an interestering occouance

I'm listening to a pile-up on 14.277 tonight. I barely hear an SOS being transmitted in CW, followed by a callsign.

Took me fifteen minutes to dig the callsign out of the mud; it was KB9RQZ. So I look it up on QRZ. I see he's in Houghton County, MI. Lots of water up there, so it could be legit. (BTW, I know nothing about this Mark guy until tonight when someone fills me in...)

So like a good little ham operator, I call the Houghton County, Michigan Sheriff Department and report the SOS.

This would be a REAL black eye for ham radio if this was a hoax.

and we had a visit from the sheriffs office this message and the whois on Nimbusters.org was given them

Clearly the incident is meant to provoke to accuse Glen wa8qnf and/or w8fwg george and while such an action is certainly possible indeed it is more possible for them than me given my total inability with CW. it seems improbale at best (or is that worst)