Family Makes Gruesome Discovery At Butler Gravesite

A family already reeling from the death of an 85-year-old man suffered through a gruesome discovery last week during a New Jersey graveyard burial.

The family of Cleveland Butler were stunned to see what appeared to be a foot emerge from the dirt, according to reports, as the man's blue casket was lowered into the ground at Mount Holiness Memorial Park in Butler, Morris County on Friday, Aug. 4.

“This was a very traumatizing situation, first dealing with losing my father and then this,” the man's daughter, Sandra Butler, told The New York Daily News. “I couldn’t even look at it. It was too much and no one said anything to us. It was like business as usual for them. They just dumped the dirt in the plot like it was normal, like it’s nothing to them.”

Cemetery caretaker Bill Plog, on the other hand, told the publication that people shouldn't be so surprised. “There was a casket,” he said. “It deteriorated. You can purchase a concrete vault, but people don’t. That grave there is from 1969...It’s unfortunate that this happened, but this is a graveyard.”

A picture was taken of the scene, showing what appears to be a leg sticking out over Butler's casket, in between blue and white flowers.

The family also said one worker accidentally dropped his phone and a pack of cigarettes into the open grave during the burial, according to the reports. Both had to be fished out with a rake. The family also revealed said they may now pursue legal action, according to the reports.

Cleveland Butler died last week after suffering a fatal stroke in his Brooklyn nursing home, according to The Daily Mail.

“This is beyond heinous for anyone to witness during their time of grieving over a loved one,” the Rev. Kevin McCall, crisis director with the National Action Network, told The Daily News.

Viewer discretion advised. The below video shows The Daily News picture of the grave:

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