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BOZEMAN - The Gallatin County Sheriff's Department has called off a search for a woman reportedly seen near the Gallatin River and Interstate 90 wearing only a towel.

A full scale search was initiated about 9:30 p.m on Tuesday after the sheriff's department got reports of a naked woman along the interstate. The woman was reportedly only wearing a towel wrapped around her head.

Sheriff Brian Gootkin said his department moved quickly because of the extreme cold and the danger it could pose to someone exposed to the weather.

More than 30 emergency responders were called out to help, as well as crews from the Manhattan Fire Department and Belgrade's Central Valley Fire Department.

Searchers combed about a mile of the river between Belgrade and Manhattan for nearly three hours before ending their efforts around 1 a.m.

Gootkin asks anyone with information about the incident to call the sheriff's department at 582-2100.