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Bass Fisherman Lands White River Gravestone
What do you do when you catch a 145-year-old gravestone? Put it in your garden, obviously.
After snagging a stone engraved “Frank H. Kelly, 1830-1862,” which led authorities to about a dozen more all apparently dumped into the White River, Indianapolis man Jim Hodges told the Associated Press his plan: "I figure it belongs in my garden just as well as it belongs in the bottom of a river," he said—that is, until someone wants it back.
Who would want a stranger's or even a family members tombstone in their garden? Thats a bit spooky. Even better are the odds someone's house sits on an old cemetary as a result of this.
Posted by: | August 01, 2007 at 02:28 PM
Having the tombstone around wouldn't both me so much as the idea that someone's house is sitting on top of a graveyard. Most likely some developer came across the head stones, didn't want to deal with the trouble of getting things moved legally, and just dumped them in the river. No head stones, no cemetery, no problem! :-7
Posted by: Sherrill Philip Neese | August 02, 2007 at 08:47 PM
It would be a nice Halloween decoration.
Posted by: Matt Mallery | August 03, 2007 at 04:22 PM