Viral TikTok videos of a buried carpet lead to a police investigation at an Ohio home

A home in Ohio is currently under police investigation after a woman's viral TikTok videos led officers to examine a buried rug in her backyard. Katie Santry started posting on her TikTok a few days ago that she believes her house is haunted and continued: Explaining how things in her sunroom randomly get misplaced or broken. She also said that when she and her husband began digging a hole to build a fence in their backyard, she and her husband found a rolled up carpet about two feet underground. In several videos that have since garnered millions of views, Santry recounted her experiences trying to dig up the carpet or rug and all the oddities that happened along the way. She said they tried to dig it up, but it was too big and long for just a shovel. When commenters told her to call the police, she responded that an officer was coming to inspect the carpet. A video shows officers examining the hole telling her they also found it “strange.” She said police are unable to devote resources to it if they don't know what it is and say it's up to them whether they want to dig it up. She even went so far as to contact the real estate agent for the house, who contacted the family's daughter, who did. The owner of the house in front of her asked if she knew anything about it, which she didn't, and she said she did not that there are pets buried in the backyard. According to NBC affiliate WCMH, Santry is only the second owner and the home was built in 1967. After several days, the attention prompted Columbus police to send detectives and cadaver dogs to examine the carpet. The investigation led to her entire house being taped off as the dogs were seen “hitting the hole,” she said in her video. In an interview with WCMH, Santry described what happened when the cadaver dogs came to her house: “Even when the first dog sat, I really didn't believe the second dog would do the same. I thought it was just an accident. And when the second dog did it, I freaked out,” Santry said. The dog's discovery prompted investigators to send a team to dig up the carpet, which is ongoing. In an update on Friday, Santry posted a video saying investigators had Columbus police told WCMH on Friday that there were no “conclusive results” as of 11:05 a.m. At 12 p.m., NBC4 reporter Samantha Bender said the excavator had now arrived at the scene.