On April 30, 1978, nine-year-old Chris Vigil disappeared while hiking on the Grey Rock trail in Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins.
  The boy hiked ahead of his family to follow the trail. Halfway up, he met a man named Allen, who was resting on a rock.
  The boy asked Allen which way the trail went because it seemed to vanish in a field of rocks and boulders. Allen said he wasn’t sure but shared a candy bar with the boy and suggested he return to his parents.
  Instead Chris went on alone. The weather was changing; dark and rain made the rocks slippery. Several times Allen heard the boy call out, trying to keep in contact with his family.
  Late in the afternoon, Allen called out for the boy, but there was no answer. Allen turned back and found the boy’s family anxiously waiting for Chris.
  It was getting dark; sleet and snow began to fall. The Larimer County Search and Rescue Team was called. They searched through the night and for days after.
  Over 130 people combed the mountain, and divers delved into the waters of a small lake, but with no success. On May 20th the search was suspended.
  Friends and relatives offered a reward, but the little boy never returned to his family or his third- grade class at Cache la Poudre Elementary School.