Lost and Found: Anyone Missing a Skull?
For a few weeks in May, my friend Greg worked as a "scavenger" at Yale, going through all the crap people leave behind in their rooms after finals and (mostly) trashing it. He was paid pretty well, and got to keep anything he found. His final haul, I believe, was a few bags of chips, a blue bicycle and a ratty Dr. Pepper t-shirt he is way too proud of.
That is all very much less impressive than this.
According to police, a West Philadelphia apartment vacated by seven Penn students last month was, upon later inspection, found to contain a human skull.
Lt. Frank Vanore said the discovery makes "kind of a weird story," even for the Philadelphia police. He said the skull may have been used as a learning tool for a medical student or it may have been purposefully left in the kitchen as a prank.
I like that -- finding a human skull is weird even for the Philadelphia police. What could he possibly have been referring to?
Also, "a learning tool for a medical student?" What kind of fucked-up medical school sends people home with skulls? Something doesn't add up. Cue the music -- it's an Ivy League mystery!
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July 7th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Seriously? News can’t be this slow.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
July 8th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Aha! A new chapter in the Geronimo Skull scandal… Bones sneaks the contraband to Philly, then frames a bunch of Penn kids by hiding the thing in their dorm. Quickly, someone call Alexandra Robbins!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Shouldn’t a requirement of serving as an IvyGate editor be that you have to read the blog that you edit? This “story” was previously covered by IvyGate a few weeks ago.