Merseyside Police cordoned off Sefton Park lake following an unusual discovery. Officers were called to the South Liverpool park on Sunday, June 8, after reports something had been found in the lake.

A video, shared on social media, showed a large area of the lake cordoned off by police as people took to the comments to claim "bones" had been found in the water.

One person, who works in the Sefton Park Hotel, opposite the lake told the ECHO on Monday how Merseyside Police were in attendance at around 2pm. They went over to see what was going on and saw something being fished out of the water.

He said: "I saw them [police] there around 2pm. I went over to see what was going on. It [the lake] was all cordoned off by police. When I went over a lad on a bike was winding the police up saying 'ah you finally got it then.'"

"He had a bucket and was fishing something out the lake. I was told it was bones and lungs. There was an inspector there taking notes, it gathered a big crowd."

Merseyside Police confirmed officers were called to the park on Sunday, however the discovery in the lake turned out to be offal.

A police spokesperson said: "We were contacted at 12.50pm yesterday, Sunday, June 8, following reports suspected offal had been dumped in Sefton Park lake. Officers attended and it was confirmed to be offal."

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Source: Liverpool Echo.