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A giant pile of manure was dropped in front of the Democratic Party headquarters in Warren County, Ohio.

(Greater Cincinnati Politics via Facebook)

LEBANON, Ohio -- This case is a real who-dung-it.

Democratic Party officials in Warren County were left a giant pile a manure in the parking lot in front of the door of their offices early Saturday morning, reports say.

Party chair Bethe Goldenfield tells the Cincinnati Enquirer that the Warren County Sheriff's Office notified her about the manure and that this is not the first time it's happened. She said a pile of manure also was dropped in front of the office in 2012.

"What reasonable person thinks this is OK?" Goldenfield said in a post on Facebook. "I won't be responding to anyone who thinks this is acceptable behavior. It is illegal!"

The incident was caught on surveillance video and is under investigation.

"And I'm not going to jump to the conclusion that it was the same person [as in 2012], but of course that crossed my mind," Goldenfield tells the Washington Post. "We just need to have a little more specifics, and then hopefully we'll bring the perpetrators to be accountable."

The Warren County Republican Party chairman tells the Enquirer said GOP officials were not responsible for the prank and have offered to help clean up the mess.

The Enquirer reports that Warren County is a Republican stronghold and that no Democrat has been elected to countywide office in nearly 40 years.