JACKSONVILLE, Texas (KETK) – A fisherman in Texas caught much more than fish on Wednesday.
The angler, who was fishing on the west facet of the Lake Jacksonville dam in Jacksonville, detected one thing uncommon on his Garmin Livescope Camera: a pickup truck 20 ft underwater.
The fisherman despatched the video to his buddy Jon Hargett, who can also be a member of a dive staff.
“It was just an interesting day on Lake Jacksonville,” mentioned Hargett.
A dive staff got here out Thursday morning to research, and Nexstar’s KETK was there to seize all of it.
With solely a few foot of visibility, the divers discovered a 1999 black Ford F-150 underneath the water that was final registered in Rusk, Texas. Investigators positioned the proprietor and realized that the truck had been stolen in 2014.
“We already knew from sonar pictures provided by Jon Hargett what the vehicle looked like,” diver Billy McDonald mentioned. “So as soon as we made contact, we knew which course to go and what we have been on the lookout for, and we may do that in zero visibility by really feel.
A towing and hauling firm helped extract the truck from the lake. No one was contained in the car, however a diver discovered a fish swimming in the again. He caught the fish and launched it.
“It was interesting to at least see the truck come out of the water, and [I was] relieved to find out there was no souls in the cab, so to speak,” mentioned Hargett. “There was no one involved in that accident.”