CANADA Canada - Ron Yakimchuk, 27, & Terry Pettit, 23, Dryden ON, 12 June 1973

[OddOneOut]

I can't find more recent news. However, I was reading an article about a car and remains recently found after 10 years. The person that found them was searching for them with a drone, spotted a car in a pond, and got permission from the property owner to search the pond.

We know this couple made it as far as Dryden. I doubt they would have driven another 20 plus hours to Montreal without contacting someone. I wish we had some volunteer drone operators in Dryden and east from there to search some ravines or bodies of water near the road. I realize it would be a huge undertaking. It would take a long time to do it probably years. However, if just the area from Dryden east to where their next stop would probably be, they might be found or part of the route eliminated.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

3615DMAB - Ronald Paul Yakimchuk

2461DFAB - Theresa Anne Pettit

 

[OddOneOut]

If the "reasonably credible" sighting near Parry Sound is correct, it would mean they made it most of the way to their destination and stayed in Canada. If it was in July, it could mean they had a previous breakdown. Them not calling family could be explained if it happened in a more remote area with no phone available. This was before cells phones and not everyone in more rural areas had a phone.

 

[OddOneOut]

If the "reasonably credible" sighting near Parry Sound is correct, it would mean they made it most of the way to their destination and stayed in Canada. If it was in July, it could mean they had a previous breakdown. Them not calling family could be explained if it happened in a more remote area with no phone available. This was before cell phones and not everyone in more rural areas had a phone.

 

[UncoolNegated]

By my research, something happened to them between Dryden and Ottawa between June 12th and June 16th, 1973. The woman had purchased a money order or cashier's cheque or whatever they called those things in 1973. She made the purchase in Edmonton with plans to cash it at her bank in Ottawa. But it never got cashed.

I disregard the Parry Sound sighting without something else corroborating it. The kayak wasn't on top of the car. Also, that would create 5-6 weeks where they just didn't contact anyone.