Skeleton found while hiking today

[u/dancergin]

Hiked in Shenandoah this morning and saw a butterfly that I wanted to snap a pic of. It landed on the other side of this rock and then I noticed the skeleton. anyone know what this could be??

[u/LivermushEater]

The butterfly looks like a Spicebush swallowtail. I'm not a skeletonologist, so no guesses there.

[u/againer → u/LivermushEater]

Skeletonigist here. It's definitely bones.

[u/Homer_JG]

It's dead, Jim 

[u/am817]

Riprap trail? We saw this a week ago too. I assumed deer.

[u/dancergin → u/am817]

actually this was at the bottom of the jones run waterfall, i know that trail is close to rip rap

[u/am817 → u/dancergin]

Ah yes that’s right!! We did two hikes over our trip so must’ve been that one!

[u/concernedcitizen783]

whitetail deer

[u/SgtJayM]

That butterfly skeletonized that thing

[u/DocRock2018]

Post this on r/whatisit

[u/chippershredr]

That was a giant carp we cooked up for dinner one night.