Human remains found Lake Mead

The National Park Service alerted Las Vegas police about the. Human remains in a barrel were discovered Sunday along the drought-parched and receding shoreline of Nevadas Lake Mead police said.

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A body found in a barrel at Lake Mead on Sunday may have been underwater for as long as four decades and more bodies are likely to appear as the lake recedes due to severe drought according to.

. A body was discovered in a barrel on the shore of Lake Mead outside of Las Vegas on May 1 2022. Lake levels are expressed in altitude not depth. My husband heard a woman scream and then he went to look and found the body in a very deteriorated 50-gallon drum Shawna Hollister a Las Vegas resident told News 3. Boaters at Lake Mead on Sunday stumbled across a barrel containing human remains that based on the decayed nature of the metal drum appear to have been there for several decades.

New video credited to an Instagram reel from LasVegasScoop shows the moment people at Lake Mead discovered a barrel filled with human remains. A barrel containing human remains was found on the bottom of Nevadas Lake Mead on Sunday and officials predicted the discovery could be just the first of more. The barrel was found near Hemenway Beach on Sunday. Shawna HollisterKLAS Lake Mead dropped below 1056 feet in elevation last Tuesday less than a week after hitting 1057 feet the week before.

At its highest levels the lake is near 1225 feet. A drought has ravaged the area.