Wisconsin angler finds Minnesota woman's prosthetic leg

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ALEXANDRIA (AP) — A Minnesota woman who lost her prosthetic leg while swimming in a lake three years ago has been reunited with the lost limb thanks to a Wisconsin angler.

Beth Krohn was fishing last month on Lake Ida in Alexandria. She said her line kept snagging on something, and she thought, “I hope it's not a dead body.”

A KSAX-TV report stated Krohn's catch turned out to be the prosthetic leg that Pam Riley of Morris lost three years ago.

Krohn eventually tracked Riley down and returned the lost limb.

Krohn is proud of the catch. She said it's like going deer hunting and shooting the biggest buck of all.

Riley said she has always wondered what someone would think if they saw a leg surfacing in a lake.

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