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Badgers Digging Up Ancient Human Remains

Posted by samzenpus on from the someone-get-a-snake dept.

One of England's oldest graveyards is under siege by badgers. Rev Simon Shouler now regularly patrols the grounds of St. Remigius Church looking for bones that the badgers have dug up. The badger is a protected species in England so they can not be killed, and attempts to have them relocated have been blocked by English Nature. From the article: "At least four graves have been disturbed so far; in one instance a child found a leg bone and took it home to his parents. ... Rev. Simon Shouler has been forced to carry out regular patrols to pick up stray bones, store them and re-inter them all in a new grave."

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  1. Burying Bodies by DirtyCanuck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it me or is the tradition of being buried becoming more and more ridiculous the further we venture into the reality that is the future.

    Frankly cremation is the current preference, that doesn't end in a badger exhumation.

    1. Re:Burying Bodies by asliarun · · Score: 5, Funny

      I totally agree. Only a human being faces the possibility of being badgered in both life and in death.

    2. Re:Burying Bodies by Hylandr · · Score: 5, Insightful

      All these interstate highways have at least 50 feet of available burial ground between the lanes and small critters often don't have much of a chance at making it over to invade.

      Problem solved.

      - Dan.

      --
      ~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
  2. Badger badger badger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Badger badger badger badger. Leg bone! Leg bone! Ohhhhh, Grave!