Crime & Safety

Ritual Site With Animal Remains Found In Clark

The site near the old Hungarian Club contained a five-foot-tall stick structure topped with an animal skull and other bones.

At approximately 4 p.m. today, May 10, Clark Police received a report of animal remains and what appears to be some sort ritual site off the path behind the former Hungarian Club building on Old Raritan Road. Children who had been walking in the area found the site and reported it to police, according to Clark Police Chief Denis Connell.

About 100 feet down the path leading from Old Raritan Road (off of Featherbed Lane), the site contained a five-foot-tall stick structure topped with what appeared to be a lamb or goat skull. Beneath the structure was a rock slab with a large red circle containing an X drawn in red, animal bones staked into the ground, two smaller animal skulls, an American flag planted in the ground, a white hardhat, scattered old tires and a rusted metal bucket. Near the path leading to the site were a few white animal feathers.

Union County police were on scene to make a report, as the property belongs to the county, and stated that these sites are not uncommon. Chief Connell said the investigation has been turned over to the county and had no further comments. What appeared to be a news helicopter hovered above the area for several minutes. 

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The Union County Police Department could not be reached for comment at this time.


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