The Auburn Police Department is investigating threatening social media remarks made toward Auburn football head coach Gus Malzahn and Jordan-Hare Stadium this weekend, according to police chief Paul Register.
The threats, which were made from the Twitter account @bhayes4420, refer to cutting off Malzahn's head "ISIS-style" as well as setting off C-4 explosive devices inside Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The tweets have since been deleted from the account.
Register said the police department is currently working to identify the account holder, which he said has a history of rants toward collegiate athletics.
"If you look historically, whoever has that Twitter account has a history of these type of rants involving collegiate athletics," Register said. "I don't know that it's been exclusive to Auburn, but it appears to just be someone ranting on Twitter, but we're still looking into it because they are disturbing remarks."
Register said he doubted the legitimacy of the threats, but ensured that an investigation is ongoing and stadium safety protocols are always followed.
"We check the stadium and we render that stadium safe every time we have an event over there," Register said. "We did that last time and we'll do that next time. I just don't think there's any credibility to that."
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