Provincial police and emergency crews descended on an area near Thornton, south of Barrie, this afternoon to investigate the possibility of a body being found.
Nottawasaga OPP responded around 12:30 p.m. on May 22 to a report of a "suspicious object" in a creek near the 10th Line of Essa Township and County Road 21, just west of Thornton.
"It was revealed to be a rolled-up carpet. No body was located," OPP communications co-ordinator Brooklyn Harker told BarrieToday.
All OPP resources at the site are now cleared, Harker added.