Deadliest catch

[Stoner4Life]

The risks they take just being on the Bering Sea are unreal, balls
of steel each and every one of them, once out there you're at the
mercy of all of the previous maintenance. small fire, fried wiring, no
control? add in rough seas and the ship is going down. there's got
to be a mindset of 'fuck it' and 'fate' to be able to do that job.......

 

[NOKUY]

not sure if you guys saw this on the news, but Jake Anderson's (deckhand on northwestern) dad has been missing for a couple of months now.

Jake is the kid who's sister died last year while he was at sea.

here is a recent news article on the story about his dad:

March 10) -- A star of the Discovery Channel's hit reality series "Deadliest Catch" is appealing to the public for help in finding his father, who has been missing for two months.

"I just want to know what happened to my dad," Jake Anderson, a deckhand on the F/V Northwestern crab fishing boat, told AOL News. "I want to bring my father home. He wouldn't give up on us, and I'm not going to give up on him. I just don't know what to do. We need help, and I hope that someone out there will help give us some sort of closure."


Discovery
"Deadliest Catch" star Jake Anderson wants the public's help in finding his father, who has been missing since Jan. 6.
Keith Anderson, a 63-year-old retired high school counselor from Anacortes, Wash., disappeared Jan. 6. Jake Anderson was on the Northwestern, crab fishing in the Bering Sea, but Keith's brother Chris saw him that day.

"He came to my house that morning, and we had our regular cup of coffee together," Chris Anderson said. "Afterward, he ran some errands for his family and moved a washer and dryer for one of his daughters. He then went to meet an acquaintance."

According to Chris and Jake, the "acquaintance" Keith went to meet was going to provide him with Oxycontin, a powerful prescription painkiller. The Andersons said he was in constant pain and suffering from bouts of depression.

"He was originally prescribed it for a rotator cuff surgery; then, about six months later, he broke four ribs and it was prescribed again," Chris said. "In my personal opinion, they [doctors] give it out too easy. He had been fighting to get off the drug, but it was difficult with the pain he was experiencing, coupled with the pressures he was under."

Those pressures included the approach of the one-year anniversary of his daughter's death. On Feb. 13, 2009, Keith's daughter, 37-year-old Chelsea Dawn Anderson, died unexpectedly from complications of pneumonia. She had suffered most of her life with rheumatoid arthritis.

"He always felt that my sister's disease was his fault," Jake said. "He always took care of her, and he never liked to see kids hurt. He would rather be the one hurting."

At about 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, Keith left Anacortes to meet his acquaintance in the Arlington, Wash., area, Chris said.

"Normally, he would go out and get the pills and be back about three or four hours later, but, that day, he never came back," Chris said. "One of his acquaintances later said he last saw him in Sultan, which is about 120 miles from where he lives, and that was the last time anyone claims to have seen him."

When Keith failed to return home that night, his family became concerned. In the 43 years he had been married, he had never spent a night away from his wife. Concern turned to fear when Keith's wife found his cell phone lying in a mud puddle by their house.

The family notified police and, with the help of volunteers, put up missing-person posters. Authorities determined there had been no activity on any of Keith's bank and credit card accounts. They also sought out the acquaintance Keith planned to visit on the day he disappeared.

"[We] talked to that young man and according to him there was a transaction that took place," Anacortes police Capt. John Small told AOL News. "It sounded like Keith got what he needed and [the guy] dumped Keith off at a grocery store parking lot. He said that was the last he saw [Keith]."

On Jan. 13, around 200 people gathered at Causland Park for a candlelight vigil for Keith Anderson.

"We are here because of our love and concern about Keith," the Rev. Terry Kyllo of Celebration Lutheran Church said during the event. "We all feel anxiety and fear because we don't know where he is."

Former students of Anacortes High School, where Keith had worked for 23 years as a counselor, have also offered their support to the family.

"When I read [about] it on Facebook, I was almost crying. He was such a great guy that I don't see any bad things happening to him," Shannah McGinnis told KOMOnews.com. "He needs to be home with his family."

The mystery took another turn on Jan. 22, when his white 1999 Ford Ranger pickup was found abandoned 11 miles up a remote logging road northwest of Darrington. The truck was was high-centered -- stuck between two logs.

"Someone had tried to get it out," Chris said. "You can see where it dug in. There was a rut on each side of the road."

According to Chris, the truck was locked and the keys were found inside.

In a press release detailing the find, Anacortes Police Chief Bonnie Bowers said there were no signs of foul play -- a statement both Chris and Jake contest.

"The keys that were left in the truck had blood on them, but the detectives won't give us any more information about them," Jake said.

Small confirmed to AOL News that blood was found, but said it was a "minuscule amount."

"The sheriff's office did the search of the vehicle found, it wasn't us," Small said. "[They] thought somebody might have cut their finger. That is how small the amount of blood was in the vehicle."

Small said investigators have been unable to determine if the blood was Keith's or someone else's.

Following the truck's discovery, Anacortes police, the Skagit County Sheriff's Department and Search & Rescue launched an extensive ground search in the area, but were unable to locate Keith or any clues to his disappearance.

Did Keith Anderson drive down the logging road intentionally or was he the victim of foul play?

"Both those are possibilities," Small said. "But again, we have no evidence a drug deal went bad. No evidence of anything really. The best-case scenario is that Keith drove up there and walked off, but it bothers us that nothing has come up in this case [and] no one has reported seeing him or anything."

Jake and Chris both believe foul play is the most probable explanation.

"I know my brother, and when he takes those pills, he doesn't take them till he gets home because he can hardly walk up the steps of the house," Chris said. "That place where they found the truck, everybody that knows my brother knows that he would have never driven the truck to that location."

When contacted by AOL News, Snohomish County Sheriff's Sgt. Danny Wikstrom refused to comment on the case. Small, the Anacortes police captain, said it is still an active case.

"It's still an open investigation but leads are few and far between right now," Small said. "We would like to see this come to a close. We would love to find Keith alive somewhere, but that is probably getting slimmer and slimmer now."

In an effort to generate leads, Jake is trying to collect donations to offer a reward for information in the case.

"I got four sisters left, and we don't have that much money," Jake said. "Practically everything I bring home goes to them and everyone else. I really don't have much money to give a reward, so that really bothers me."

Anyone interested in donating to the reward fund can do so at any US Bank location or online. The account is set up under the name "Keith Anderson."

The family has reached out to 3View Search Services, a nonprofit missing-person search and recovery group from Indiana. The group is working with law enforcement in Washington state to try to organize a large-scale professional search effort.

"We have been in contact with the family for about three weeks," Mandy Albritton, co-founder of 3View, told AOL News. "We are more than willing to assist them in any way possible. My associate, Sean Henady, is currently in talks with the law enforcement agency that is handling the case, and we are working to determine how our services can best assist them in the search."

For now, Jake and his family will continue to hold out hope that they will discover what happened to their missing loved one.

"My relationship with my dad has always been good," Jake said. "He is the one who taught me how to work hard and earn everything. He has always taken good care of my mom and all the kids. He was a real family man. I miss him and want to know what happened."

 

[shaunmulok]

gee he is having a bad run of luck with his Sister and now his dad

cant wait for the start of the new season which should start soon
hey Nokuy, has the opie season finished have they finished filming?

 

[NOKUY]

gee he is having a bad run of luck with his Sister and now his dad

cant wait for the start of the new season which should start soon
hey Nokuy, has the opie season finished have they finished filming?

opie season should be winding down....

the new season premiers on april 13th (i can't wait)

i think they are doing a special episode as a tribute to capt. phil also.

poor jake is havin some bad luck...i'd really like to hear what happened to his dad....all those details sure make for a sketchy situation.

 

[shaunmulok]

opie season should be winding down....

the new season premiers on april 13th (i can't wait)

i think they are doing a special episode as a tribute to capt. phil also.

poor jake is havin some bad luck...i'd really like to hear what happened to his dad....all those details sure make for a sketchy situation.

Thanks M8 i new it started in April but wasnt sure when

Once i read the bit about the Oxycontin and the acquaintance that his father went to meet it didn't sound good

cant wait for the new season to start, hope to see some exciting weather as long as all the boats and crew make it home safe

a special dedicated to Capt.Phil would be good

Thanks again for the heads up

 

[lost in a sea]

is captain phil not around anymore ??

cool guy, shame he didnt toke a bit more, would have been better for his chest than all those fags..

 

[NOKUY]

is captain phil not around anymore ??

capt phil passed away from a massive heart attack that he had in the hospital after he went in for a stroke that he had while off-loading.....(still makes me sad)

....ohhh.... also, i got a status update on my myspace from capt. johnathan ('time bandit')..........i guess they just filmed a geico commercial on the 'time bandit'....he said that they had the cavemen on the boat...lol. (that should be interesting)

 

[Molson]

Season 6 officially premiers April 13. Watch the trailer here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfRm-uzZYz0

Sig's new book, North by Northwestern, is also out now. Picked myself up a copy.

 

[Stoner4Life]

got me a hankerin' fer some king crab legs,
luckily I found 9 lbs still in the freezer.......

wrapped a pound or so in heavy duty foil &
popped those suckers in the oven @ 275F.

 

[NOKUY]

cant wait for the new season!

 

[NOKUY]

.....3 more days 'til the new season!!!

 

[Wilson!]

i was a sushi samari(deck hand)in the Bering Sea. Black Cod True Cod and all crab species. My last trip I was 35 and that's old up there. It aint for the faint of heart, the weak minded or the infirm. But it might make you that way if you live. Till I slid around on frozen decks awash in 30 footers, I thought the Marine Corps was for ruffians exclusively. But crabbing for a living in the dead of winter miles from nowhere is a special type of occupation. I stopped drinking when I got landlocked 20 years ago. Now just digging a mellow life whiff puff the magic dragon.

 

[Stoner4Life]

I hear the GEICO cavemen shot a commercial on one
of the crab boats, wonder which one it will be.......

 

[danny karey]

Read a couple posts above ya stoner to find out what boat...........LOL!!

Cool thread, looking forward to the new season!!

Danny

 

[MoldyFrogToe]

dont ever walk into the crows nest unless you're a biker or a fisherman

LOL

 

[Wilson!]

dont ever walk into the crows nest unless you're a biker or a fisherman

LOL

The Elbow Room in Dutch was always the den of inequity I imbibed in. It had the rep as the most dangerous bar in the world by Hustler Mag back in the daze.

Great experience. Gave plenty of stories that begin with "there I was, surrounded by marching angry pinching sushi. And of course, "80 knot winds, Gale & Storm warning, emergency Coast Guard."

All that for weed money makes the effort sweeter upon inhalation.

 

[Kalicokitty]

I love this show.
I would like to work one half day on a boat like that, I think that's all I could take.

 

[Stoner4Life]

Read a couple posts above ya stoner to find out what boat...........LOL!!

Cool thread, looking forward to the new season!!

Danny

well I guess that's where I heard it from.......

 

[Stoner4Life]

dont ever walk into the crows nest unless you're a biker or a fisherman

LOL

recently the captains were filmed in Gloucester MA @ the Crows Nest there, is that the one you refer to?

I've been there myself & it didn't impress me as too rough a joint to be in (I'm a biker) for most folks, but I'll bet when several thirsty crews show up after being out for 14 days the joint can get a bit rowdy. It's not directly on the wharf as portrayed in media but on Main St 1/2 block off the water, you can see the harbor from their door.

That was a part of my regular ('96 thru '02) trucking route in new england & I always booked a room @ The Cape Ann Motor Inn and dined very well in town. I'd order a baked lobster stuffed with lobster @ McT's Tavern n' Lobster House (now closed) on the wharf (pronounced 'waaaaf' by the locals) and then up to the Crows Nest for a nightcap.

I love that area & hoping to visit soon.

 

[MoldyFrogToe]

mm, glosta! the noth sha is nice. but not everyone has that accent. although most in gloucester for sure, gloucester's one of the thicker accented towns around there.

but yeah it just isnt the typical tourist bar, it isnt too crazy though.

cape ann motor inn, seen it before, it doesn't overlook the ocean i dont think, im thinking of the wrong one

lobster, you dive down on the coast here and they're everywhere! mostly babies.