The body of a man was discovered at a popular West Lothian hiking spot on Saturday morning.
Police and ambulance crews scrambled to an area near Cockleroy Hill, Linlithgow, around 9.45am on February 4, but the 69-year-old man was unfortunately pronounced dead at the scene.
It is understood that another couple came across the individual, who is thought to have been walking his dog at the time, before ambulance crews arrived.
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Several locals in the town also reported several police vehicles heading towards the hill towards the south and expressed their concerns.
Officers confirmed that the death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 9.45am on Saturday, February 4, to a report of a man unwell at Cockleroy Hill, near Linlithgow.
“Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
”The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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