'I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker': Naked woman who climbed inside gutted dead horse was inspired by Star Wars



The naked woman who climbed inside the carcass of a horse she had just killed and dismembered said she did it after being inspired by a scene in Star Wars.

Jasha Lottin, 21, from Oregon, posted disturbing pictures of herself online after she and her boyfriend shot the 32-year-old horse 'humanely' as he was in declining health, according to the couple.

Ms Lottin said the reason for her climbing inside the horse was two-fold. Firstly, she wanted to feel 'at one' with the animal, and secondly - and more bizarrely - she claims to have been inspired by a scene from Star Wars.

Disturbing: A photo of the blood-soaked 21-year-old Portland woman, taken by her boyfriend, shows her pretending to take a bite out of the dead horse Inspiration: The 21-year-old said she got the idea from a scene in Star Wars where Luke Skywalker, left, clims inside a dead animal

She told the Seattle Weekly that she watched the Empire Strikes Back and she took the idea from that.

She also said she had 'no idea why people cared' about her actions.



The 'aspiring model and nudist' said that in the movie, the character Han Solo cut open an animal with his light saber and placed Luke Skywalker inside the animal.



This was due to Luke freezing to death in cold weather. Ms Lottin said there was nothing religious about what she did and didn't intend to offend anyone.

The pictures prompted a police investigation though they did not bring any criminal charges against the couple.



Washington County investigators say the couple did not break the law.

In addition to the picture of the petite woman, who stands 5'6" and 119lbs, smiling from inside the horse, another photo shows her blood-soaked body standing in front of the animal.



The woman and her boyfriend are also pictured holding what is believed to be the animal's heart; and a fourth photo shows the pair holding a piece of the animal in front of their mouths as they pretend to eat it.

Washington County Sergeant Dave Thompson told local KOIN-TV even he was shocked by the graphic evidence.



'At some point you in your career you say yeah I've seen a lot of bad stuff - you see this kind of picture and you realise maybe you haven't seen everything,' he said.

Sickening: The petite woman, who stands 5'6" and 119lbs, smiles from inside the carcass

Not criminal: Police say the photos, including this one of the woman - standing on front of the animal covered in its blood - are not enough to press charges

Smiles: The woman and her boyfriend, whose names have not been released, pose with what is believed to be the horse's heart

Police told the station the woman and her boyfriend had recently taken over care of the 32-year-old horse, which had lived in Ridgefield, Washington.



According to an incident report, the couple told investigations they fired a single shot with a high powered rifle to put the horse down in effort to 'humanely kill the horse and eat the meat', according to KOIN.



The woman's mother said she had no knowledge of the incident until she was shown photos by the station. She says her daughter has since received death threats from angry people across the U.S.

