# Bones of child found under house... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035 "2004-10-07T16:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/21 "2004-10-08T12:15:16Z")
Rodents Of Unusual Size ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/22 "2004-10-08T14:00:20Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > What’s that from? [The Bad Seed](http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/28/badseed.html). A must-see, even with the stupid tacked-on Hays Code ending. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/23 "2004-10-08T14:28:43Z")
I’ve been told about people, well, ok, relatives, that during the depression a child or two were buried in the yard after they died. (of natural causes and they were buried there because they were poor) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/24 "2004-10-08T14:40:53Z")
> [@cazzle](#): > > I read a different article on the same story and it included this piece of information: > > Hate to rain on a good ghost story, but if the bones really were outside at one time and dragged in by rodents, then why did the imaginary friend say she was chopped up by a man in a mask and buried under the floorboards? > > I’m afraid I can’t dig up a link to the article, but the author was Melanie Bennett. I think I’d be more creeped out by the fact that a young child was imagining a friend who had been chopped up by a man in a mask. Either that kid has been allowed to watch some movies she shouldn’t be watching or I’d sleep with one eye open if I lived in the same house with her. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/25 "2004-10-08T15:01:06Z")
Time to dig up my basement… wait… I don’t have one. Guess my imaginary friend from when I was a kid must be burried somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/26 "2004-10-08T15:25:27Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > Rodents Of Unusual Size I don’t think they exist. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/27 "2004-10-08T20:39:03Z")
[http://animaltrial.com/capybararodent.html](http://animaltrial.com/capybararodent.html) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/28 "2004-10-08T20:57:21Z")
[Another article](http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/9836697.htm). ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035/29 "2004-10-08T21:11:45Z")
Well, at this point it’s just a creepy coincidence. But if ever authorities are able to verify that the deceased was a little black girl who was hacked up–well, _that_ would be really creepy and would definitely get me to thinking. Hell, it’s creepy anyway. Not that I am a big believer in ghosts (I’m open to the possibility, but am sceptical of most claims). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-of-child-found-under-house/268035.md?page=1)