Comments on: Old skeleton found in tree upended by Sandy http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 19:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1571581 acerplatanoides Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1571581  That tree was planted in 1909, according to the stone marker in front of the tree.  That tree was planted in 1909, according to the stone marker in front of the tree.

]]> By: Waltb555 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1571245 Waltb555 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1571245 Good premise for an episode of "Bones". Good premise for an episode of “Bones”.

]]> By: Lisa Castro http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1571012 Lisa Castro Thu, 01 Nov 2012 02:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1571012 It was probably a family member of the property owner of that time. They buried there loved ones on a hill next to the old tree. With time past and properties transffering hands the markers or tomb stones were lost...Not as far fetched considering the age of the tree!!!! It was probably a family member of the property owner of that time. They buried there loved ones on a hill next to the old tree. With time past and properties transffering hands the markers or tomb stones were lost…Not as far fetched considering the age of the tree!!!!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570862 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570862 One of the nice things about Boston is that they just kept the cemeteries rather than shipping them out to the suburbs. They really are lovely, peaceful places. One of the nice things about Boston is that they just kept the cemeteries rather than shipping them out to the suburbs. They really are lovely, peaceful places.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570813 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570813 Sandy pushed up some coffins, too.  Who knew that they were burying people in residential neighborhoods in holes no deeper than the coffin?  <i>"Oh, just put that thin concrete slab on top; that'll be proof against everything."</i><!-- <b>I guess that I'll just add a link since Disqus can't manage to upload the image:</b> http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/thumbnail/960/img/photos/2012/10/30/90/85/886f28003bec4b61a1d3d99110ed1c09-a653b61ebb7642fb82c0fc49c6d15626-12.jpg --> Sandy pushed up some coffins, too.  Who knew that they were burying people in residential neighborhoods in holes no deeper than the coffin? 

“Oh, just put that thin concrete slab on top; that’ll be proof against everything.”<!–

I guess that I’ll just add a link since Disqus can’t manage to upload the image: http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/thumbnail/960/img/photos/2012/10/30/90/85/886f28003bec4b61a1d3d99110ed1c09-a653b61ebb7642fb82c0fc49c6d15626-12.jpg –>

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570769 Cowicide Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570769 <blockquote>I wonder how many parks</blockquote>...or neighborhoods?

I wonder how many parks

…or neighborhoods?

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570715 Michael Smith Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570715 A shopping center went up on the Queen Victoria hospital site in Melbourne some years ago. My wife was working on the project. Builders found an old grave site but kept it as quiet as possible because the owners obviously wanted to get their retail operating as fast as possible. A shopping center went up on the Queen Victoria hospital site in Melbourne some years ago. My wife was working on the project. Builders found an old grave site but kept it as quiet as possible because the owners obviously wanted to get their retail operating as fast as possible.

]]> By: Jens Reuterberg http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570663 Jens Reuterberg Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570663 Yeah I thought "Someone must have made that connection" :D  Yeah I thought “Someone must have made that connection” :D 

]]> By: TWX http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570594 TWX Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570594 "You can read it?" "No, I was just clearing my throat." “You can read it?”

“No, I was just clearing my throat.”

]]> By: el dueno http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570466 el dueno Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570466 I wonder how many parks are former grave-sites. I wonder how many parks are former grave-sites.

]]> By: spocko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570369 spocko Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570369 This guy was. "We're here." This guy was. “We’re here.”

]]> By: spocko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570348 spocko Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570348 Came here looking for this, left satisfied.  http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-786g9IAZ-Ec/TqmGwqpwnPI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/mwpUbPnpHh0/s1600/poltergeist.jpg Came here looking for this, left satisfied. 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-786g9IAZ-Ec/TqmGwqpwnPI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/mwpUbPnpHh0/s1600/poltergeist.jpg

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570343 acerplatanoides Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570343 Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570334 Johnny Cat Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570334 Craig T. Nelson was, sadly, unavailable for comment. Craig T. Nelson was, sadly, unavailable for comment.

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570333 Chuck Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570333 The trees will hide the Ancient Ones. A great wind shall come to free them. Then the Ancient Ones will rise. The trees will hide the Ancient Ones.

A great wind shall come to free them.

Then the Ancient Ones will rise.

]]> By: acerplatanoides http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570310 acerplatanoides Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570310 It Begins It Begins

]]> By: Jemrah Henderson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570289 Jemrah Henderson Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570289 ''You son of a bitch, you moved the cemetery but you left the bodies, didn't you? You son of a bitch!" ”You son of a bitch, you moved the cemetery but you left the bodies, didn’t you? You son of a bitch!”

]]> By: zachstronaut http://boingboing.net/2012/10/31/old-skeleton-found-in-tree-upe.html#comment-1570285 zachstronaut Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=191266#comment-1570285 High quality Halloween story is this. High quality Halloween story is this.

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