Police have been left scratching their heads after a naked body reported to have been spotted by a teenage girl disappeared.

A spokeswoman for Essex Police has confirmed they were called out after a girl out riding her horse said she saw the body of a naked man in Margaretting Road, Galleywood, at lunchtime on Tuesday

She went to a nearby nursery to contact the police but when she took them to the area, it had disappeared.

The police helicopter was also called out to search the surrounding area but nothing was found.

Published Thursday October 31, 2002

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