A Search For A Missing Man

Check out David Filkins: NEW SCOTLAND — Akiho Miyashiro and his wife, Fumiko, pulled into the Glen Doone Overlook picnic area Tuesday a few hours before dark. Rain was drizzling as a light fog crept into the nearby woods. They grabbed their cameras, stepped out of their 1986 Nissan Stanza and began taking pictures of the wilderness. Akiho is a retired University at Albany geology professor, and John Boyd Thacher State Park is about as good as it gets for a rock lover.

At 7:30 p.m., the 87-year-old man told his wife he was going for a walk. She stayed at the overlook while he made his way across the rock surface toward a cliff-side trail to the right. He liked to explore on his own, and his walks often were a form of meditation. Wearing a gray shirt and khaki pants, Miyashiro, who is 5 feet 4 and weighs 115 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes, disappeared into 2,400 acres of dense forest.

He didn't come back.