EGLIN AFB — A hiker found human skeletal remains scattered on the Eglin Air Force reservation Tuesday.

The man was hiking in an area north of U.S. Highway 98 near the Okaloosa-Santa Rosa County line about 5:30 p.m., according to a press release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. It was there he found the bones spread out in the brush.

The Sheriff’s Office is processing the scene, the press release said.