*** 'Survivalist' Search, Wrangel, AK ***

To:               Search & Rescue Info <SARINFO@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date sent:        Tue, 26 Mar 96 10:13:11 -0800
From:             Bruce_Bowler@dot.state.ak.us
Subject:          Michael Stout Search

To: PCLAMICA%PSafety.Alaska@state.ak.us, kiny@ptialaska.net,

Juneau, Alaska:

"SEADOGS" search and rescue dog "Minnie" and handler Kirk Radach found the
body of 27 year old survivalist Michael Stout Monday, 1 mile from a friend's
makeshift cabin on Back Channel near Wrangell. Michael had been living there
for almost a year. He died of "an apparently self-inflicted shotgun wound".

Wrangell Police and the Alaska State Troopers asked "SEADOGS" for help this
weekend after repeated attempts to locate him had failed. Kirk and "Minnie"
and one other handler flew to Wrangell Late Sunday, and began searching the
area, finding Michael's body Monday afternoon.

Michael was sensitive and wanted to live in the wilderness, according to an
interview with his father by Wrangell PD. He said that his son was
"chemically sensitive" to enzymes and other chemicals within his system, and
that was one reason why he came to the small community of Wrangell. Michael
came to town once a month to pick up food stamps, an SSI check, and to
collect supplies for the next month.

Bruce Bowler,
SEADOGS, Juneau, Alaska

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