Family finds body of man who apparently fell while chasing his dog near Kentucky's steepest waterfall
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A 23-year-old man was found dead beneath a Kentucky waterfall on Thursday, authorities said. They believe he slipped and fell while walking his dog along a trail that loops above the falls, which cascade down more than 100 feet from top to bottom, according to the state tourism department.
The man has been identified as Isaac Lee Turpin, the McCreary County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. He was originally from Somerset, a city about 45 minutes by car from Yahoo Falls, where hikers discovered his body. McCreary County Sheriff David Sampson described the hikers as an "out of town family" who phoned the dispatch center to report "a deceased male individual" submerged in water at the base of Yahoo Falls. He was still wearing what looked like a tactical backpack, they said.
Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene and recovered Turpin's body. They confirmed at the time that he was dead. Sampson said their evaluation of the incident suggests Turpin had been hiking the Yahoo Falls trailhead with his dog when the animal suddenly got loose. It appears Turpin attempted to catch the dog and accidentally tumbled over the falls to his death, officials said.
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