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 victims were identified as Alexander Karl Getz, 38, and Peter James Stansky, 31, both of Miami.

"They were walking back towards the car. So maybe then it was starting to get bad, and they were trying to seek shelter. They just didn't make it," said Brian Dressel, a spokes

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