GREEN LAKE, Wis. - Investigators say a missing kayaker faked his own drowning death in Green Lake. It's an investigation that reads like a movie script, and took everyone, including Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll by surprise.

Authorities now believe a Watertown man who was reported missing while kayaking is alive and likely staged his own death before fleeing the country.

Wisconsin Public Radio A kayaker who went missing in Green Lake this summer is believed by authorities to have faked his death and fled