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A nature lover was left horrified when she claims her wildlife camera captured 'two WITCHES holding a carcass-eating ritual' in the dead of night just yards from her house.
Corinea Stanhope found a dead deer at the bottom of her garden while riding one of her horses and decided to set up a trail camera to see if it would attract any animals at nighttime.
But the 36-year-old claims she couldn't believe her eyes when her and grandad Bob, 76, checked the footage the next day and saw two half naked women appearing to 'dine' on the corpse.
Images show what appears to be two figures with long, matted, black hair wearing just a piece of cloth covering their buttocks standing over the dead deer.
It is thought the women were carrying out a 'carcass-eating ritual' (Kennedy News & Media)With their hair covering their faces, the figures appear to squat down and reach over to the carcass with long fingers before picking up a hoof and taking a bite.
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Corinea says she was left terrified as her house is just a two-minute walk from where the figures were lurking and she keeps her three horses on the same land.
Corinea Stanhope, 36, saw in horror the footage from the trail cam (Kennedy News & Media)
She found the carcass when out on her horse (Kennedy News & Media)After sharing the haunting images online last week, the wildlife enthusiast was inundated with comments from petrified social media users who urged her to 'call the cops' and suggested they were witches, 'walking demons' or even wendigos.
Corinea, from Powell River, Canada, said: "There was a dead deer so me and my grandpa put up a trail camera to see if we could see animals and we got a bobcat [on camera], which was pretty cool.
The 'witches' standing over the carcass (Kennedy News & Media)"I came the next day and grandpa said he'd got naked people on the camera and I said 'no you didn't. Bullsh*t' so he showed me.
"I don't know what the heck was up with that. It really freaked us out, it's not something you see every day.
"They came ten minutes after sunset. They looked dishevelled. It looks like they have wigs on. One looks like she has blonde hair underneath.
Corinea Stanhope with her daughter Ashtyn, 15 (Kennedy News & Media)"You can't really tell from the photos but the hoof was brought right up to her mouth.
"I don't know if she was kissing it, smelling or eating it but to touch a decaying carcass like that makes me feel sick. The amount of bacteria that must have been on there.
"Maybe they were paying their respects but they were naked.
The horrifying image greeting the two nature lovers when they checked the trail cam (Kennedy News & Media)"It really creeped me out because it's only a two-minute walk from our house and I was concerned about them messing with my horses at night."
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The mum-of-three shared the images on social media and people from the area were convinced that she'd caught witches, evil spirits, demons or a local cult performing a ritual on camera.
Ms Stanhope was left worrying for her horses (Kennedy News & Media)Nurse Corinea said: "A lot of people mentioned skin walkers and wendigos.
"There's rumours around town about a cult that collects animal bones. I don't know if it's real or not.
"Some people have mentioned it since I posted the photos. A friend said they came across two people in the woods carrying some dead squirrels.
The camera also picked up a bobcat (Kennedy News & Media)"The horses always get really spooked and unnerved around that area. I thought they imagined stuff at first so I didn't think anything of it. Maybe I believe them now."
Corinea says she was tempted to contact the police but Bob pointed out that they weren't doing anything illegal and she hopes that some passersby spotted the camera and decided to play a prank.
Corinea said: "I'm hoping they went for a walk in the day, saw the trail cam was set up and wanted to have a bit of fun with us or they're on some good drugs.
The 'witch' chews what appears to be a part of the deer (Kennedy News & Media)"I wanted to go to the police but my grandpa said no, they weren't doing anything illegal technically. He was pretty mortified."
Despite Corinea attempting to explain the freaky images as possibly a prank, social media users were less convinced and warned her to be careful.
One wrote: "This is actually terrifying."
Another said: "That's a skin walker, they look 'human' so you come up to them and once you do you're gone.
Ms Stanhope received some disconcerting responses when she posted her experience online (Kennedy News & Media)"No one would just randomly eat a dead thing unless it was a wild animal.
"That's basically a walking demon from hell. If you hear screaming stay inside and get a gun you leave it alone."
A third added: "I’d say wendigo. Stay safe please, and don’t go out alone."
Commentors urged them to contact the police while others tried to reassure them that it was probably just a prank.
Mum and daughter ride their horses (Kennedy News & Media)One commentor said: "I think it was a prank. In the last picture, it looks like you can see blonde curly hair under a long black wig (the figure closest to camera)."
A second wrote: "Okay so I hate to be that person, but have you called the cops?"