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The body of a missing kayaker was found over the weekend in a Huntsville State Park lake in Texas four days after she disappeared.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) identified the victim as Jennifer Luten, 44, of Montgomery, Texas in amedia statementissued on Sunday after her body was recovered from Lake Raven the previous day.
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Texas State Park Police responded to the park’s missing person report on Wednesday with assistance from the Huntsville Fire Department, Huntsville Police Department, New Waverly Fire Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Game Wardens’ search teams that included divers, sonar boats and K-9 teams to search the lake and surrounding areas.
The Huntsville State Park wrote in aFacebookpost on Saturday that Lake Raven and the boat ramp are now open, but the swimming area is still closed after it was initially shut down last month.
“Due to excessive heat and drought this summer, it has affected our lakes’ ecosystem and its native inhabitants,” thepark wrote on Facebookon Sept. 15. “Until it has returned to normal, we are shutting down the swim area.”
A few days earlier, Huntsville State Park visitors had an up-close encounter with an alligator on Oct. 9, reportedABC 13 Houston.
“Look how big it is,” Siljeg said in the video, estimating the alligator to be 12 feet long, per ABC 13 Houston.
TPWDadvisesthose who come in close proximity to an alligator to slowly back away from the creature. Though it is rare for the reptiles to chase people, the department states that they can run up to 35 miles per hour for short distances on land.
source: people.com
