The TikToker found a rug buried in her yard and confirmed it was a dead body

A true crime story that almost unfolded before Katie Santryeyes.

After the TikToker shared on October 1, she found a rolled-up rug buried deep in her backyard while she and her boyfriend Brandon When she was digging holes for a new fence, it eventually led forensic teams to investigate the Columbus, Ohio, yard.

But while no human remains were ultimately found, as local police confirmed to E! October news. 4, It was a saga that took the internet by storm. Here’s a breakdown of exactly what happened, and why TikTok was convinced something was wrong.

While Katie didn’t initially think much of the rug she discovered, it was when she woke up one morning to a smashed laptop screen and a desk in disarray. After her boyfriend, his children and her son insisted they were not near the sunroom, she wondered if there was a supernatural connection between the smashed laptop and the rug.

“Is there a body in that carpet?” Katie speculated on TikTok on October 1. “Or is it the ghost of the carpet’s past? What the heck happened? Is there a ghost breaking my stuff?”