Surfer drifts north near old Mackinac lighthouse
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Mackinac County MI Law Dispatch
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We had a call transferred from CCE.
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Caller advising in the Straits.
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Straight out from the Mackinac, old Mackinac lighthouse.
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Drift. Drifting north towards St. Ignace.
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Ignace, he saw a surfer with a colorful parasol, not connected to any boat or anything.
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Appeared to be again drifting north.
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He thought could be in some trouble.
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Wondering if you might be able to head out to see if you can put eyes on this person.
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He said somewhere off by the lighthouse.
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He was drifting north in the streets towards St.
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Ignace. The caller said it was.
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Straight out from the old Mackinac Lighthouse.
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Clear out over there.
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I'll see if I can find.
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Copy.
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Central 8092.
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8092.
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There were two individuals out there kite flying,
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but I haven't seen them in probably, well, at least as long as I've been on this traffic stop.
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But they were at least two, one had a blue parachute and one had a one or kite.
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Eighty-three ninety-four, your status.
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Eighty-three ninety-four, your status.
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Eighty-three ninety-four, good status.
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Copy.
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Central forty-six 15 .
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Go ahead.
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Central 4613.
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Go ahead.
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You can show me out on here on boardwalk up by the lighthouse.
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I'm gonna go out there and try to see if I see it out into the water anywhere.
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Copy.
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13 from 15.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, if it's the, if the people gave the right lighthouse,
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you're probably not going to have any luck from there.
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It's going to be more towards like Mackinac City side.
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8092, they were just north of Mackinac City by the old lighthouse as the caller stated.
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Fifteen copies. We're going to go to the end of South State and take a look from there.
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Central's clear. Fifteen.
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I'll hear that and let's look from here.
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Fifteen from central.
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Go ahead, central.
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All right, my partner's on the line with somebody that's viewing them directly out from Boulevard, possibly struggling in the water.
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Copy.
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Central 4613, I'll head over that way.
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Copy. 4613 and 4615, my partner also just spoke to the continuing caller who was watching them.
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He's back up and making his way back onto shore near Boulevard.
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