DOVER, England, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The British coast guard recovered four bodies Saturday that appeared to have washed ashore along the cliffs of Dover, England.
While on routine patrol along the British coast Friday, a coast guard helicopter spotted a corpse on the cliff rocks and after flying by a second time he saw two more bodies and than a fourth, the BBC reported.
Cliff rescue specialists had to rappel the 80-foot cliffs to recover the bodies.
"The bodies are in various stages of decomposition indicating that they may well have been in the water for varying lengths of time," a spokesman for the Sussex police said. "At this stage there do not appear to be any suspicious circumstances."
A spokesman for the coast guard said what appeared to be bags were found with the bodies that were discovered within 50 feet of each other.
A corner's inquiry is scheduled.
