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2012-12-15--Missing Person Found Safe in Search of Potsdam Swamp |
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A TWO-HOUR SEARCH IN DANGEROUSLY-COLD, WAIST-HIGH MUCK IN A SWAMP OFF THE POTSDAM-CANTON ROAD FRIDAY AFTERNOON RESULTED IN A MISSING PERSON BEING FOUND, UNHURT. TROOPERS BASED IN CANTON TOLD US THEY, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, POTSDAM FIRE DEPARTMENT, POTSDAM RESCUE SQUAD AND MANY OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICE AGENCIES WERE CALLED ABOUT 3:50PM, AFTER A REPORT CAME IN ABOUT A MALE SUBJECT LEAVING A RESIDENCE BECAUSE HE BECAME UPSET. AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF THE WOODS AND SWAMPY AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF STEVE'S RV RESULTED IN THE MISSING MALE BEING FOUND. ONE FIREFIGHTER TOLD US SEARCHERS WADED THROUGH MUD, WATER, TREE STUMPS AND GUNK FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET; THE MISSING PERSON WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5:30PM ON WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS THE “FAR END OF THE SWAMP, “ “WAY BACK FROM THE ROAD”. NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT'S NAME OR ADDRESS WAS AVAILABLE.
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