Macabre images that send shivers down your spine. In the Cowgate district of Edinburgh, Scotland, the Halloween party was cut short on Saturday evening due to a police operation, which could be linked to a “severed head” found in the street, according to several British media including The Telegraph .
Street nightspots were evacuated while several streets were closed off on Saturday evening, while witnesses saw Police Scotland officers setting up two forensic tents. Patrons of the pubs present spoke of rumors of a “severed head” found on the road.
Later, law enforcement announced they had been called to a “serious traffic collision.” “Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 2, we responded to reports that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle. Blair Street, Guthrie Street and Candlemaker Row are currently closed and the public is asked to avoid the area until further notice,” responded a Scottish Police spokesperson, quoted by the Edinburgh Evening News.
Scottish police later confirmed the death of a 74-year-old man in a traffic accident, hit by a double-decker bus.
On social media, videos began circulating showing a group of disguised partygoers approaching what looked like a head in the middle of the street. A man grabs it, before dropping it and abruptly moving away, visibly in shock.
While Scottish police did not confirm that a severed head had been discovered and that it belonged to the pensioner killed in the crash, they did say they were aware of “videos and images circulating on social networks”.
Chief Inspector Trisha Clark, local area commander, called for people to “not share them” out of respect for the family of the deceased and to report them to social media to avoid wider dissemination, reports The Telegraph.
“There has been a lot of speculation, and I would like to reassure the local community that this is an isolated incident and there is no risk to the general public,” she added. An investigation is underway.
