Kinda spooky!!!

[Foster]

Once while diggin at my 1800's home place site, I found a small fragment of bone. Being that the site is in the middle of a cow pasture, the odds were that it was of a cow. However, I kept it in my collection of relics to get opinions on what it might be. Today, a fellow employee took the fragment to a friend who has a trained cadaver dog that helps the police. The dog hit on the bone twice!!! It is human!!!

 

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[oddcoins]

WOW ~ that is WEIRD for sure!!!

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

I would like to see it . Spooky , mystery stuff is interesting 8)

 

[fistfulladirt]

Sometimes, they used to bury the deceased on their home turf.

 

[DiggingVA]

Oh god.

 

[underdogger]

O>K> what are the ramifications of that?

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Yikes!!!!!

 

[Dano Sverige]

O>K> what are the ramifications of that?

Well it kinda means whoever it belongs to...is dead!

 

[acevillav]

Does the site have any connection to the Civil war ? Could be from a battle field ? Maybe native american Definetly mucho creepy

 

[baspinall]

Sometimes, they used to bury the deceased on their home turf.

That was very common practice in my neck of the woods. Lots of graves found on old farmsteds. Years go by, farm changes hands etc. and the plow does the rest. I have a buddy who unearthed a child's grave while detecting. Morbid but true.

Brian

 

[Foster]

Does the site have any connection to the Civil war ? Could be from a battle field ? Maybe native american Definetly mucho creepy

From the history of the area, yes, a CSA brigade was stationed in the area. However, the "OR's" do not mention a battle or skirmish near.

 

[DirtDigler]

Most rural settings in the South tended to bury at the family estate. I'm not surprised you've turned up a few bones. Once the gravestones get toppled or moved it's almost impossible to locate and old graveyard. Periwinkle growing is often a good sign. As well as sunken graves.

 

[Foster]

Most rural settings in the South tended to bury at the family estate. I'm not surprised you've turned up a few bones. Once the gravestones get toppled or moved it's almost impossible to locate and old graveyard. Periwinkle growing is often a good sign. As well as sunken graves.

Exactly. That is the only fragment that I have found so far. Being in the middle of a cow pasture, only trees and grass are growing. An old well is near where the bone was found. Last year during a drought, you could see the bricks lining the walls of the well. This time of year, with all the rain, the water is at the surface. We have a fence around it so those very bright Bovinae don't decide to take a plunge.

 

[wwwtimmcp]

it could be a grave or hospital waste before incinerators,or amputation waste from who knows. that being said it could be from one of the thousands of unsolved crimes we all hear about. I would run it by the the local police department just to be safe. who knows maybe it is jimmy hoffa.

 

[Foster]

it could be a grave or hospital waste before incinerators,or amputation waste from who knows. that being said it could be from one of the thousands of unsolved crimes we all hear about. I would run it by the the local police department just to be safe. who knows maybe it is jimmy hoffa.

Might be! He moved to rural MS to hide!

 

[Steve001]

It's hard to imagine a bone fragment from the 1800's would still have a human scent. It seems to me that this would have to be a fairly recent bone for it too excite a cadaver dog.

An interesting read
Is there a human signature in ancient bones that a trained canine can recognize?"
http://www.k9forensic.org/human-signature.htm

It would be interesting to take the dog to the area and see how it reacts.

 

[trixie charger]

Just a thought, but, could the Dog have hit on the bone because it had your and your friends "human" sent on it

 

[Foster]

It's hard to imagine a bone fragment from the 1800's would still have a human scent. It seems to me that this would have to be a fairly recent bone for it too excite a cadaver dog.

An interesting read
Is there a human signature in ancient bones that a trained canine can recognize?"
http://www.k9forensic.org/human-signature.htm

It would be interesting to take the dog to the area and see how it reacts.

Great article!! You do have a point. Maybe I can get her to bring the dog out there while I'm digging. However, the bone was found at 6+ inches in red prairie clay. Might be hard for the dog to find anything. Just guessing.