Box Of Mystery Unearthed: Buried Treasure Or A Dead Cat?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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My girlfriend was just doing some digging in a corner of our yard, getting ready to do some planting. A foot or so down, she hit a small, cherrywood box, about 6"x4"x3", locked with a small padlock. There is no plaque or anything else to identify the contents. She says shaking it shows there’s definitely somthing in there, but she can’t tell what.

I won’t be home until this evening, and we have to rush out right away, so I might not get a chance to open it until tomorrow. So until then, what do you think – did a previous resident bury their precious jewels or are we going to find the cremated remains of a family pet?

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They’re probably remains, but I’ll be they ain’t cremated.

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Too small for a cat. What you have there is probably your basic dead hamster.

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Pandora’s Box, 2nd edition.

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I vote for a moldy diary detailing some young girl’s unrequited love for Bobby Sherman circa 1974.

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I could understand burying pet remains in a nice box, but what’s with the padlock?*

*unless there’s something out of a Stephen King story locked in there, in which case DO NOT OPEN THE BOX. :eek:

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Zombie hamster. Explains everything. Bring a shotgun if you’re going to open it.

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Check the lost pet notices from Mr. Schrodinger.

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I’m not so much puzzled by the padlock as the fact that the key is attached.

I mean, if you padlock a box, you presumably want to be the only one to be able to open it, so you hang on to the key. But this makes no sense – either you don’t padlock it, or you padlock it and hide the key.

Strange.

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Might I suggest, just to be careful, have a crucifix on hand, and maybe a wooden spike.

I’m just sayin, better safe than sorry.

Pictures please!

(And I’m guessing journals and currency - but old unusable currency!)

(PS. I feel the OP should have insisted anyone posting, to his thread, should have to take a guess at the contents of the box!)

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don’t open it!, it’s the last seal remaining after **Velma **opened The Cooler of Death in 2003!

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If it is a wooden box in good enough condition for you to be able to identify it as cherry , it can’t have been in the ground for too long.

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Could be a time capsule. Or a map to an underground museum of humanity for any post apocalyptic alien visitors.

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That sounds just like the box containing our dearly departed dog’s cremated remains (RIP Ranger - you were one good dog). My hunch is you will find a plastic bag containing ashes inside the box.

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cremated hookers (and hopefully some blow)?

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It’s a hamster, for sure.

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Wouldn’t there be some signs to ward off evil on the box, in that case?

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Just don’t confuse the 2 baggies in that case…

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It’s treasure. 28 cents in small bills, to be specific.

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Teeth.