{"id":4541,"date":"2026-08-12T07:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:35:55","slug":"nc-man-jumps-into-river-and-gets-trapped-in-churn-below-waterfall-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4541","title":{"rendered":"NC man jumps into river and gets trapped in churn below waterfall, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A North Carolina man was killed when he leaped into Tennessee\u2019s Elk River and was sucked into the roiling water below a popular waterfall, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4539\">SC legislature passes budget, but what will happen with lawmaker earmarks?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It happened Saturday at Twisting Falls in Cherokee Wildlife Management Area, which is just north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The man has been identified as 35-year-old Lucas Seth Anderson of North Wilkesboro, which is about a 90-mile drive northwest from uptown Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to witnesses, a man jumped from the falls, became caught in the undertow, and was pulled beneath the falls,\u201d the Carter County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in an Aug. 9 Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA member of the Anderson\u2019s group was able to retrieve him from the water and began giving him CPR. &#8230; The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4537\">Big Sur wildfire jumps to nearly 3,000 acres as evacuations widen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s believed Anderson drowned while trapped beneath the falls, which is in a \u201ctreacherous\u201d stretch of river, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>An obituary reports Anderson was a husband and an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He was born and raised in Wilkes County and a 2022 graduate of Wilkes Community College, the obituary says.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Elk River has a series of waterfalls collectively known as Twisting Falls, according to the website Hiking the Appalachians and Beyond.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 35-foot lowermost drop of Twisting Falls, locally known as Compression Falls, creates one of the area\u2019s most impressive sights as it crashes with a deafening roar into a deep pool flanked by tall cliffs. The trail to the base of the falls is no joke though \u2013 the unofficial path descends over 400 feet to the Elk River in just a quarter-mile,\u201d the website says.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4535\">SC couple, 92 and 84, were \u2018driven out\u2019 of home by Scout site work, lawsuit says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Seth Anderson of North Carolina died Aug. 8 when he became trapped in the undertow below Twisting Falls in Carter County, Tennessee, sheriff says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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