'Drowning victim' watches cops look for him

By QMI Agency

Police in Tennessee are still deciding if they should charge a man after rescuers searched for him for three hours because he was thought to have drowned, only to find out later he had been watching rescue efforts from a bar.

On Sunday, a man jumped into the Tennessee River from the town of Decatur.

Witnesses saw the man go in, but didn't see him resurface, so they called police, the Decatur Daily newspaper reported.

Rescue crews were called and they searched the water for three hours.

Meanwhile, police said, the man was sitting at the Hard Dock Cafe and watched the rescue efforts. The man later swam back across the river to go home.

Police received a phone call about a wet man matching the missing man's description walking down the street. Police allege the man may have made the call himself.

One man involved with the rescue told the newspaper a lot of people who helped look for the man were mad and felt like they'd wasted their time.

From: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2010/06/16/14410471.html