#Florida jogger finds human head on the side of road

A Florida woman reportedly found a human head on the side of a St. Petersburg road as she was out for a morning jog.

The woman called 911 after making her horrifying discovery around 7 a.m. Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Police Department said in a statement.

The head was found in a grassy patch between the sidewalk and the edge of 38th Avenue S, right near an overpass for Interstate 275, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Police said the head was too decomposed to determine race or gender and that other residents probably passed by it without even realizing what it was.

“A lot of people might have thought it was just an animal but she perceived it really did look like a human,” police department spokeswoman Yolanda Fernandez told the outlet.

Fernandez said homicide detectives are now searching the area for more remains or possible clues and that the head will be turned over to the Medical Examiner’s office for closer examination.

It’s not immediately clear how long the head was left in the area. The jogger reportedly told police she didn’t believe the head was there when she passed by the area during a run on Sunday. She did not jog through the area on Monday.