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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, digging up skulls from the cemetery isn't exactly what I'd consider good manners, but at least he didn't kill them.

I hope.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Modern day Ed gien.

[–] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 8 points 2 days ago

God forbid someone have hobbies

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just looked up his Facebook out of curiosity. It hasn’t been removed.

He called himself “dome daddy”.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's gotta be some bad juju

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

I accidentally dug up a human skeleton at work once. Maybe uncovered is a better word.

Anyway I only got a nasty cold for like a week

[–] join@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

That is the best possible ending of that headline, and there weren’t many good options.

[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pennsylvania totally isn't haunted, tho, they say. Sure it isn't.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

As someone who lives in PA, I can confirm that this state totally isn't haunted at all and my family and I have never lived in haunted houses or have had crazy unexplainable experience. No sir.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

No more than anywhere else.

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I hope he at least found the one he was looking for.

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

there's a black market for human skulls and skeletons that mostly caters to racists who still believe in phrenology

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

He was selling them to collectors.

[–] Small_Quasar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Shits and giggles.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Everyone has their hobby. Some are... well, different.

[–] sheridan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

It could be worse. He could have been collecting Funko Pops.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s weird for sure, but a $1mil bail is insane for what boils down to theft.

I don’t mean to sound callous to the families of the deceased, but it is what it is.

Maybe I’m a bit fucked up though because I was trying to think how I would feel if he had stolen my dad’s remains, and I’ve decided it would have been comical. I suspect my dad would have thought that too. I don’t visit his grave site either so maybe I can’t comprehend it. I just don’t believe he is in a box in bones, ya know?

Hopefully those accusations turn out to be accurate