Elliot Onil Eastman, a 26-year-old American YouTuber from Vermont, was kidnapped by armed men in black from a coastal village in the Philippines on Thursday night, just months after marrying a local woman.

An American YouTuber in the Philippines was kidnapped by masked gunmen who shot him in the leg before taking him away on a speedboat. Elliot Onil Eastman, a 26-year-old native of Vermont currently residing in the Philippines,

American YouTube creator Elliot Eastman is missing after reportedly getting kidnapped in his provincial home in the Philippines.

An American man documenting his life in the Philippines was shot in the leg and abducted by a group of gunman dressed up as police officers, according to local authorities.

Four armed men shot and abducted a 26-year-old from Vermont in western Mindanao, the police said. He had been living in the area since May.

Footage shows the Muslim wedding of abducted American YouTuber Elliot Eastman, 26, to his wife Karisha Jala in the seaside town of Sibuco in Zamboanga del Norte province, the Philippines, in 2023. The pair exchanged religious vows and rings in a small ceremony attended by friends and family in the poverty-stricken area.