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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio police are investigating after a woman posted on TikTok that she may have discovered a body buried in her yard. 

An account for Katie Santry started her story with a video posted four days ago showing her and her family finding a rug buried in the yard of their east Columbus home.  

Over the course of multiple posts in that time, Santry details her first phone call to police and two officers who came out to investigate, with the officers declining at that time to investigate the matter any further.

In a video posted Thursday afternoon, Santry said Columbus homicide detectives called her saying they would be sending out investigators with cadaver dogs. 

In a video posted Thursday night, Santry said two different cadaver dogs on two separate attempts “sat” at the hole. She shared a video showing the dogs sit near the hole.

A spokesperson for the Columbus Division of Police said detectives and cadaver dogs were at Santry’s home investigating Thursday and that officers would remain stationed at the home overnight. The spokesperson added that there were “no conclusive findings” as of Thursday night and that there would likely be no further updates until Friday.

“The entire world was telling me to have the police come,” Santry said. “When I called the police and asked them, ‘Hey. Do you want to come to my house to look at a rug,’ I felt insane.”

Santry’s videos on the buried rug saga have racked up millions of views.

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