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A yoga class was mistaken for a “ritual mass murder” scene after members of the public saw several people lying on the floor and reported it to police.

The fuzz descended on the North Sea Observatory in Lincolnshire on Wednesday night after passersby peered into the window of a dimly lit yoga studio and saw several figures lying motionless underneath blankets, with a strange figure walking among the bodies, banging on a drum.

The couple who were walking their pooches were understandably horrified and called the police to the scene. Sirens blaring, the cops expected the worst when they arrived, only to find a group of chilled people finding inner peace under blankies.

The 22-year-old teacher, Millie Laws, said she was teaching seven students at the Seascape Cafe, which is inside the building, when she saw two dog walkers peering closely through the glass window during the Shavasana or ‘relaxation stage’ of the class.

“They’re [students] laying down with blankets over them, their eyes are closed. It’s very dark in there. I just had candles and little tea lights lit the whole room, and I was just walking around playing my drum. I had a nice floaty top on with large bell sleeves,” she said.

“A couple with some dogs just came up to the window and were having a look in, but they walked off really quickly and I didn’t think anything of it.”

Relieved police said a call came in saying that “there was a mass murderer wearing a robe and they were walking over all of the people, and it looked like some kind of ritual, and that the people on the floor were actually dead.”