The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received an interesting call this week from a resident who witnessed a disturbing scene while passing by the property.
YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. — The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received a call this week from a concerned resident who may have come across a gruesome scene.
The caller told YCSO that he was passing by a short-term rental property and noticed what appeared to be a bloody cow carcass spread out in the yard. The caller speculated that perhaps the facility was being used as some kind of slaughterhouse.
“It looked very strange,” the caller told the sheriff’s office. “…That’s strange.”
Deputies were dispatched to the scene and discovered that the carcass was nothing more than an elaborate prop used in Prescott’s film project.
YCSO warned the community that if anyone else sees these brutal props, there is no need to worry as they are not real.
How large is Maricopa County?
According to the 2020 Census, Maricopa County is the fourth largest county in the United States with a population of 4,485,414 people.
This county contains approximately 63% of Arizona’s population and covers an area of 9,224 square miles. This makes the county larger than seven U.S. states: Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
One of the largest park systems in the United States is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks, including hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers, and campgrounds.
The county seat is Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the fifth most populous city in the United States according to the census.
The county is named after the Maricopa or Piipaash Native American tribe.
