(LEX 18/NEWS JOURNAL) — A Whitley County man who was recently reported missing has been found alive, according to Kentucky State Police.
35-year-old Walter Dewayne Dale was last seen in the Eagle Falls trailhead area at around 4:00 p.m. Sunday, and a Golden Alert was issued to find him.
KSP was notified on Tuesday around 1:30 p.m. that a citizen called McCreary County 911, reporting that he could hear a man yelling for help near Eagle Falls.
Eagle Sawyers Fire Department deployed its search and rescue team, determining the quickest route for evacuation would be across the river. Whitley County Emergency Management Director Jerry Rains had a boat team sent to Cumberland Falls.
After Dale was taken by boat across the water, he was eventually transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. The News Journal reportsthat Dale is “conscious and talking” and being treated for complications due to possible hypothermia.
