A buried rug in someone’s yard has TikTok unraveling a true crime obsession in real time. TikToker Katie Santry and her boyfriend found the rug while digging up their yard to build a fence, and Santry recorded the eerie moment, leading to over 19M views on her initial video. Although she had joked about her home being haunted, viewers took it seriously, speculating that a body might be wrapped in the rug. Adding to the mystery, the rug was buried beneath a costly “bloodgood tree,” prompting commenters to speculate its significance. (It must be connected?!) And though initially thought to suggest something like a junkyard, the hundreds of thousands watching police investigate on a TikTok Live expected a dead body. The police ultimately discovered only rubber in the rug, but that hasn’t stopped the viral intrigue. (Tech Crunch)
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