Police are probing some suspicious activity, evidence of which was discovered on the morning of January 28, in a vacant section of the Oak Ridge residential subdivision in the vicinity of Eden Hill Road.

Police spokesman Lieutenant Aaron Bahamonde said police were alerted about 10 am by Public Works Department employees of a grisly find in a secluded area at the turnaround circle on Nicolina Way. Nicolina Way is a dead-end street that extends from the dead-end Sebastian Trail. Sebastian Trail extends from Oak Ridge Drive.

Amid a pile of old furniture and furnishings that had been illegally dumped at the Nicolina Way turnaround circle was a mattress that had been thrown atop what appeared to the entrails and internal organs of some type of animal, Lt Bahamonde said. No bones were found. No hoof prints were present.

The side of the mattress that had been in contact with the bloody animal flesh had a large bright red blood stain on it, he said. But there was no animal carcass there, the lieutenant said.

The public works employees had been called by a resident to remove the dumped items from the isolated area, the lieutenant said. The workers have been called to the area in the past for other cases of illegal dumping.

Seeking to gauge the scope of what they found, police launched their drone to get an aerial view of the terrain. Police also conducted a foot search. Initially, whether the blood was of human origin was unclear, Lt Bahamonde said.

Newtown police had the state police’s Major Crime Squad come to the scene for evidence collection. The blood-stained mattress was transported to the state crime lab for testing. Later in the day, it was learned that the blood and entrails did not come from a human.

Police also called in the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for its appraisal on what had occurred at the scene, he said. Police learned that the amount of blood staining the mattress exceeded what likely would have come from a deer.

Police do not believe that the evidence indicates demonic rituals had occurred there, Lt Bahamonde said. The evidence at the scene indicates the only criminal activity to be illegal dumping.

The lieutenant said that a woman whom they interviewed who lives in that area told them that she had encountered such dumped animal remains in the past while walking in the area. The area is popular with dog walkers and horseback riders.

Police have increased their patrols in the isolated area. Also, they have asked residents in that area to report any suspicious activity to them at 203-426-5841.