“As the water goes down, the skeletons come up,” tourist Noel De Leon said of the declining water levels at Lake Mead

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Human remains were discovered at Lake Mead’s Boulder Beach by visitors who were playing with rocks in shallow water on Sunday, Aug. 16

The discovery comes amid declining water levels at Lake Mead, which reached a record low on Aug. 7

Authorities confirmed the remains belonged to a human, and are now investigating the incident

Two people were visiting Lake Mead when they discovered human remains in the shallow water.

The unidentified remains were reported before 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, the Las Vegas Metropolitan…

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