Low tide and a tow truck aided law enforcement officials in rescuing a waterlogged 1995 Volvo station wagon on Dec. 3 at Beach Drive NE and NE Sunset St. in Poulsbo, according to Kitsap County Sheriff’s reports.

Deputies arrived at the western end of NE Sunset Street at about 10:15 a.m., responding to a call there was a Volvo in the water. In fact, there was. The Volvo was submerged to the bottom of its windows in the Hood Canal, the report stated.

Deputies decided to use the low tide to their advantage and called Gateway Towing to pull the vehicle out of the water. A dive-certified Suquamish Police officer helped to hook the car to the tow truck.

A neighbor reported his wife saw headlights on the beach at about 10 p.m. the night before. The witness saw the headlights turn off and someone walk away from the car.

Once the car was retrieved, authorities traced the license plate and contacted the vehicle owner, with whom the Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island police have an “extensive history,” the report stated.

It was not determined how the Volvo ended up in the Hood Canal, but the report stated the deputies found “tire tracks going around some sand covered logs. As soon as we followed the tracks over the slight incline we saw that the tracks curved slightly to the south then were erased by the high tide earlier in the morning.”

Deputies also found an array of items in the car, in addition to an excessive amount of water: “boxes, groceries, a pet carrier, some clothing and a couple of empty 24-ounce Icehouse beer cans,” the report stated.

The owner attempted to report the car stolen, but deputies doubted the veracity of the claim, according to the report.

— Celeste Cornish, Editor