Dead body not suspicious

Photo: Deborah Pfeiffer

Location where body was discovered on Monday

The Penticton RCMP confirmed Tuesday that the body of a man was found in an abandoned shed in a field off Green Mountain Road on Monday.

The death has been deemed not suspicious, and it appears the man was there for several days.

His family has been located and advised.

The BC Coroner is doing the follow up, and no further information is being released by the RCMP.

People who work and walk in the area, near the Okanagan River Channel, described the find as scary and disturbing.

Allen Kroeger, the Penticton Indian Band community member who made the grisly find Monday morning, said it was unnerving.

He said people use the shed once in a while as a place to stay. So when he first saw the man about a week ago, he thought he was sleeping.

But Monday, when he was working at the location, he noticed the man was still in the same position and his skin colour did not look right.

"I was just shocked to see that, because he has a family somewhere," he said.

Kroeger believed the man to be around 30 years of age.