Halloween party scare now full Tundra Times scale alarm for Gambell residents
What began -as a Halloween party sea-re has developed into a full-scale alarm for the residents of Gambell, a village on Alaska's St. Lawrence Island, 33 miles from Russia. The latest in a series of .mysteries is the apparent disappearance of Two Gambell -hunters. [FONT=&]They were to be the object of a widespread search Friday.
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[FONT=&][FONT=&]But The week also has produced strong odors of chlorine .gas in the village- even though no chlorine is known lo be nearby--the discovery of a Russian distress signal on a beach, the sighting of an unidentified Ship at night [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&][FONT=&][FONT=&]and reports of unidentified single engine aircraft,[/FONT] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&]According to Al Phelps, editor of the Nome Nugget, the sequence of events began Monday night while a Halloween party was in progress for children at the Gambell National Guard Armory. [/FONT]
[FONT=&]Don Hsrry Uglowook, Civil Defense director for the community, reportedly entered the armory and said he had smelled gas near the village. The odor was confirmed by many others. That night the unidentified ship was reported. Because of the darkness its markings could not be seen. None apparently was expected in the vicinity. The next morning a search party scoured the beach to look for the source of the gas. It was then that the Russian distress signal was found.
[/FONT]It was describes as a grenade type device similar to a flare. No chlorine containers were discovered.
[FONT=&]Thursday Gilbort Peloowook of Gambell went to a hunter's cabin near northeast cape on the far end of the island from Gambell. He intended to visit two men, Dennis Pungowiyi and Vincent Sevouliok, who left Gambell Oct. 11 for a two to three week hurtling trip. He found their food supplies almost intact in the cabin. There were no skins or rifles or motors for their boat, he reported. He said there were no tracks in the area.
[/FONT][FONT=&]Today a full scale search will be launched for the -missing men. Searchers will be keeping an ear cocked for sounds of a mysterious light plane which has been reported flying over the island, and an eye on the water, trying to catch a glimpse of that mysterious boat.
[/FONT][FONT=&]As one resident of Gambell in[/FONT][FONT=&]dicated when reporting on the incident Thursday by radio, the villagers don't know what is going on. But altogether it's been enough to frighten most of them.[/FONT]
Nome County, Alaska 
