Jawbone hog-ties Bryan detectives Eagle Staff Report http://www.theeagle.com/stories/052407/local_20070524008.php A skeletal discovery Wednesday afternoon led Bryan police on a two-hour investigation before realizing the "victim" was of a variety often found in a supermarket. Milam County resident Albert Patty told The Eagle that he was in downtown Bryan about 2 p.m. to have his truck inspected when he decided to go for a walk. He was near the U.S. Post Office on William J. Bryan Parkway, where workers are repaving the street, he said, when he noticed items stuck in the mud along the sidewalk. Among the items were glass, coins from the early 1900s and what he thought was a human jawbone. "You see all kinds of things turn up when they're tearing up the sidewalks, it's like a time capsule," he said. "But I didn't expect to see a human jawbone." Patty took the bone to the police station, where detectives launched an investigation that included checking whether a cemetery had ever been nearby. Within two hours, an expert at Texas A&M had examined the bone and three attached teeth and determined that the deceased was a four-legged farm animal, said Peter Scheets, assistant police chief. "It was a pig jawbone," Scheets said. "Once they cleared off the dirt and debris from it, you could see that the crown of the teeth were sharp and pointed, not flat like a human's." //////////////////////////////////// I wonder what the coins were...
Ouch! Not that is bad. I wonder wonder what the coins are too. A shame they didn't mention them. That was really bad philly. Just don't turn into a ham with these jokes. Phoenix
I'd hafe to say it was funny even though a bit embaressing, On that street thogh I have found 1 indian head 3 barber dimes and 3 seated dimes plus 2 V nickles some old printers plates and one nice dime dated 1894 New Orleans mint Albert
Welcome Albert - hope you enjoy it here at CT! Sounds like a great area to metal detect in! Nice finds... Darryl Philly Dog - That was good! Thanks for the chuckle 5 months later!
bonedigger During the early 1900s farmers would carry their change (coins) in a little leather pouch. During his routine of chores, the pouch probabl fell to the ground where it laid for years... Clinker
Several years ago a hiker in Santa Cruz, California, found an old skeleton and two US gold coins (a $10 and $5).
