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Police searching Echo Lake for lost kayaker
Photo by Michael Wansley |
According to lakeside resident Madysen Ellis, around 8:10am on Saturday May 18, 2024 Shoreline Police responded to Echo Lake on the report of a lost kayaker. Witnesses reported that a man was seen kayaking around 7:10am. His kayak was upside-down in the water and no one saw whether he got out of the lake.
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Staging area for search of Echo Lake
Photo by Michael Wansley |
Police searched the lake from a westside dock with boats and divers until 10:17am. They sent a boat around the entire lake.
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Police divers searching Echo Lake
Photo by Michael Wansley |
Echo Lake is relatively shallow but the bottom has a thick layer of loose peat which turns the water into a dense brown cloud if disturbed.
The kayaker has not been identified. The KCSO has been contacted for information.
--Diane Hettrick
Seems like there's a drowning or near drowning once a year. More than once alcohol played a roll. I'm definitely NOT anti-alcohol but I AM a proponent of Common Sense & caution. I watched from a the dock a man in trouble & screaming for SOMEONE in his party to help him until FINALLY someone on a giant round floaty saw he was in trouble. Pay attention always because most folks who drown KNOW how to swim
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