Large bird left behind dramatic-looking carcass on shore of Kalamalka Lake

The skeleton of a large bird was discovered in a striking pose on a beach at Kekuli Bay Provincial Park near Vernon.

The meat had been cleaned off the bone yet the wings remained almost fully spread. 

The carcass looks like it belonged to a heron or eagle. 

"I was just walking at the beach and I saw it and I took a picture," said Sylvia Voets, who submitted the photo. 

"It's a mystery how it got killed."

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