Police have launched an investigation after a human skull was found in a duck pond in a remote corner of some farmland.
Officers form Lincolnshire Police were quick to cordon off the area following the grisly find with a forensic tent set up protecting the scene.
Investigators have been spotted examining where the remains were discovered by a member of the public, reports Grimsby Live.
A woman living on a nearby farm in Lincolnshire told the paper: "The police were here at first light. It was about 4am. Someone found a human skull. It is a shock.
"Everyone is asking questions about who it could be and how long they had been there. It is sad because it is someone's brother or sister or maybe a parent. The bloke who found it said it has teeth but no one knows how long it has been there."
The woman said she did not know if there were other body parts found at the scene. Another nearby resident said: "You don't expect anything like this happening next to you. We are all curious. There are more investigators who arrived this morning and there is more activity at the scene."
The resident added: "The ditches are usually filled with water. But when it gets hot like today they can dry up."
Investigators will be examining the area around the duck pond near to Pear Tree Lane at Fulstow and trying to establish any link with people on the Missing Persons Register.
There will also be work by pathologists to try to match it with DNA lists kept by the National Crime Agency of people who are registered as missing.
The field where the remains were found today runs alongside the former Grimsby to Louth railway line.
A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: "Police officers and forensics are at the duck pond in Pear Tree Lane, Fulstow, following a report of a human skull being found by a member of the public.
"Our force control room was called by a member of the public who reported that the bone was in the pond at around 12.37pm on Thursday
"We believe this may be a human skull, but this will be determined by an in-depth forensic examination of the skull which can take up to several weeks to complete. The area has been cordoned off and we expect to remain in the area carrying out a full search over the weekend and into Monday."
This isn't the first time human remains have been found in the area, with a severed foot, believed to have belonged to a young woman, found on a pathway in the New Waltham area around 10km away in 2019.
So far there is nothing to suggest these two incidents are connected.
