Halloween Has Come Early
Well, Halloween has come early to the neighborhood. The roomie and I were out winterizing the swamp cooler and all the other neighbors are out with their kids enjoying the beautiful fall day. They start clustering around something in the grass, the kids are freaking and yelling, "It's real! It's real!" We get curious, go over and look, and lo and behold there appears to be a skinned human hand laying there with the tips of the fingers chopped off. *cue "Who Are You", and I have the urge to take my now dark glasses off, pose, and make an off-hand quip. Heh* Well, party pooper that I am I say, "That looks like a black bear paw." Thumb and wrist bones just don't look right for human - thumb too flat against the rest of the "hand" and the sawed through wrist bones are just too bulky. Yay, I can use some of my physical anthropology ejumacation!!
A policeman is waiting out their right now for his sergeant, who is an avid hunter, to confirm.
*Update* - it's bear.