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Who is stabbing trees with meat-wrapped knives in Midtown Omaha? Residents have called in dozens of these bizarre vandalisms. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT ROB: AND KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S ALEXANDRA STONE IS LIVE WITH THIS NEW STORY. ALEXANDRA? ALEXANDRA: RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SNAPPED THIS PICTURE. AND SENT IT TO KETV. YOU CAN SEE THE HANDLE. THE REST? SURROUNDED BY WHAT LOOKS LIKE MEAT AND DUCT TAPE. LEAVING MANY WONDERING, WHAT IT ALL MEANS. SO, OUR CREWS WENT OUT, TO SEE WHAT WE COULD FIND STRANGE SIGHTINGS AROUND MIDTOWN OMAHA. WHAT APPEARS TO BE MEAT, WRAPPED IN BUTCHER PAPER AND DUCT TAPE, STABBED INTO TREES, AROUND THIS CITY TRAIL. BLAKE: I DON'T KNOW. IT'S KIND OF CREEPY. FRANCHESCA: I THINK IT'S REALLY STRANGE. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO THINK ABOUT IT. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY WEIRD. ALEXANDRA: KETV NEWSWATCH 7 SPOTTED SOME OF THE KNIVES. OMAHA POLICE CAME TO REMOVE THEM. TELLING US, TUESDAY, THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. JOHN COSTANZO, WITH THE LEAVENWORTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SAYS THESE RECENT FINDINGS AREN'T THE FIRST. JOHN: IT IS VERY STRANGE. PROBABLY FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN FINDING STEAKS, OR OTHER VARIOUS PIECES OF MEAT, PINNED TO THE TREE WITH KNIVES. ALEXANDRA: CONSTANZO SAYS NEIGHBORS HAVE CALLED IN DOZENS OF THESE BIZZARE VANDALISMS. POLICE REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CRIME LAB HAS COME OUT. BUT THE MYSTERY OF THE MEAT-WRAPPED KNIVES CONTINUES. FRANK: IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS PRETTY SCARY. ALEXANDRA: FOR MANY IN THE AREA, IT'S NOT JUST WEIRD, BUT WORRISOME. JOHN: IT IS CONCERNING, THOUGH. I MEAN, THIS IS RIGHT ALONG THE TRAIL THAT KIDS USE. AND HAVING KNIVES READILY ACCESSIBLE, WHERE KIDS COULD PICK THEM UP, IS DEFINITELY A HAZARD. ALEXANDRA: NOW, THE PARK IS NEAR 33RD AND LEAVENWORTH. COSTANZO, AND THE OFFICERS ON SCENE, TELL US TESTS PROVED THE MEAT IS NOT HUMAN.