The Winnebago County Sheriffs Office dive team, found something in an Appleton lake that made a 12-year-old’s day.
- Early July, 12-year-old Molly Leupnitz lost her watch in Plamann Lake in Appleton.
- After three months underwater, the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office dive team found the watch still functioning.
- Leupnitz saved for a year to buy the watch, and she was very excited to have it back.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story, edited for web)
John Gende has been a deputy for the Winnebago County Sheriffs Office for 12 years.
And he’s now a member of the dive search and rescue team.
“I love the fact that when you’re underwater, it’s just a completely different experience than being on land,” he said.
During a dive team training session on Friday the 13th Deputy Gende found something unexpected.
“I thought it was pretty interesting,” he said. “And it looked different than the contour of the rest of lake.”
It was an Apple Watch, resting eight feet below the surface.