California park officials near the Griffith Park merry-go-round in Los Angeles discovered a burned body hanging from a tree on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Times reports that at approximately 1 p.m., police were called to the Los Angeles park after a passerby noticed a fire raging in a tree and a body in the core of the blaze.
Several witnesses told park guards when they noticed the burning body. In addition, the bystanders immediately called the police. The human remains were discovered when the fire crew extinguished the flames.
The man had committed self-immolation, according to the police's findings. The body was apparently still hanging from the tree until around 2 p.m., covered in leaves, so the cops had to wait until the coroner showed there before bringing it down.
The Los Angeles park was in the vicinity of a filming location. It was unclear, though, if a crew member informed park officials about the fire.
Margaret Steward, a Los Angeles Department spokeswoman, told the Los Angeles Daily News (via The New York Post) the corpse belonged to a lady.
The victim, according to the authorities, was a person who frequented the area and may have been a vagrant.
Police stated that they were treating the incident as a suicide because there were no indications of wrongdoing.
Michael Ventura, a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, said that the occurrence seemed to be a self-immolation and that someone had lighters and gasoline with them.
Ventura continued, "Self-immolation incidents are uncommon, but we've seen cases like the ones in the Los Angeles park.
A coroner is reportedly investigating to ascertain the precise cause and manner of death.
According to reports, it wasn't the park's first body to be discovered this year. In April, the corpse of a missing hiker was discovered in a secluded region of Griffith Park.
His favorite dog was still faithfully at his side when the hiker's body was found. 29-year-old Oscar Alejandro Hernandez was the casualty.
One of the biggest urban parks in the nation is Griffith Park in Los Angeles. But it was rumored to have been cursed ever since it was founded.
In the middle of the 19th century, the area was a ranch, and wealthy bachelor Don Antonio Feliz was the owner of the park.
In addition to his maid and his niece Petranilla, Feliz supposedly resided there. Antonio Coronel, a local politician, arrived to write Feliz's testament while he lay dying of smallpox in 1863.
Then Coronel and his attorney said that Feliz only gave him the property and left Petranilla nothing.
The Washington Post said that Petranilla became furious at the decision and made a vow that "the substance of the Feliz family shall be your curse," and the "wrath of heaven and the vengeance of hell shall fall upon this place."
The curse might be a legend. However, the several proprietors of Griffith Park were said to have suffered unfavorable outcomes. While jubilantly celebrating the sale of the water rights to the land, Coronel's attorney was fatally murdered.
The next owner attempted to develop a dairy industry on the property. But the livestock fell ill and perished. The crops had also been destroyed by fires and grasshoppers.
Griffith J. Griffith, the property's final owner, gave it to Los Angeles as a Christmas gift after realizing the site required more maintenance than it was worth.
29 members of the Civilian Conservation Corps died in a 1933 wildfire after it was under public control.
A young couple having an intimate moment on a picnic table perished in 1976 when a tree fell on them, crushing them to death. The park officials advised that guests should not be afraid when visiting.
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