The Disappearance of Oscar Zeta Acosta

Oscar Zeta Acosta, the flamboyant Chicano activist lawyer who inspired the character of Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," disappeared in Mexico in the summer of 1974. He was last heard from in a phone call to his son, mentioning he was about to board a boat full of "white snow" — widely interpreted as a cocaine smuggling reference. He was never seen or heard from again.