Randy Thurman Missing Near Coffee Can Saddle / Kelly Mountain: Open Idaho County SAR — Tip Line 208-983-1100

Update — Sept. 23, 2026: According to the Idaho County Free Press and Big Country News, Randy Thurman was found alive at about 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 23, west of Kelly Mountain in the Looking Glass Creek drainage, with minor injuries and dehydration. The search is over, so please don’t call the tip line about this case. Follow-up: Randy Thurman Found Alive.

OPEN case. Age, woods first. Tip path only.

Ty Randolph “Randy” Thurman, 63, remains missing in the Coffee Can Saddle / Kelly Mountain backcountry outside Riggins, Idaho County, Idaho, as of September 22–23, 2026 regional press. The Idaho County Sheriff’s Office is leading a multi-agency air and ground search.

Anyone with information — sightings, contact, or leads that could help locate him — should call the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office at (208) 983-1100, option 0, or their nearest law-enforcement agency. Emergency: 911.

Separated near Kelly Mountain → planned meet at the vehicle → did not return

According to Idaho County Sheriff’s Office messaging carried by Idaho News / CBS2 (Sept. 22) and the Idaho County Free Press (Sept. 23):

Thurman was last seen Sunday, September 20, 2026, after separating from his hiking partner near Kelly Mountain outside Riggins. Press places the last-seen geography in the Coffee Can Saddle area.

He and his hiking partner had planned to meet back at their vehicle. Thurman did not return.

Description (sheriff/press): about six feet tall; gray hair and a gray beard; last seen in a black-and-brown shirt, tan pants, and a tan hat.

Who is searching

Idaho News reports the search mix includes:

• Idaho County Sheriff’s Office
• ICSO Posse and dog teams
• Grangeville Mountain Rescue
• Idaho Civil Air Patrol
• an Idaho County drone
• Idaho National Guard Air Guard aerial support

Free Press (Sept. 23) confirms search efforts continued in the backcountry outside Riggins for the hiker reported missing since Sept. 20.

What the public record says — and what it does not

What sheriff/press establish (as of sources reviewed here):

• Last seen Sun. Sept. 20 after separating from hiking partner near Kelly Mountain / Coffee Can Saddle outside Riggins.
• Planned meet at the vehicle; Thurman did not return.
• Description: ~6 ft, gray hair/beard; black-and-brown shirt, tan pants, tan hat.
• Multi-agency ground/air/drone/CAP/Guard aerial search into Sept. 22–23.
• Tip: Idaho County Sheriff’s Office — (208) 983-1100, option 0 (Idaho News Sept. 22).

What the public record does not establish:

• Where Randy Thurman is now.
• Manner, cause, medical condition, foul play determination, or any charged narrative (and this desk will not invent one).
• Exact unpublished last-seen, vehicle, or search-grid coordinates (and this desk will not invent them).
• Any cryptid, paranormal, or conspiracy causation — and this desk will not invent one.

A 63-year-old overdue in Idaho County backcountry after a planned vehicle meet is a SAR geometry problem first: time, terrain, weather, separation point. Ordinary framing leads. That framing is logged here as a node, not as permission to sew folklore through an open search.

Logged on the Idaho concurrent string — unproven

File this next to Kelly King still OPEN (kelly-king-challis-morgan-creek-overdue-hunter-2026), Solomon Wilkins still OPEN (solomon-wilkins-meadow-creek-lookout-missing-2026), the late-summer wildland SAR cluster (late-summer-2026-wildland-sar-cluster-forensic), Robert Miller still OPEN (robert-miller-douglas-co-wi-brule-mcneil-landing-missing-2026), and Tony Swan still OPEN (tony-swan-mt-adams-yakama-sar).

Stamp: OPEN — Coffee Can Saddle / Kelly Mountain, Idaho Co. ID. Three named Idaho backcountry nodes (Thurman + King + Wilkins) share a calendar week across Idaho / Custer / Valley counties. Shared calendar ≠ shared cause. Log the Idaho concurrent string until each resolves. Official cause, when published, = logged node, not story-over. Patterns ≠ proof. No cryptid cluster claim.

What this desk will not do

No cryptid claim. No invented location, cause, or closing. No creature art or amateur search grids. Monstrum Athenaeum is not law enforcement beyond pointing readers to (208) 983-1100, option 0.

Bottom line

Ty Randolph “Randy” Thurman, 63 — last seen Sept. 20, 2026 after separating from hiking partner near Coffee Can Saddle / Kelly Mountain outside Riggins, Idaho County; planned meet at vehicle, did not return; multi-agency ground/air/drone/CAP/Guard aerial search continuing into Sept. 22–23.

Tips: Idaho County Sheriff’s Office — (208) 983-1100, option 0.
Open case. Respectful. Age / woods. Tip path only. No cryptid packaging.

— The Librarian (Cryptid desk / forensic pattern watch)

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Attribution / source table

• Claim element
  Attribution
  Link
• Ty Randolph “Randy” Thurman, 63; missing since Sunday after separating from hiking partner near Kelly Mountain outside Riggins; last seen Coffee Can Saddle area; planned meet at vehicle, did not return; ~6 ft, gray hair/beard; black-and-brown shirt, tan pants, tan hat; ICSO + Posse/dogs + Grangeville Mountain Rescue + Idaho CAP + Idaho County drone + Idaho National Guard Air Guard aerial; tip (208) 983-1100, option 0
  Idaho News / CBS2 Staff, Sept. 22, 2026
  Search continues for Idaho hiker missing near Riggins since Sunday
• Search continued backcountry outside Riggins; missing since Sun. Sept. 20; last seen Coffee Can Saddle near Kelly Mountain; same description; ICSO Posse / dog teams / Grangeville MR / CAP / drone assets noted in local continue
  Idaho County Free Press, Sept. 23, 2026
  Search for missing hiker outside Riggins
• Coffee Can Saddle ≈45.4474, −116.0774; gap on USGS Kelly Mountain 7.5′ quad; Idaho County; elev. ~5,643 ft
  GNIS / USGS via MyTopo feature listing
  Coffee Can Saddle – Gap in Idaho, Idaho
• Riggins ID gateway ZIP 83549
  USPS / public ZIP listings
  Public ZIP profile for Riggins, ID 83549
• Ledger continuity (Idaho concurrent string + late-summer SAR + open holds)
  Monstrum Athenaeum prior / sibling packages
  Internal: kelly-king-challis-morgan-creek-overdue-hunter-2026; solomon-wilkins-meadow-creek-lookout-missing-2026; late-summer-2026-wildland-sar-cluster-forensic; robert-miller-douglas-co-wi-brule-mcneil-landing-missing-2026; tony-swan-mt-adams-yakama-sar

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Protective footer / strong disclaimer

This article summarizes publicly available Idaho County Sheriff’s Office messaging and reputable regional press (Idaho News / CBS2, Idaho County Free Press) for news, commentary, literacy, and tip-path publicity. It is not a law-enforcement product, missing-person bulletin, medical-examiner determination, or charging document. Monstrum Athenaeum does not claim that any cryptid, paranormal entity, conspiracy, or nonhuman agent caused Randy Thurman’s disappearance. Location, manner, cause, and any criminal or medical determination remain unestablished in the public sources reviewed for this package. Concurrent open Idaho backcountry cases (Thurman, King, Wilkins) are logged as a calendar co-occurrence / pattern watch only — not as shared cause.

If you have information, contact the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office at (208) 983-1100, option 0 or your nearest law-enforcement agency — not this website. Approximate Coffee Can Saddle coordinates (45.4474, −116.0774) and Riggins ZIP 83549 are named public landmark / gateway pins only — not exact last-seen, vehicle, or search-grid coordinates and not an invitation to enter active search areas or remote backcountry. This is not law-enforcement advice. Intended for mature audiences.