Body found at Blue Ridge Parkway

BLOWER ROCK, NC – A body was found Saturday afternoon off Blue Ridge Parkway, according to the National Park Service.

The NPS said dispatchers responded to reports from a visitor to the park of a body found near one of the lookouts on Saturday around 1:14 p.m.

Law enforcement rangers found a dead man shortly after, located under the Yadkin Valley Overlook, at mile marker 289.8, according to affiliate Charlotte NBC.

The cause of death is unknown, according to the police.

The NPS Investigative Services Branch and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are investigating this issue.