Agent showing house finds pile of bones

[jeff of pa]

GIBSON, La. (AP) -- A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner.

James Kenny, a forensic investigator with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office, says the bones found Saturday were so old that dirt had saturated the marrow inside them. He says they probably are remains of Native Americans buried long before the house was built.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

[stefen]

Possibly the thing to do is to turn the bones over to a local tribe and have them reburied with the appropriate ceremony.

They sure as hell don't need to be left with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office...they might dump them in the trash...

[Cappy Z.]

I question the source for accuracy. No photos either. Kind of like WMDs.
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[Stickmarsh]

I question the source for accuracy. No photos either. Kind of like WMDs.

Cappy Z, here is a follow-up article. It appears to be legit . . .

An investigation by state scientists will determine what happens to about 100 human bones found Saturday inside a house in Gibson, officials said.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20...CLES/911249911

[Shortstack]

Possibly the thing to do is to turn the bones over to a local tribe and have them reburied with the appropriate ceremony.

They sure as hell don't need to be left with the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Office...they might dump them in the trash...

Ain't that the truth!!!! If there's any way at all to classify those bones as Native American, they should be returned with proper ceremony to an Indian Shaman / Medicine Man so they can be shown the respect they deserve. I just hope the previous occupant of that house was not a treasure hunter / relic hunter. We get enough "bad press" as it is.

Shessh. What if he was as cannibal whose hobby was THing? OOOH, sorry about that. Just a little jocularity; yep, a little jocularity.

[GL]

I bet the arrowheads she found when they dug the garage were really nice.