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Details are sketchy at this time but 7NEWS understands that sometime on Wednesday a group of international divers made a gruesome discovery several hundred feet inside the Blue Hole situated in the centre of the Lighthouse Reef System. Unconfirmed reports are that the remains of what appeared to be a man was found three hundred feet down and a camera was strapped around the body. It is not known why the divers decided to leave the remains in deep within the Blue Hole but they did resurface with the camera that was handed in to the San Pedro Police.

When 7NEWS contacted the island’s authorities they told us that they first need to verify that there is a body in the Blue Hole. But when they took the camera to a local dive shop, the staff was able to use a serial number to trace it back to an incident that occurred seven years ago in which a camera was reported missing from a team that did a dive of the Blue Hole. According to the police while they believe a missing person report had also been filed at that time they have yet to confirm it,

But the talk on the island is that the remains discovered are believed to be that of a U.S. national who was staying at a local hotel and went missing. The case file has now been handed over to the head of the Eastern Division David Henderson.

7NEWS understands that local authorities are still trying to head out to the dive site to confirm the sighting to confirm if the report is true by recovering the remains but there may be financial constraints because the great depth would make it an expensive operation. We hope to have more on this story on Friday’s newscast.