The discovery of an abandoned boat on South Chickamauga Creek prompted a search for a possible body last week.
Catoosa County spokesperson John Pless said dispatchers received a call Thursday afternoon from a citizen who reported seeing an older gentleman in a plaid shirt fishing in a boat on the shoreline near the dam by Graysville Road.
The caller said the boat was still there later in the day, but the person inside it was missing. The caller said the person may have fallen into the water, and so a search began right away, Pless said.
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Firefighters from several stations went out in boats and kayaks to search. Hamilton County Marine Rescue brought out sonar equipment to search the bottom of the creek. Catoosa County Sheriff’s deputies went door-to-door in the area to ask if anyone was missing any family members. No one was, and no one had been reported missing as of Monday afternoon.