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Police looking for missing 38-year-old man last seen at local campground

GILPIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police are searching for Nathan Lauer, 38, of Punxsutawney, who was last seen Saturday.

Lauer’s friends told police that he had gone swimming at the Johnetta Campgrounds early that morning.

When one friend woke back up, he noticed that Lauer and another friend were nowhere to be found.

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Troopers made contact with the other friend, who said that he did not take Lauer home.

Lauer was last seen wearing black basketball shorts, no shirt, and possibly black shoes or was barefoot, according to a release.

Pennsylvania State Police, Gilpin Township Police K-9, State Police Aviation, and divers all helped scan the section of the Allegheny River that Lauer was last seen in.