By JASON SCHULTZ

A St. Lucie County surf shop owner who went missing Friday morning has been found in a patch of weeds on Hutchinson Island, and authorities are trying to figure out how he got there.

Bruce Strunk, 56, was last seen by family members around 9 a.m. this morning when he left the Spunky’s Surf Shop he owns on 1403 North U.S. 1 in St. Lucie County to make a bank deposit, according to a sheriff’s report. He was driving a blue 2006 Dodge Ram pickup. He made the deposit at the bank but never returned to the surf shop. Family members who searched for him found the truck parked at John Brooks Park on Hutchinson Island.

Deputies and the U.S. Coast Guard searched for Strunk by using a helicopter equipped with an infrared scanner, according to the report. They found him in a patch of heavy weeds and brush about a mile south of where his truck had been found around 9:20 p.m.

St. Lucie County sheriff’s officials said late Friday they were not sure of Strunk’s condition or how he got there, but that he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

Anyone with information about the incident can call Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-800-273-8477.

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