The river of blood appeared after a night

(villagers) The villagers were shocked when the Slovak river turned red in the night: 'something like in a horror movie'.

- Local superstitious people believe that the red blood of the river is a sign of 'evil'.

- The cause of this blood-red river may be caused by a faulty filter at a nearby slaughterhouse.

Rumors have spread in a Slovak town last weekend when a river flows through the area turned bright red.

The river in Myjava, a small town on the border of the Czech Republic, changed colors overnight and became 'blood'.

Police have been mobilized to investigate the incident, but police believe the cause is due to the broken filter system of a slaughterhouse upstream.

Roman Podbrezova, 65, went for a morning walk and saw a dramatic change in the river as it flowed through the center of the village.

'I couldn't believe my eyes anymore , ' he said. ' The river is dark red. It looks like in a horror movie. Blood flows through the center of the village. '

Another local person said: 'It is scary. Last night I walked over here and it's still a normal color. ' 'Now the river looks as if it contains the blood of thousands of murdered virgins. I am not superstitious, and there has never been a serial killer or something like that, but this is not normal at all. '

People fear that the change in the color of the river is the result of a great murder of the ' devil' , although the explanation may be due to a broken filter system in a slaughterhouse. surgery nearby.

Police spokesman Elena Antalova said: 'We are examining the source of blood and what caused this situation'. Currently we are thinking that blood may come from dead fish or someone has washed a blood container in this river.

'It seems that blood flows directly from the sewers above the museum,' she said.

Waste from a slaughter plant located upstream of the Myjava River is often pumped into storage ponds and filtered before discharging into the river.