The boat's owners have returned home to Mississippi. They are no longer communicating with local salvage guy, Jerry Guyer, or the U.S. Coast Guard.

Milwaukee County Supervisor Shawn Rolland suggests the county could enforce its illegal dumping ordinance, then fine the owners.

It's been six months since a boat washed ashore and landed itself along Lake Michigan's shoreline in Milwaukee.

The boat – "Deep Thought" – has been washed ashore just south of Bradford Beach for nearly six months. It ran out of gas and got stuck in the sand. The owners, from Mississippi, skipped town.

from the Lake Michigan shoreline between Bradford Beach and McKinley Park. The owners, Richard and Sherry Wells, live in Mississippi. They bought the boat in Manitowoc and ran out of gas ...