Thomas Edwin Forga, 48, was last seen in Afton, Tennessee, four or five days before his mother reported him missing on March 5, 2023; she last had contact with him on February 26, 2023. He did not drive and rode a red mountain bike as his only regular means of getting around. Neighbors described him as having shaggy black hair, a large beard, eyeglasses, and distinctive tattoos: a heart with a cross on his left shoulder and the phrase wicked bitch misspelled on his right forearm.

He was reportedly last seen at a house on Bill Jones Road, less than two miles from his home on North Waterfork Road, where the resident says they argued and Thomas left. Officers searching the residence found his cell phone still there, and law enforcement searches of nearby roadways turned up no sign of him or his bicycle. His mother also reported he had not collected his Social Security check, which she said was out of character.

Few people in town knew him well and no credible sightings have been reported since that day. Did anyone in Afton see Thomas or his red mountain bike in late February or early March 2023, or have information about where he might have gone?