Police almost reported a murder case: Did this now-viral local TikToker find a body buried in her yard?

Typically, local content creator Katie Santry's videos centered around motherhood, parenthood, and family life. Until one day they weren't anymore.

Santry, whose TikTok username is @Katiesantry, recently went viral on the platform with a series of videos documenting her family's discovery of a menacing buried rug in their yard. Police, ghosts and possibly buried bodies follow.

According to Santry, it all started when she and her husband planned to build a new fence in their yard.

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“We were digging a post hole and came to a point where there was a huge carpet two and a half feet deep and we couldn't dig any further,” she said 614Now.

The entire process of finding the carpet and the exciting events that follow are recorded on her TikTok. Their videos about the incident went viral, with many of them reaching millions of views each. The most viewed video – which you can see below – has over 7 million views as of Wednesday morning.

@katiesantry In response to @Move Forward with KV I called, the police are coming to investigate. #hauntedtiktok #hauntedhouse #rug ♬ Original sound – Katie Santry

“I absolutely didn’t expect it to go viral,” Santry said with a laugh.

On Monday, she called the police, who came to her home to take a look at the buried carpet. According to the local content creator, “They were almost talking about murder; They also find it very, very strange.”

She told 614Now Police said they did not have the resources to dig up the carpet themselves, but they hoped a local construction company would be willing to help with the excavation.

@katiesantry Reply to @ɱεℓ ɓ that's it. At first I really thought this was about to get crazy, but after calling his boss they concluded they couldn't put resources into something unknown. This is the end of the story and everything that is in this carpet remains there. Now back to our regular program.🙃 ##hauntedtiktok##hauntedhouse##rug ♬ Original sound – Katie Santry

“Now we're trying to figure out how to get this carpet out of the ground. We’re determined to get this rug out and see what’s going on,” she said. “The police said we can dig and if we find anything they will come back.”

Additionally, Santry reported strange, unexplained things happening around her house after discovering the buried item and openly wondered on TikTok if her house was now haunted.

“My laptop dies in the middle of the night…The Apple guy says it looked like he was elbowed or punched…The…” [sunroom] “The door was closed and the laptop was in the room closest to the hole,” she said. “I thought, ‘Oh my God. What the hell happened?'”

We'll keep you updated on the saga and you can watch yourself on Santry's TikTok.

@katiesantry I think my house is haunted!!!! #ghosthunting #ghosts ♬ Original sound – Katie Santry

Update: After this story was published, Santry posted another TikTok in which she said she was contacting one of the former homeowners who might be able to shed light on the buried carpet.

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