MONROE, Wis. (WFRV) — A 70-year-old Wisconsin resident drowned trying to save a wounded animal this past week, according to a press release.
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The Adams County Sheriff’s Office posted on their Facebook about a “missing persons” case that took a tragic turn.
On the afternoon of June 24, the Sheriff’s Office received a report regarding a missing person. The man, a resident of Necedah, Wisconsin, had gone fishing the evening of June 23 and spotted a wounded eagle in the water.
He called the Wisconsin DNR and a raptor rescue facility, with both organizations saying they’d respond the next morning. The Necedah resident returned home and told a relative he was “going to go rescue the injured eagle”.
After arriving on scene the next day, officers searched the grounds and waters and found the resident’s body.
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An investigation determined that the victim got caught in underwater debris and drowned.
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