Investigators have confirmed two additional sightings of James Joseph Gallagher, a 71-year-old man that was reported missing last week.
On November 3, 2011, at 6pm, James Gallagher stopped at a gas station in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba and purchased gas. He told the attendant that he was lost and was trying to get back to White Fox, Saskatchewan. Gallagher did not appear distressed, but told the gas station employee that he was tired. He left the gas station with a map, drawn by the gas station employee, detailing how to get to Flin Flon and the Hanson Lake Highway.
Early Friday morning, November 4, 2011, Gallagher was spotted driving in the community of Flin Flon Manitoba near Tyrell Lake on Highway 106. He had asked someone in the community for directions to Flin Flon.
Investigators are continuing their search for James Gallagher and searches have been conducted along the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border and the Hanson Lake Highway.
RCMP are asking residents in the area surrounding Melfort (SK), Tisdale (SK), Carrot River (SK), Smeaton (SK), Candle Lake (SK), Prince Albert (SK), and Flin Flon (MB) to be on the look out for James Gallagher and his 2004 red, Ford Ranger, sidestep truck.
If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Gallagher, please contact the Nipawin RCMP Detachment at 306-862-6270 or your local RCMP Detachment.
