A body was discovered early Wednesday afternoon off Shades Crest Road in Hoover.

The discovery was made about 1 p.m. by two people were visiting Lover’s Leap on Shades Crest, said police Capt. Keith Czeskleba.

The passersby by looked over the cliff and noticed what appeared to be a body.

Police and fire medics arrived and determined the body – which is about 75 to 100 hundred feet down the cliff – is that of an adult white male.

Czeskleba said first responders are working to recover the body and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office is en route.

He said it’s too soon to determine how the man died.