Police are investigating the discovery of a man's body in a field in the Nobeyama highlands of Minami-Makiura in Nagano Prefecture.
According to police, a severed leg was found at around 10 a.m. Sunday by a man who was using machinery to dig up his field, Fuji TV reported. The man called police and said he had dug up something that looked like a human leg.
Police said the leg was severed at the knee. A search of the surrounding area unearthed the man's corpse that was clad in jeans and a jacket, police said. The corpse, which had not yet become skeletonized, was buried about 10 cms deep, police said.
Police also said that a car without license plates was found burning at around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, about 2 kilometers from the field
© Japan Today
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gc0925
What a bizarre story...
HaiDesu
I would guess Yakuza hit.
Alex Einz
suicide?
PhantomAgent
But, the authorities are looking after us right?
Disillusioned
Do you really think the Yaks would be so careless to leave a body where it could be found? If the Yaks hit you, you disappear. This is more likely some chimpi punk that owed his friends money and they killed him.
Aly Rustom
that is really errie.
smithinjapan
Hope it was post harvest! Wouldn't want to eat those veggies or rice.