Central Alabama, USA. It us a centipede lawn. I have a lawn company that comes out 8 times a year for treatment but this just started a week or two ago. Anyone seen this before and know how to correct it?
Stick a pitchfork down there and see if you hit anything.
Bawonga
It’s an impression of your lawn technician’s body where he lay down to smoke and rest, but forgot he had residual weed killer on his clothes. (No offense meant toward him, but his squatty body resembles an ape, yes?)
RogerRabbit1234
I would suggest it could be grubs. You could easily check if you have grubs right there with a shovel and 5 minutes.
Smaptastic
Need someone from r/whatismycookiecutter to come have fun with this one.
4u2nv2019
Shaped like a child . Odd
buyingshitformylab
Well, it’s dead anyway, dig some up.
cashburro
You’ve got a snowboarder under your lawn
Zealousideal-Pop4426

PumpkiNibbler
Looks like the outline of mothman maybe he sleeps there at night
CanaryPutrid1334
Looks like one of those alligator or turtle-shaped toddler pools. Any chance one was left out?
No_Operation2911
Dig it up!
Searchlights
Do the dead pieces pull right out like there are no roots?
I’m worried about grubs.
hudson_kb
Dead guy
Delicious-Ideal3382
Looks like NES Mario. All 8bit of him.
EmbersDC
If you’ve had a large amount of rain it may be root rot.
PSU4ME11
I’d agree with the grub comments, dig up a 12:12 square of sod and check
marlinspike
That’s Casper. You have a ghost problem.
Upper_Knowledge_6439
Too much lime with the body you buried.
Banjo1887
Looks like it could be a petrol spill, if they were filling up any machinery over the lawn this will happen.
the300bros
The zombie apocalypse starts now.
Thingaling

biggtime69
Grubs 🤷♂️
DirectionOk8134
Could be chinch bugs
YoToddy
I’m in coastal Alabama and my lawn care company over sprayed MS Turf in last month’s visit and it absolutely murdered my centipede everywhere he over treated it. It was full and lush green and a week later 100% dead all the way down to the soil. Thankfully we have been getting tons of rain so I already have new growth poking back through but we are getting close to the end of the growing season so it will probably look like doo doo until next year. I never want that crap sprayed in my yard again.
BjornBjornovic
Dog pee?
Gniphe
Is your zone in the forest moon of Endor? Because an Ewok definitely died right there.
Glittering-Eye2856
When we lived in SC our lawn guy said it was fungus when our centipede lawn had this.
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It’s oddly rock shaped.
Stick a pitchfork down there and see if you hit anything.
It’s an impression of your lawn technician’s body where he lay down to smoke and rest, but forgot he had residual weed killer on his clothes. (No offense meant toward him, but his squatty body resembles an ape, yes?)
I would suggest it could be grubs. You could easily check if you have grubs right there with a shovel and 5 minutes.
Need someone from r/whatismycookiecutter to come have fun with this one.
Shaped like a child . Odd
Well, it’s dead anyway, dig some up.
You’ve got a snowboarder under your lawn

Looks like the outline of mothman maybe he sleeps there at night
Looks like one of those alligator or turtle-shaped toddler pools. Any chance one was left out?
Dig it up!
Do the dead pieces pull right out like there are no roots?
I’m worried about grubs.
Dead guy
Looks like NES Mario. All 8bit of him.
If you’ve had a large amount of rain it may be root rot.
I’d agree with the grub comments, dig up a 12:12 square of sod and check
That’s Casper. You have a ghost problem.
Too much lime with the body you buried.
Looks like it could be a petrol spill, if they were filling up any machinery over the lawn this will happen.
The zombie apocalypse starts now.

Grubs 🤷♂️
Could be chinch bugs
I’m in coastal Alabama and my lawn care company over sprayed MS Turf in last month’s visit and it absolutely murdered my centipede everywhere he over treated it. It was full and lush green and a week later 100% dead all the way down to the soil. Thankfully we have been getting tons of rain so I already have new growth poking back through but we are getting close to the end of the growing season so it will probably look like doo doo until next year. I never want that crap sprayed in my yard again.
Dog pee?
Is your zone in the forest moon of Endor? Because an Ewok definitely died right there.
When we lived in SC our lawn guy said it was fungus when our centipede lawn had this.
Kermits grave. R.I.P.
If you squint it looks like a body outline lol
https://preview.redd.it/pzk83znk52hf1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8397c63747d582160a586ac01ce247a19f6e169a
Did you by any chance see Patrick running around your neighborhood?
Pretty sure at some point in time someone’s parachute didn’t open and the spot where the landed is still showing up in the lawn.