When a dog unexpectedly went up to a pile of sand at the beach, started howling and snarling, and then dug into the sand, everyone was shocked.
It was simply another day of intense heat. There were lots of people on the beach. Children were building sandcastles, making figures, and running along the beach while burying themselves in the sand. While some were relaxing with their families under a beach umbrella, others were swimming, playing ball, and sunbathing with friends. It seemed to be a calm day, just another lovely summer day.
One of the bathers was a man in his thirties. He was tall, wearing a panama hat, and he was walking slowly along the beach with his dog, a reddish short-haired dog with a black collar. Sometimes he would talk to his pet while holding the leash, and the animal would happily wag its tail, sniff the air, and leave footprints in the sand.
Everything changed in an instant.
Suddenly the dog sensed something and quickly turned its head toward a large nearby mound of sand. After erecting it, the children seemed to have gone swimming. The dog ran toward the pile. The man could not stop the dog in time as it went toward the pile, and the leash fell from his hands.
At first, it seemed like a game. The dog circled the sand pile, growled, and barked before beginning to dig frantically. Sand flew everywhere as the dog dug deeper, ignoring the owner’s cries and onlookers.
— Hi there! “Calm down!” the man cried, and he hurried to grab the dog. But it barked louder and kept digging.
It might have smelled like food or rubbish, the man surmised. Or perhaps a toy was concealed in the sand. But his eyes fell on something that was visible in the sand as he reached down to grab the dog by its collar. then he came to a halt.
The man pulled out his phone and dialed 911 while his hands were shaking.
The loose, scattered soil began to gently take the shape of a human hand. Pale and dead, with grains of sand stuck to the skin and partially worn away by the pit the dog had dug.
The man stepped back in fear and almost fell. His heart pounded. Finally, a voice replied from the other end of the line.
He assists He shuddered and uttered, “It’s urgent.” — Here on the shore, the dog found a hand. A human hand!
Rescuers and police officers swarmed the shore in a matter of minutes. The roped area surrounding the sand mound was off-limits to bathers.
When the cops began carefully excavating the sand with shovels, the public was startled and worried.
It was the next discovery that caught everyone off guard. In the pit under the sand, a woman’s body was placed with care. Everything but the head. No head was present. Despite searching the area, police were unable to locate the head
This terrible revelation shattered the peace of the coastal village. The beach, a place of happiness and leisure, abruptly turned into the scene of a crime.
The cops initiated an urgent inquiry.
Besides, the dog no longer barked. It sat gently next its owner, as if it knew it had achieved something important. Perhaps anything that inspired the pursuit of truth.
