Man rescues 3 hunters, 2 dogs after boat capsizes in frigid waters of Minnesota lake

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A boat capsized Friday morning on Camp Lake near Garrison, leaving three hunters and two dogs in the water. A resident rescued the hunters and they all were OK, as well as their dogs. Submitted photo1 / 2

GARRISON, Minn.—Little did 71-year-old John J. Pufahl know when he woke up the morning of Friday, Oct. 12, he would be called a hero.

But that is exactly what the Garrison man is—a hero—after rescuing three hunters and their black and yellow Labradors after their hunting boat capsized on Camp Lake, a lake southwest of Garrison in Crow Wing County in east-central Minnesota.

Pufahl was minding his own business, drinking coffee just after 8 a.m. He looked outside to view the lake and saw something. At first he thought it was a bog floating around. He looked again and saw a man…

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