# Box Of Mystery Unearthed: Buried Treasure Or A Dead Cat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540 "2012-05-10T19:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/41 "2012-05-10T22:35:43Z")
If the box is in good condition yet it’s full of cremains, will you dump them out and keep the box? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/42 "2012-05-10T23:02:54Z")
Hal, I asked my husband (who knows everything - he really does - he TOLD me he does and I believe him) and he said it’s the lost episodes of Dragnet. I am not sure HOW he knows, but he said that’s what it is. And they’re not on DVD - they’re probably Beta videotapes. Although traditional VCR tapes COULD be possible, but he really is feeling it’s Beta. Sorry if we spoiled the surprise. 😃 He also said to enjoy them - we heard they’re good episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/43 "2012-05-11T00:07:08Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > If it were valuable, like money or treasure, the key would not be with it. It’s a pet, and mom or dad tossed the key into the hole when junior wasn’t looking so that the presence of a coffin key wouldn’t inspire a later clandestine exhumation. Well, showed them all right! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/44 "2012-05-11T01:47:30Z")
After much speculation and years of searching it has actually been found, and in NJ… [spoiler] Here lies the final resting place of Stuart Little. ☹ Dibbs on the invisible car…! [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/45 "2012-05-11T03:35:34Z")
I’m not sure we should be speculating about the contents of **Hal’s** girlfriend’s box on a public forum… :o ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/46 "2012-05-11T15:04:16Z")
The mystery…REVEALED: Yeah, it was a bag of dead animal (at least I _hope_ it was animal) ashes.However, The Littlest Briston does not yet know that we peeked. She’ll be home from school in about 20 minutes, and we’ve made a bit of a replacement to the contents. The video of the results will be posted shortly after. (…and stored away for her future therapy sessions.) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/47 "2012-05-11T15:12:23Z")
\ You will give us the link to the video. You will give us the link to the video. You will give us the link to the video. Obey Obey Obey \ Ah there, Mr. Briston. How do we feel now? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/48 "2012-05-11T15:19:30Z")
I hope you replaced the ashes with a spring-loaded snake or something. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/49 "2012-05-11T15:31:07Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I hope you replaced the ashes with a spring-loaded snake or something. Yeah, right…like I’d let off with that little mental trauma. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/50 "2012-05-11T16:07:30Z")
“We’ve replaced the regular ashes in this box with genuine live jumping spiders. Let’s see if she notices!” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/51 "2012-05-11T16:47:57Z")
[Oh, that went _so_ beautifully](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sscQGHWRZsI)… ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/52 "2012-05-11T16:52:16Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > don’t open it!, it’s the last seal remaining after \*\*Velma \*\*opened [The Cooler of Death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712&) in 2003! Dammit, I was thinking the same thing, and beat to the archivist reference! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/53 "2012-05-11T16:56:37Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > [Oh, that went _so_ beautifully](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sscQGHWRZsI)… Great job. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/54 "2012-05-11T17:12:21Z")
great job! My wife and I enjoyed that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/55 "2012-05-11T17:17:32Z")
HOW could you tease such a SWEET little girl? (Okay, it’s not really teasing. But WOW she’s a cutie.) Why am I thinking you had blond hair? Why am I thinking you’re supposed to look like Philip Seymour Hoffman? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/56 "2012-05-11T17:23:09Z")
Shades of Giraffe and the infamous sandwich. Excellent touch! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/57 "2012-05-11T17:24:54Z")
Sublime. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/58 "2012-05-11T17:29:24Z")
Well played, sir. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/59 "2012-05-11T17:41:02Z")
Nice one! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540/60 "2012-05-11T19:32:56Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Oh, that went _so_ beautifully… Hal, you are a sick, sick man. I bow before your Evil Parentness. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-mystery-unearthed-buried-treasure-or-a-dead-cat/621540.md?page=4)