Dog Walker Recounts Finding Severed Head in Hollywood Hills

It was a professional dog walker and her mother who notified authorities after a golden retriever broke away from a pack of nine dogs and uncovered a in Bronson Canyon Park Tuesday, reports KPCC.

Lauren Kornberg, who grew up in the Hollywood Hills, said she was out on a routine walk just a couple miles away from the iconic Hollywood sign when the golden retriever brought back an unrecognizable object.

He had shredded the bag and had something in his mouth, which he dropped. And it rolled 30 feet down a hill and into a ravine.

Kornberg said she initially thought it was a realistic prop. Her mother went down into the ravine to get a closer look and realized there was no mistaking that it was a severed head.

Even as we got closer, we still couldn't say for sure whether it was ... until my mom was literally about a foot away, face to face, and could see bloody hair and eyeballs and eyelashes and gasped and said "It's real. Oh my God, it's real."

Until she can get the image out of her mind, Kornberg said she plans to stay away from the popular hiking spot.

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