Man, dog missing in Grand Canyon after possible homemade raft adventure

Greg Haas
·1 min read

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Authorities are searching for a 58-year-old man who may have tried to take a small homemade raft down the Grand Canyon.

Thomas L. Robison of Santa Fe, New Mexico, may have taken his pet Welsh Corgi on the wooden raft, according to information posted by the National Park Service on the Grand Canyon website.

Robison’s 2001 Toyota Tacoma was found abandoned at Lee’s Ferry — just below Glen Canyon Dam — on Sunday, April 21.

Robison is described as 5-foot-10, 160 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. The dog is an 11-year-old Corgi, about 25 pounds.

Photos of a homemade raft and Thomas Robison with his pet Welsh Corgi were released in an announcement of a missing person search. (Photos provided by National Park Service)
Photos of a homemade raft and Thomas Robison with his pet Welsh Corgi were released in an announcement of a missing person search. (Photos provided by National Park Service)

The National Park Service is conducting a missing person search at Grand Canyon National Park.

Anyone who might have seen Robison is asked to contact Grand Canyon Dispatch at 928-638-7805. A missing person investigation is ongoing and no further information is available at this time.

Water flowing down the Colorado River from Glen Canyon Dam takes less than three days to reach Lake Mead.

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