A pair of bicyclists taking a break in Campbell Creek Park discovered a body floating face down in the creek Saturday afternoon.
It's the fourth corpse found outdoors in Anchorage in the past 10 days, and was in the same park where another body was discovered on Thursday.
"There is no indication, currently, that these events are related in any way," Anchorage spokesman Dave Parker said of the four bodies.
The man discovered at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday had a laceration on his head, but it's not clear if that was caused by a fall or something else, Parker said. Police are investigating, and looking to an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Police had not identified the man as of Saturday night. The body was found a short distance from where the body of another man was found Thursday. The park is just east of Lake Otis Parkway and about two blocks south of Tudor Road.
On Tuesday, another man's body was discovered in a tent in a homeless camp off Third Avenue near the Anchorage jail.
On May 7, the body of Stanley Ivey was found in woods along Chester Creek near Sullivan Arena by a volunteer in the citywide cleanup.
Autopsies are being performed on the three bodies found this past week. On Thursday, police said the medical examiner found no signs of homicide with Ivey but that the exact cause of death had not been determined.
Cousins Lance Kobuk and Mel Oyoumick, of Anchorage, spotted the latest body Saturday in a winding section of the creek next to the Campbell Park ballfield.
"I finally quit shaking just awhile ago," Oyoumick said an hour later.
The man they found was white and mostly bald, with a short gray beard, and a tattoo on his shoulder. He wore what appeared to be a dark-colored, sleeveless T-shirt and Sorel-style winter boots. He was submerged in the water, the cousins said.
Park user Matt Sims said the park is about a 10-minute walk from homeless camps to the east.
By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins@adn.com