Michael Eugene Oros

Early life Michael Oros was born in 1952 in Portland, Oregon to 39 year old single mother Margaret Oros who worked in the field of Chemistry and Geology. Michael was described as a shy and quiet boy, who was often picked on in school. He was a good student, but at age 15 his grades started dropping and he struggled to complete Grade 10. Soon after, his mother had him involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital after he had some sort of nervous fit. When he was released from the psych ward he was sent to a guest ranch by his mother where he worked with horses. Michael was deeply affected by the ongoing Vietnam War, and the student protests, and began to develop deeply anti-government views.

Life in Canada Oros moved in to an abandoned cabin on the banks of the Sheslay River, from the community of Telegraph Creek. Michael believed that the region belonged to him, and he would raid any cabin or camp he found, stealing food as well as any other valuable items, often marking cabins and trees with various symbols, including Greek crosses, swastikas, and his name. In the distance, Frank Hase spotted Michael Oros walking along the shore. The next day on March 19, the team travelled to the Village of Teslin to prepare for the helicopters. Cpl. Buday and Cst. Rodgers were armed with M16 rifles while Cst. Hougan was armed with a long-range sniper rifle. His funeral procession had RCMP officers and dog handlers from all over the country attending. A cairn was erected in memorial at the location of his murder in 1986, and a proposal was made to dedicate the small section of land featuring the cairn as a provincial park, A plaque on a bench outside the RCMP depot in Burnaby was unveiled in his honour in 2017.