A man called into a D.C. radio station and said he saw a dead body weeks earlier in Frederick, Maryland. Police searched the area and found someone dead.

A man who called himself Joseph called in to “Elliot in the Morning” on DC101 on Friday and launched into a story about being out “exploring nature.”

“Look what I came upon,” the caller said on audio the show provided to NBC News.

“Dude, you found a dead body?” the host asks.

“Yes,” the caller replies.

“Dude, call the police!” the host repeatedly urges him.

The radio caller said he saw the body in a “tent city” in Frederick and it remained there “as of, whatever, 18 days ago.”

Later Friday, the Frederick Police Department said they were aware of information shared on a radio show about someone found dead in a wooded area off East

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