‘Isn’t this in the Bible?’: Confusion and fear over ‘large pile of blood’ growing in New Mexico desert

If you hadn’t noticed, things are extremely not good right now. The president is a barely coherent moron, the environment is in collapse, capitalism is failing, and war is rising. Oh yeah, and there’s that new “super flu” that’s going around – just what we need for a Merry Christmas.

So perhaps it’s fitting that in the midst of all this, there appears to be a rapidly expanding patch of blood in New Mexico. This was spotted on Google Maps by user @stupidtrashboy, who is understandably concerned about “the large pile of blood in the desert”:

Growing increasingly concerned about the large pile of blood in the desert pic.twitter.com/nKi31AuXsD

— dink 🇵🇸 (@stupidtrashboy) December 13, 2025

Theories quickly popped up as to what this might be, with responses ranging from “the blood of a titan”, a “mob farm”, an algae bloom, evidence of a battle with a “great beast” or, most dramatically a sign of Satan’s impending arrival on Earth.

There’s a perfectly logical explanation!

The reality is somewhat less dramatic. As some more geologically inclined responses pointed out, this red stain is not blood, and is in fact much more prosaic. The red color turns out to be perfectly natural oxidized red scoria, a product of local volcanic activity. The reason it’s so visible is that it’s being mined as it’s useful for road construction, landscaping, and water treatment.

MYSTERY FLESH PIT NATIONAL PARK MENTIONED LET'S GOOOOO

— Blazer V6 carburada da Silva (@ZalmanDnv) December 14, 2025

The thin run-off from it is apparently perfectly safe, perfectly natural, and only appears to look like an endless trickle of blood oozing from the Earth’s core.

Or maybe that’s just what they want us to think. Notorious paranormal object scientific group The SCP Foundation, tasked with categorizing and understanding everything odd in the world, most notably <REDACTED> and <REDACTED> had this to say:

Don't worry about it. https://t.co/YQ4nPdbhcL

— The SCP Foundation (@scpwiki) December 15, 2025

In the meantime, as the world spins ever closer to its inevitable demise and the news gets more nightmarish each day, please be sure to monitor your surroundings for indications that the end times are underway.

Sure, the soil beneath our feet may not be bleeding in this one instance, but who knows when things are going to start getting apocalyptically Biblical? Here’s hoping whatever’s coming can wait until after the holiday season. If the world is going to end, early January would be extremely convenient!