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.

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.

The police have urged the public to come forward with any information that could help in the ongoing investigation into the reported abduction.

Philippines Police have started a search operation following the reported abduction of American national, Elliot Onil Eastman.

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.