STAFF REPORTER

FEBRUARY 18 UPDATE: Mount Barker police have called off a search of Porongorup National Park after several reports of a male voice calling for help.

Police spokesman Gerry Cassidy had said the search centred on the Nancy’s Peak area.

Sergeant Cassidy said that several residents of a housing estate at the base of the Porongorup Range had heard the call for help.

The cries were heard separately and over an extended period of time from 10.30am to 7.00pm on Thursday.

The search started late Thursday and resumed Friday morning involving police, the State Emergency Service and volunteers.

Sergeant Cassidy said no person had been reported missing in the area.

The search found nobody in distress and has been called off.