Kids Find Human Leg While Fishing in Mississippi Lake

A human leg was found in a small lake in Mississippi after a group of kids were fishing on Sunday, sparking a police investigation.

According to local news station WLBT, Flowood Police Chief Eric Zetterholm said a group of kids were fishing at Primos Lake in Rankin County, Mississippi, when one of the kids' lure snagged a human leg that had a sock on it.

Once the kids pulled in the leg, police were immediately called as the Rankin County coroner arrived at the location. According to police, the leg was taken to the medical examiner's office to start a DNA process in an effort to identify who it belonged to.

Zetterholm added that the leg was mostly bone, suggesting that it had been in the water for a while.

According to the local news station, police said more bones were found in the lake on Monday and that the search continues for more remains. It's currently unclear what other human remains were found.

While the area of the lake is the location of an old mine, according to WLBT, the area is restricted with "no trespassing" signs clearly displayed.

Newsweek has reached out to the Flowood Police Department via email for comment.

This is not the first time human remains have been found in a body of water.

Last week, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) investigated an incident where apparent human remains suddenly washed up on a Florida beach.

A person was walking along the beach at around 7:40 a.m. last Thursday when they stumbled upon the remains, according to a post by the PBSO. Police were unable to identify the remains, which local news station CBS 12 reported were mostly skeletonized. It's unclear when the person may have died since it can take as little as three weeks up to several years for a dead body to become skeletonized.

"Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division and Crime Scene Units responded to the scene to investigate further. Medical Examiners investigators arrived on scene to take possession of the remains. The remains are not identifiable, therefore, DNA will play a role in this investigation. More information will be released when it becomes available," PBSO wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

In addition, a headless body without arms was found on a New York City beach in November and was confirmed to be Emmy-winning filmmaker and photographer Ross McDonnell who disappeared after going into the ocean earlier that month.