21 Year Old Drake Kramer Missing Since 1/31/15, Last Seen at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in AZ (Update: Cryptic Text Message Sent, Needed to be with Mother Earth)

21 year old Drake Kramer of San Antonio, Texas was last seen at the south rim of the Grand Canyon on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Drake Kramer hasn’t been seen since he checked out the Bright Angel Lodge Sunday morning, officials said. Authorities did find Kramer’s car at the Bright Angel Lodge where he had previously checked out.  His family reported him missing on Monday, and search efforts and a missing persons investigation are now under way.  The 21 year old is described as having brown hair and blue eyes. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds.  He has now been missing for a week as searches continue to look for the missing San Antonio man.

Missing – Drake Kramer

Search and rescue teams have been searching 285 square miles of the Grand Canyon for the last week, combing the area for a 21-year-old geology student who went missing there after sending a puzzling text message to his worried parents.

Drake Kramer of San Antonio, Texas was last spotted at the south rim of the Grand Canyon on Saturday, January 31.

He checked out of the Bright Angel Lodge the next morning and hasn’t been seen by friends or family since.

His parents Robin and Brenda Kramer reported him missing on Monday, when they learned of the trip and received a text message from their son in which he said he ‘needed to be with Mother Earth’.

UPDATE I: Search area expands for missing San Antonio man at Grand Canyon National Park.

The search for a missing San Antonio man at the Grand Canyon has expanded, The National Park Service announced.

The search area was expanded east from the South Rim developed area along Highway 64 towards Grandview. Rescue teams, with the help of helicopters, have not located 21-year-old Drake Kramer since he was reported missing by his family on Monday.

UPDATE II: A cryptic text message prompted the parents of a missing 21-year-old Texas man to contact authorities.

 A cryptic text message prompted the parents of a missing 21-year-old Texas man to contact authorities, after learning he embarked on what they believe to be a solo trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

“He indicated that he needed to be with Mother Earth,” said Robin Kramer, the father of 21-year-old Drake Kramer.

The text message was sent Monday morning, the last time Robin and his wife Brenda heard from Drake. They were unaware of their son’s travel plans and the last time they saw him was Thursday, Jan. 29 in San Antonio.

UPDATE III: Hiker Missing in Grand Canyon Told Dad He ‘Needed to Be Back With Mother Earth‘.

His father, Robbin Kramer, said his son told him Monday that “he was at the Grand Canyon and he needed to be back with Mother Earth and set his soul free. At that point we really started getting worried and started calling and trying to get people to look for him.”

The family reported Drake Kramer missing on Monday, and search efforts and a missing person investigation are now under way.

If anyone has any information with regards to Drake Kramer’s whereabouts, please contact  NPS’s Silent Witness Line at 928-638-7840.