YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. — The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office received a call this week from a concerned citizen who believed they may have stumbled upon a horrific scene.
The caller told YCSO he was passing by a short-term rental property and noticed what appeared to be bloody cow carcasses spread out across the yard. The caller presumed the property was perhaps being used as some sort of slaughterhouse.
"It looked very strange," the caller told the sheriff's office, "...it's weird."
A deputy was dispatched to the property and discovered the carcasses were just some skillfully-made props being used for a film project in Prescott.
YCSO warned the community that if anyone else sees these gory props, there's no need to be alarmed since they're not real.
How big is Maricopa County?
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That 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 nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
The county was named after the Maricopa, or Piipaash, Native American Tribe.
