Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
Got them beat. I have a whole human skeleton I keep in storage. Named him "Norman". We worked together for about 15 years. My wife wanted to put him out as a Halloween decoration, but I thought that was kind of disrespectful, him being a former human and all. Long story.
Since when do you send modern human remains to a museum?
ReplyDeleteIt's a historical society:
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The home was previously owned by the Hamlet family and the local coroner determined the skull was that of a kid named Barry Yorick
ReplyDelete"Coroner Rob Russell speculated that grave robbers may have dug up her body to sell it to physicians looking to learn more about human anatomy".
ReplyDeleteWith gold prices at all-time highs, I wonder if we'll ever see graves dug up by looters looking for gold jewelry?
Also, now I don't feel so bad about the filled water bed I once left behind when I moved.
Got them beat. I have a whole human skeleton I keep in storage. Named him "Norman". We worked together for about 15 years. My wife wanted to put him out as a Halloween decoration, but I thought that was kind of disrespectful, him being a former human and all. Long story.
ReplyDeleteAlas, poor Yorick, I knew him well!
ReplyDeleteRetRsvMike
Well now that’s a boneheaded move
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