Headless Animals In Prank

[HeavyPaws]

A Miami neighbourhood was left horrified on Thursday morning when they woke to find dozens of dead, headless animals littered along their street.

In a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, the bloodied remains of the animals were laid out over nearly two blocks in the residential area.

Decapitated goats, cats and different kinds of birds like pigeons and hens were strewn along the street in what some residents think may have been part of some kind of witchcraft or a religious ritual like Santeria.

Police are investigating if the bizarre find was in fact something more sinister or an early Halloween prank.

Santeria is a centuries old religion where sacrificial birds and animals are an offering during ceremonies as believers worship saints and feel they are cleansed of all evil.

Resident Marioly Perez who woke when she heard screeching tires said she was terrified at what was outside her front door: 'Nothing had a head. I have never seen anything like this. It's scary'.

Onlookers said that there was also a 'very large' animal that no one could identify.

Some neighbours said they saw five people dressed in white and others heard a loud bang and the sound of a speeding car's tires peeling away.

When they walked out of their homes they were faced with headless carcasses and body parts all over the road.

Perez said as well as the unsightly images the smell was suffocating as it appeared the animals may have been dead for a while.

Josefine Pita who also lives in the area said: 'We all love animals here. This is very, very depressing. You don't know what kind of crazy people are around your neighbourhood'.

She added: 'It's very, very scary because you don't know if they are going to steal your animal'.

Miami's Sanitation Department arrived to clear away the bodies and intestines while the Fire Department hosed down the street to get rid of all remnants of the blood.

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Headless animals in Halloween prank

[spottychick]

jeez - thats nasty. I didnt visit the link.

[Zhou Xuanyao]

That doesn't sounds like a prank, although far be it from me to presume the nature of other peoples sense of humor.

Sounds like it could be some kind of religious/cult ritual as mentioned. Or maybe whoever is responsible has a grievance and is trying to intimidate the residents in the area.

[poochmad]

Here's hoping the animals they found were already dead and they didn't kill animals for their 'cause'.