Our readers know what suckers we are for both fishing and crime dramas like Cold Case or CSI. The Worthington Globe reports on a peculiar tale that combines both in Fisherman reels in surprise:
Imagine fishing for supper over a holiday weekend near Pickeral Park, only to catch a little more than you bargained for.
A fisherman spending a lazy afternoon on Lake Ocheda hooked a surprise while trolling Monday afternoon. When the tug on the line alerted him to a catch, he intended to reel in a fish, but instead caught a handgun wrapped in cloth.
The good citizen did what was right:
According to Nobles County Chief Deputy Chris Heinrichs, the gun was turned in to the sheriff’s office as found property. . . .
. . .“It wasn’t one we were looking for,” Heinrichs said. “No one reported (a gun) missing or stolen. At this point, it doesn’t match anything we have active.”
The Nobles County Sheriff’s Office will check with other law enforcement in the area to see if anyone is looking for a weapon of this type, but so far, they haven’t heard of anyone looking for one.
“Somebody threw it in the lake, and we don’t know why,” Heinrichs concluded. “Perhaps it fell out of a boat unnoticed.”
The pistol will be stored in evidence for now and possibly sent on to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in the near future.
If the handgun was undamaged, it's hard to imagine a law-abiding gun owner just throwing it away, nor do we know many people who wrap their pistols in cloth for boating or trapping. We're going to be watching our back around northerns, that's for sure.
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