He found a gun while swimming
Photo: Shaun
A Penticton man was surprised when he was swimming in Skaha Lake Thursday night and found a gun on top of the sand underwater.
“I just went to the beach for a swim to cool off,” said Shaun, who Castanet has agreed to refer to only by his first name for his protection.
He had headed to his usual spot between Penticton and Okanagan Falls, going swimming in the lake from a retreat in a quieter area.
That’s when he found the firearm.
“I said, ‘Oh, no,'” he said. “I mean you see a gun in the lake, it’s never a good thing.”
“It was crazy. I’ve been there every day this week. Not today, but every day this week, and I didn’t realize it.”
Shaun said he first thought it might have been an airsoft or BB gun, but after picking it up, he knew it was too heavy to be real.
“I know a little bit about firearms. So I was looking at it and it had all the workings of a real one.”
He noticed that the gun appeared to have been damaged by a hacksaw and was no longer operable.
Shaun then called the police.
“I thought I should probably call it, it’s not dangerous at all. There’s nothing you can do about it. But I was thinking maybe they’re looking for it.”
Shaun said the police confirmed to him that the gun was real.
He shared his findings on a local Facebook page to let the community know what he had discovered.
Castanet has contacted the RCMP for more information and will update.
Photo: Shaun