A man was left with a number of questions when he was out for a stroll in his native Ohio and came across something rather strange.
Reddit user Will shared a photo of a number of deer ankles he found while out for a walk, leaving other people to question how and why they ended up there.
In the viral post, which has received nearly 9,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments, Will shared a photo of the rows of deer ankles laid out on a field. There appears to be scores of bones laid out, with nothing else around except for forest.
Will told Newsweek: "I found them by the Clearfork Reservoir in Ohio, and I was pretty shocked when I saw them. I've seen deer carcasses dumped there before, since it's a hunting area, but I'd never seen something like this. It was honestly pretty eerie."
Newsweek has contacted the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife for comment via email.
Ohio is among the American states where deer hunting is common. According to Wildlife Observer, there are an estimated 35 to 36 million deer in the U.S. and 670,000 white-tailed deer live in the state of Ohio. Alabama has the highest deer population in the country, with 1.25 to 1.5 million white-tailed deer.
Will's post received a huge response, with hundreds of other Reddit users taking to the comments to share their reactions to the unusual discovery.
One person, u/XtremeGnomeCakeover, wrote: "Someone might be making knife handles, but I don't understand why they would leave them in the woods."
Another Reddit user added: "Wow, 26+ deer, maybe you should contact fish and game."
And u/GingerAphrodite said: "Some of the most common methods for processing bones for taxidermy or artistic purposes include natural decomposition. Usually you'll see people choose between insects (dermestid beetles or other bugs that are known for eating flesh kept in an enclosure/tank), maceration, which typically consists of using water or liquids in general to disintegrate or rot the flesh off the bone, or just putting them out in cages or in pastures similar to the one you see in this post and letting nature take its course."
"As an Ohioan when I first seen the post I thought this is going to be in Ohio. Didn't have to scroll far to find I was right," u/Venom_Junky commented.
"You might not want to camp there. Just saying," said u/Unita_Micahk, to which Will responded: "I didn't today but i have camper here in the past!"
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