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David Bird Thomson
Thomson, circa 1979
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 4, 1979
Location Last Seen: Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Date of Birth: February 9, 1947
Age: 32 yrs old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'8-5'10"
Weight: 175-185 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Bird, Chris
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Receding hair line, hair just above shoulder length; Beard; Eyes sometimes looked green; scar below right elbow; In a car accident in 1964 resulting in a fracture in his growth bone of left shoulder, foreshortening his left arm, serious left leg fracture resulting in leg being 3/8 of an inch shorter. Subsequent diagnosis of scoliosis
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Jeans and flannel shirt
Jewelry: Ying Yang necklace
Additional Personal Items: Backpack
Details of Disappearance
Thomson was last seen standing by Highway 7 and Williston Road in Minnetoka, Minnesota on July 1, 1979. He was carrying a backpack, but had no other belongings with him. Later that year, he is known to have worked for very brief periods; his last known employers were Lewmont Drilling Associates in Denver, Colorado and Maverick Construction in Casper, Wyoming. There's no record of the exact dates of his employment, and there's been no sign of him since 1979.
Thomson worked as a writer and journalist and lived in various European countries prior to his disappearance. He wrote a book called In the Shining Mountains: A Would-be Mountain Man in Search of Wilderness; it was published the same year he went missing. The book is about a man who seeks to live like an old-fashioned mountain man, but finds his dream intruded upon by modern society. Thomson's loved ones believe he may have simply wanted to drop out of society and live off the land like the character in his book.
Texas authorities are assisting with Thomson's investigation.
Investigating Agency
Minnetonka Police Department 952-939-8500
Texas Department of Public Safety 800-346-3243
Source Information
Thomson, circa 1979
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 4, 1979
Location Last Seen: Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Date of Birth: February 9, 1947
Age: 32 yrs old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'8-5'10"
Weight: 175-185 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Bird, Chris
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Receding hair line, hair just above shoulder length; Beard; Eyes sometimes looked green; scar below right elbow; In a car accident in 1964 resulting in a fracture in his growth bone of left shoulder, foreshortening his left arm, serious left leg fracture resulting in leg being 3/8 of an inch shorter. Subsequent diagnosis of scoliosis
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Jeans and flannel shirt
Jewelry: Ying Yang necklace
Additional Personal Items: Backpack
Details of Disappearance
Thomson was last seen standing by Highway 7 and Williston Road in Minnetoka, Minnesota on July 1, 1979. He was carrying a backpack, but had no other belongings with him. Later that year, he is known to have worked for very brief periods; his last known employers were Lewmont Drilling Associates in Denver, Colorado and Maverick Construction in Casper, Wyoming. There's no record of the exact dates of his employment, and there's been no sign of him since 1979.
Thomson worked as a writer and journalist and lived in various European countries prior to his disappearance. He wrote a book called In the Shining Mountains: A Would-be Mountain Man in Search of Wilderness; it was published the same year he went missing. The book is about a man who seeks to live like an old-fashioned mountain man, but finds his dream intruded upon by modern society. Thomson's loved ones believe he may have simply wanted to drop out of society and live off the land like the character in his book.
Texas authorities are assisting with Thomson's investigation.
Investigating Agency
Minnetonka Police Department 952-939-8500
Texas Department of Public Safety 800-346-3243
Source Information
