Just who is dumping poo above a loo in Hoo?

Bemused litter-pickers have discovered someone keeps leaving shopping bags full of excrement in the village square.

The serial defecator even dumped an overflowing carrier bag, neatly tied up, on the roof of Hoo public toilets, in Medway.

Mystified community officer Johnny Robinson and Hoo councillor Tony Watson are convinced the stools are human.

Bizarrely, four ducks - all shot dead - appeared next to an especially foul round of waste on January 23.

Cllr Watson (Con), who has been finding the bags regularly for two months, said: "We believe the ducks and the human waste are linked."

Mr Robinson added: "If someone is doing this in a bag, they might not be the most suitable person to have a gun."

The pair have been appealing for information on the mystery bag-filler since volunteers for the Hoo village clean-up found four bags stuffed full of excrement on January 14.

"if someone is doing this in a bag, they might not be the most suitable person to have a gun… – community officer johnny robinson

It was not the first disgusting find, said Cllr Watson, but since then the filled bags have often appeared in a bush next to the square. The police, council and RSPB have all been informed.

Cllr Watson added: "I've looked carefully and I'm as sure as I can be that it's human without doing scientific tests, which I'm not going to do."

RSPB communications officer Rolf Williams, who examined the birds, said: "The ducks were teal, which are not protected from wildfowling, but their disposal associated with the disposal of faeces is strange.

"The teal appeared fresh, with no smell and still flexible. Bloodstains on the breast of each suggested that they had been shot from beneath in flight."

Can you solve the smelly mystery? Phone the newsroom on 01634 227803 or email medwaymessenger@thekmgroup.co.uk.