Animal organs found in bag on walking trail, Ypsilanti police say
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A man found a trash bag containing organs of an unknown animal while walking his dog Saturday on a trail near the 100 block of South Grove Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.
The Washtenaw County Medical Examiner's Office responded and determined the bag did not contain human remains, according to the log.
The man's dog initially led him to a bloody yellow shirt on the ground at about 3:52 p.m. The 45-year-old man looked around and found a black trash bag with "organs partially hanging out," the log said.
Officers found a large butcher knife next to the bag.
Officials at the Medical Examiner's Office didn't identify the type of animal, but said it could be a sheep or deer.
Police do not know how the bag ended up on the trail. No further information was available this morning.
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Perhaps some illegal hunting? I hope.
I hope it's nothing more sinister.
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Posted Nov 9 2009
I was wondering where I left my soup supplies!
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Posted Nov 9 2009
@bill, why would you hope it's some illegal hunting? nice comment.
this give us LEGAL hunters a black eye.
first off, it doesn't say how it got there.
if it is deer entrails, bow season for deer opened october 1st, w/various deer seasons through the end of the year. (bow, shotgun/rifle, muzzleloader) may i add that a bow can be used throughout these seasons. i know hunter's that 'dress' deer out at home in their garage. then what do you do w/the organs? (i'm asking you bill) maybe a raccoon then found this bag in a trash can and carried (drug) them off? it's possible.
-dading!
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Posted Nov 9 2009
Reminds me....a couple years ago the Humane Society was called in because people were finding dead dogs and possibly other animals in or near fields near the east side of Ypsi. I think some of the dogs were beheaded. The Humane Society and the sheriff were investigating but I don't remember reading much after that. Any updates? The stories were front page for a few days at the time.
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Posted Nov 9 2009
ProbablypPoaching. Deer are gutted in the field and the meat dragged off. With the economy being so bad, there will be more poaching to help feed families.
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Posted Nov 9 2009
@dading I don't have a problem with hunting. My entire family hunts. (I don't. But I'm not opposed to it.) I didn't mean to offend.
I would assume, though, that a public trail is not a legal place to hunt. Am I wrong in assuming this? If a raccoon would drag a bag of entrails out into the woods, I also assume it didn't take the bloody shirt and knife with it.
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Posted Nov 9 2009
Eww.
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Posted Nov 10 2009
I think you guys are all missing the issue here, we clearly have a cult of zombies, vampires, or perhaps even zombie-vampires on the loose in Washtenaw county.
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Posted Nov 13 2009