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Horror as ‘dead manatee’ revealed as HUMAN remains in Florida canal as mystery surrounds death

A WOMAN'S 911 call led to the discovery of human remains after she thought she spotted a manatee stuck in a canal, cops said.

The body of Daniel Pastor, 32, of Port St Lucie, Florida was recovered from the canal on May 4, local police said.

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A man's body was pulled from a Florida canal this week
A man's body was pulled from a Florida canal this weekCredit: TC Palm News
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She called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission after thinking she saw a dead manatee.

When FWC arrived on scene, they determined the woman actually discovered a human body.

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The Port St Lucie Police Department and St Lucie County Sheriff's Office were both contacted.

Authorities from the sheriff's office, including detectives and a dive team, worked to retrieve the body from the canal.

The remains were later identified as Pastor, who was reported missing by his mother on May 1, the sheriff's office said.

"We extend our deepest sympathies to the Pastor family for their loss," deputies wrote in a news release.

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St Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara said the death is being considered suspicious, WPBF reported.

“That’s all we can really say right now until we get the body off-site to the medical examiner’s office,” Mascara said.

Investigators are still working to determine how Pastor died.

“I guess it is scary, sure, to think that right in my own backyard something like that happened,” McGuire said after learning she found someone's body.

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“I was shocked. But I guess these days and ages, nothing shocks you really.”

The incident remains under investigation.

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