later, they fired a non-distress flare. Crewmen from the fishing vessel ...Read More
Last Seen: Nov 12, 1981
Last Seen: Nov 12, 1981
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Mar 17, 2020
Jan 11, 2024
Dwight
Florin
70
27
72 inches
160 lbs
White / Caucasian
Male
Nov 12, 1981
Kodiak
Alaska
Kodiak Island Borough
No
249
77915
Alaska State Troopers
Anchorage
Alaska
Anchorage Borough
99507
Malia Miller
Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager
5700 East Tudor Road, Alaska
9072695511
State
Law Enforcement
C8111604
Alaska State Troopers
Blond/Strawberry
Green
Green
11/22/2025
Area Last Seen:
Forum Posts (3)
Has anyone heard more details about the flares Dwight and Kaino fired that night? I find it puzzling... ...Read More
02/27/2024
02/27/2024
Has anyone else dug into the weather patterns from that week in 1981 when Dwight and Kaino went miss... ...Read More
12/10/2023
12/10/2023
Was doing some digging on the Dwight Florin and Kaino Dixon case from '81 and came across something ... ...Read More
07/03/2023
07/03/2023
