Did you crash your drone at Miller Flat Reservoir? A fisherman may have found it

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SALT LAKE CITY — If you lost your drone at Miller Flat Reservoir, a fisherman may have caught it for you.

Some people have caught fish using drones or caught flying drones while fishing, but Danny Atherley ended up catching a drone in the water while fishing.

“My husband threw his line out and got a fish on it and started reeling it in,” Beverly Atherley said.

After getting the fish on the hook, she said her husband felt like he was reeling in something really heavy and sluggish. When he finally got the fish out of the water, he found his line was also attached to a drone.

The drone was a DJI Mavic Pro and the Atherleys think it may have crashed sometime in July because that’s when the photos on the SD card stop. Danny Atherley reeled it in Aug. 9. They let it dry in the sun and took it home to see if they could find the owner.

“We’ve got pictures of the operator and we thought, well if there’s some way we can get the word out to somebody because it looks like it’s Salt Lake Valley, we could return this drone and he could have his pictures and information on the memory card,” Beverly Atherley said.

If you recently crashed your Mavic Pro into Miller Flat Reservoir or know the person in the photo, please email ddewey@ksl.com.

A photo of the possible owner found on the drone's SD card.

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