By Jim McKinneyOct 23, 2022 | 7:34 AM
CASSOPOLIS MI (WKZO AM/FM) –Cass County authorities are continuing their investigation into an accidental drowning Friday morning.
Deputies were called to Belas Lake in Penn Township after 7 am, and discovered an empty kayak at the northwest corner of the lake.
Hunting equipment was also found at the scene.
A further search resulted in the discovery of 50-year-old Terry Allen Westphal of Cassopolis.
Initial investigation indicated that Westphal had apparently fallen out of the kayak and drowned.
Cass County deputies were assisted at the scene by Newberg Township Ambulance and Cass County Marine Division.
Exposing the Big Game 
Tied the low-level record for falling out of his hunting stand. Too bad he didn’t get to think about it on the way down, as from 25′ up in a tree stand. The article didn’t state whether he was wearing his hunter-orange Mae West floatation device. Ms. Mouse is led to speculate whether the continuous reaction from an AR-15 firing dozens of rounds in short order at a flock of ducks might have contributed to the kayak rolling and dumping? Supposedly, the hunting trip was a success; something big was bagged.
Good point.