[UPDATE] Dead Body Found on the Shore in the Ma-le’l Dunes Area

At approximately 9:30 this morning, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a body discovered in the Ma-le’l Dunes area between Arcata and Eureka. A woman walking on the beach reportedly discovered the body near the water.

We’ve requested more information from the Sheriff’s Department and will update when we learn more.

UPDATE 9:42 a.m. Tuesday: Body Found on Manila Beach Was a Young Male, Says Sheriff’s Office

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Mustang Sally
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7 years ago

Not familiar where this beach is. What area is it located?

Ernie Branscomb
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7 years ago
Reply to  Mustang Sally

Basically, on the Pacific Ocean shoreline due west of Arcata.

Liz
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Liz
7 years ago
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Killtheepa
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Killtheepa
7 years ago

How about a better description never heard of this place does it have an American name an English name.

Dawnetta carpenter
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Dawnetta carpenter
7 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Well said

guest
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guest
7 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Kim are you going to post any updates on the Lockhart case I seen he was on the booking log?

guest
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guest
7 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

David

ClassWarrior
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ClassWarrior
7 years ago
Reply to  Killtheepa

Aren’t you quite the intellectual!

‘Murica! We’re nuuuuuumber oooooooone! Beer me!

(footnote: the Land of the Free actually is number 1- in per capita prison population.)

N
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N
7 years ago
Reply to  ClassWarrior

Maybe killtheepa is a putin sponsored troll.

Poster formerly known as Matt
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Poster formerly known as Matt
7 years ago

No, that is the name.

It’s near Manila.

Richard
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Richard
7 years ago

Liz, thanks for the suggestion; got right to it.

A Claypool
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7 years ago

Is that right by the gun range?

dan
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dan
7 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

South of gun-range north of Manila.
Fiends of the Dunes area, where so much vegetation was removed
that the geology has been destabilized, killing hundreds of native- natural progression trees and destroying emergent wetlands.

Funny thing is that the same folk that profiteered from destabilizing our sands have been granted
“Resilience Grants!” No story here, just run of the mill Humboldt corruption.

sue
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sue
7 years ago
Reply to  dan

.these dunes are full of plants and animal..not just European beach grass..I think it looks great
I was just out there last week ..along with horse people and dog walkers. It is a nice area not a lot of people go to

RT
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RT
7 years ago

Basically it’s the dunes from hwy 255 to the ocean west of Manila

Life is Good
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Life is Good
7 years ago

Instead of wondering where the hell the exact location is wonder about a probable poor soul depressed during the holidays that went in to put an end to it all.

xdune rider
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xdune rider
7 years ago

Unfortunately, the isolation of the beach has always bred sketchy behavior. Hopefully it’s someone that was lost at sea, she returned them and not a violent incident.

When we were allowed to ride in the area, it was the Manilla Dunes; they best ORV area on the northcoast. Used to be a big tourist draw, but all of that went away and as mentioned previously, the whole area is destabilized and will have dunes up to the slough. ORV use never did this, but the “science” and enviro communities would never allow a multi-use area, only full “protection” was the option.

Mike
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Mike
7 years ago
Reply to  xdune rider

You got that right. Man I miss those days. I spent every single weekend out there riding from junior high up. I loved that area. The crappy 110 acres we have now can be ridden in about 20 minutes, then your bored.

Just Saying
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Just Saying
7 years ago
Reply to  Mike

So go ride the dunes in the OHV area that BLM operates on the north jetty area.

Mike
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Mike
7 years ago
Reply to  Just Saying

Did you not read my last sentence to the post you replied too??

dan
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dan
7 years ago

The xdune rider is correct, the ORVs didn’t destabilize the Rudd Property and Mal’el as one could assume.
It was Andrea Pickart’s ill conceived and mismanaged approach to alter the vegetation- that lead to the loss of a 30′ tall, continuous fore dune, three ponds, acres of Coastal Act marshes, wildlife, and paleo forest that hasn’t moved in thousands of years, is now slipfaced with dead trees.
Andrea had told Manila CSD that she would NOT destabilize- she lied, trees died.
Where are the journalists?

sam creek
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sam creek
7 years ago

so dead body??? dead body???

Ambarbituate
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Ambarbituate
7 years ago

Male or female?

Waitaminute!
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Waitaminute!
7 years ago

Jeeeez I just read the brief on this body found near the water, skimmed 20 comments & not a single 1 regarding the human life that no longer is, except ‘Life is Good’ which concluded it was a suicide due to depresyadayadayadada which is a complete assumption! Seems as if human life is meaningless to y’all & it’s more important to discuss the location, the dunes, political issues, or the Lockharts who aren’t even related to this story for GOD’S SAKE!

Truthy
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7 years ago
Reply to  Waitaminute!

Thank you. Agree, sad for this person’s passing. Can we stay on the subject of this article?? If not, please move on.

judi
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7 years ago
Reply to  Waitaminute!

the coast guard kept paging out notices about “a body in the water” 2 days ago (i think, during the storms)). i never caught the location. cg was telling other mariners to keep an eye on the water for that person…

Dune Fan - ATVs suck
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Dune Fan - ATVs suck
7 years ago

The dunes are being frozen in place by non-native species. Removal of those species allows the dune to move, as they are naturally supposed to do. A non-moving dune is NOT natural! Off-roading in the area is destructive to this fragile ecosystem.

Truthy
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7 years ago

A person posting about sand when the article is about a deceased person is not natural! WTF is wrong with you? A life lost, and you feel the need to change the subject. Please don’t post anymore about sand dunes.

G-MAS
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G-MAS
7 years ago

Such a bad time of the year.prayers to the family.

Lake County Not So Bad
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Lake County Not So Bad
7 years ago

I have no insight to the person that passed. Could be good, could be bad. My comment is not directed to that person but rather to the living, but unconscious person who uses these two words together; dead body. Please, do not ever say, “dead body” around me, I will blow a gasket. A body was found on the beach. Was it dead or alive? If it was dead, it’s a body, if it’s alive, it’s a person. By the way, Merry Christmas!

River Rat
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River Rat
7 years ago

( L. C. n. s. bad) the word “dead” is is simply an adjective describing the noun “body”
when alive your still a body. If you’er going to blow a gasket do it somewhere where someone can find your pea size brain and your DEAD BODY.

Janine
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Janine
7 years ago

I hope my body is never found in Humbolt it would cause a save a tree tweet. No wonder homeless don’t matter or beached body’s God rest in peace ..

Shaka
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Shaka
7 years ago
Reply to  Janine

Janine Humboldt is spelled with a d….

Shawn Cherry
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Shawn Cherry
7 years ago

Where is the gun range?

Shawn Cherry
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Shawn Cherry
7 years ago

Back when you could ride on the dunes there was dunes. Now its brush. Not trees. It’s a tweeker haven for drugs and stolen stuff and homeless camps. It’s not even safe to enjoy a day at the beach in that area. How many redheaded blackbelt stories of recovered stolen items or abandoned cars and trash? Too many. Should be barbecues and paddle tires!

gunther
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gunther
7 years ago
Reply to  Shawn Cherry

“This 160 acre dune unit is the most pristine remaining dune system in the Pacific Northwest. The name came from a place name of the ancestral Wiyot tribe. Open during daylight hours.”

Unless of course you live there and use the area for a toilet.

John Thomas
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John Thomas
7 years ago

This is a tragic event for any sympathetic reader of this story. The “victim” and the unfortunate woman who came upon the scene on Christmas Day are the ones eternally affected. Any person who attempts to pry their opinion about anything else from his shaky podium should be kicked off of it by his donkey riding, cowboy hat wearing compadres.

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