Skeleton found under tree uprooted by Sandy

SurfieTX · Oct 31, 2012

Visible among the roots of the giant oak tree, planted in 1909 on the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, is the back of an upside-down skull with its mouth still open. The skull is attached to a spine and rib cage.

The Green long ago served as a burial ground, and historian Robert Greenberg told the newspaper the bones could belong to one of many smallpox victims interred there in the 1700s.

Read more: http://www.wmur.com/news/national/S.../17208354/-/f47yo2/-/index.html#ixzz2AtdiE000

STANDREID · Oct 31, 2012

Glad I'm vaccinated for smallpox.:great:

Nova · Oct 31, 2012

STANDREID said:
Glad I'm vaccinated for smallpox.:great:

You know those vaccines wear off, yes?

I had to get a booster when I was 12, because I visited a South American country where smallpox was still active.

4SAM · Jul 26, 2013

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Skeleton found under tree uprooted by Sandy

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