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Kali

(55,741 posts)
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:08 PM Sep 2016

“Maybe that’s why my vegetables taste funny,”



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/nyregion/bones-in-finger-lakes-backyard.html


Bones Unearthed in Finger Lakes Backyard Are Those of Long-Dead Inmates

AUBURN, N.Y. — Like a lot of new homeowners, Eric Johnson II had ambitious plans when he moved into his tidy beige house this summer. He envisioned a swing set in back for his 2-year-old son, and a detached garage.

But when he and his father started leveling the ground and removing shrubs this summer, they made an unexpected and macabre discovery. “I said, ‘You better take a look,’” recalled Mr. Johnson’s father. “I was moving dirt around and I looked down and there were bones sticking out of the ground.”

These were not the bones of a stray animal that could have been dumped there by a previous homeowner in this community in the Finger Lakes region. Instead, they were clearly human: partial skeletons with femurs and skulls, vertebrae and rib bones.

The unearthing of the bones set off a flurry of activity by the local police, the coroner and state officials. Police tape was stretched across the backyard, while the largest of the bones were carted away. Officials soon zeroed in on an explanation — the plot of land once belonged to a nearby state prison. The mystery was solved.


rest of article, including the quote in my subject line - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/nyregion/bones-in-finger-lakes-backyard.html
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