{"id":358738,"date":"2026-05-29T10:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/alaskan-bush-people-matt-brown-feared-dead-by-family-amid-police-search-for-unidentified-male"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:31:56","slug":"alaskan-bush-people-matt-brown-feared-dead-by-family-amid-police-search-for-unidentified-male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/alaskan-bush-people-matt-brown-feared-dead-by-family-amid-police-search-for-unidentified-male","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Alaskan Bush Individuals&#8217; Matt Brown Feared Useless by Household Amid Police Search For Unidentified Male"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;Alaskan Bush People&#8217; Matt Brown<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Family Fears He&#8217;s Dead &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">As Police Search For Unidentified Male<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-29T08:00:04-07:00\"><br \/>\n               May 29, 2026<br \/>\n              8:00 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b75f4f11f9b7d76ef34958796b43a360\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-928129f8-acd3-493b-9041-d468fe485f63-1475971059-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-928129f8-acd3-493b-9041-d468fe485f63-1475971059-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Alaska\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2d\/16by9\/2026\/05\/29\/2d7915919ed34420aff33b621ae405a7_md.png\" alt=\"052926_bearthekingofextreme_KAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b75f4f11f9b7d76ef34958796b43a360--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc2dee4e9b9374463ec30fe481f8b7d3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Matt Brown <\/strong>of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Alaskan Bush People&#8221; fame is feared dead by his family &#8212; as police where he lives in Washington state are searching for an unidentified male.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc2dee4e9b9374463ec30fe481f8b7d3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1c76ae6395b02a7810037d0597df9954\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Matt&#8217;s brother, <strong>Bear Brown<\/strong>, posted a TikTok video on Thursday, expressing fears that Matt may have taken his life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1c76ae6395b02a7810037d0597df9954--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2d288250a91a2feaf56cccd89f205a0d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-c27f620a-3fda-400b-9290-cb9b04858e26\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2026\/05\/28\/matt-brown-through-the-years\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:c27f620a-3fda-400b-9290-cb9b04858e26\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21adc273-063a-4f86-81c4-68fc429ceb12\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f6\/4by3\/2026\/05\/28\/f67c9fabe5934f68bf2aa66f6c33501a_md.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Brown Through The Years\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2d288250a91a2feaf56cccd89f205a0d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e252b369117911f0582eb0b8fa60bae5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In his TikTok video, Bear said witnesses said Matt was seen around a river and, at some point, was floating in the water. He said that he could not confirm the information, but all the signs point to it possibly being him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e252b369117911f0582eb0b8fa60bae5--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2a1ba5179f56fcc926d4eb19d303e984\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bear did note that he never thought Matt would take his own life &#8230; before appearing to choke up on camera.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2a1ba5179f56fcc926d4eb19d303e984--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b7a91dff5d2f30000eaf2287eb5250f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Okanogan County Sheriff&#8217;s Office told TMZ &#8230; someone called 911 on Wednesday to report that a man was sitting in the shallow waters of the Okanogan River just south of the city of Oroville, WA.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b7a91dff5d2f30000eaf2287eb5250f6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dc30bfa96ba2b2bbd812b8a98a2af1fd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260529_7afd6cc4ed9848d8914b01bee6b2bfe1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21adc273-063a-4f86-81c4-68fc429ceb12\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7a\/4by3\/2026\/05\/29\/7afd6cc4ed9848d8914b01bee6b2bfe1_md.jpg\" alt=\"matt brown alaskan bush people insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dc30bfa96ba2b2bbd812b8a98a2af1fd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-86019a3c7c5aa2f3909b0733580e2031\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The caller looked away for a moment, then heard a sound and turned back around to see the man lying face down in the river and being swept away by the current.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-86019a3c7c5aa2f3909b0733580e2031--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-86d21ff0fe8b5387bd3d61dce5f167f7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We&#8217;re told police, firefighters, and EMS personnel responded to the scene and searched the area, but they could not find the body.\u00a0The Sheriff&#8217;s Office tells us that as of Friday morning no body has been found and the search will resume when the weather improves.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-86d21ff0fe8b5387bd3d61dce5f167f7--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3091f46bd5b3d690dbf546cfa4dc1da8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260529_889128591e5b4546a93252791ba1d0d4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:21adc273-063a-4f86-81c4-68fc429ceb12\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/88\/4by3\/2026\/05\/29\/889128591e5b4546a93252791ba1d0d4_md.jpg\" alt=\"matt brown alaskan bush people insta 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3091f46bd5b3d690dbf546cfa4dc1da8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-82ba40461d2e98aa561a239e1ed8ed4a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Last week, Matt posted a YouTube video of himself allegedly intoxicated as he wandered around naked with what appeared to be a gun in a public park in Washington state.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-82ba40461d2e98aa561a239e1ed8ed4a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-38d7890de623aa749d9436762e665cd6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We broke the story &#8230; family sources told us they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/21\/alaskan-bush-people-matt-brown-isolated-from-family\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>cut off<\/strong><\/a> all communication with Matt five years ago due to his erratic behavior.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-38d7890de623aa749d9436762e665cd6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e7caf9951fc1d9c947e7cf5d40206a33\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Brown family was featured in &#8220;The Alaskan Bush People&#8221; for 14 seasons on the Discovery Channel. The reality show followed the family living in isolation in a remote section of Alaska, with its final show airing in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e7caf9951fc1d9c947e7cf5d40206a33--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-adc4acb6d80369362672f1af661d611a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><em>If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. 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