HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. - Lightning is being blamed for the deaths of two Miami men and two hunting dogs in Highlands County .

The backstory:

According to the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the area of Rucks Dairy Road around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers.

The FWC had been searching for two men who had gone hunting and not returned, and had found their car parked in the area.

Their bodies were found on the levee next to a canal.

The two men are from Miami and while their identities have not been released, officials say they are 38 and 31 years old.

Investigators say they likely died from a lightning strike sometime on Monday evening, but the medical examiner will determine their official cause of de

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