Humans skulls discovered in China

[FlyingRamenMonster]

This is the most WTF story I have read all month. I couldn’t find it online so I’ll share some excerpts here. I think it’s from Reuters.

The grisly discovery of 121 human skulls, many with their tops sawn off, has puzzles Chinese police and caused a frenzy of speculation.

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Police have confirmed that the skulls are human and are of “recent origin”, as suggested by the fact that some has skin and hair still attached.
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A further twist came with a find in a landfill site in the same province of two arms belonging to a child believed to be aged between five and eight. The arms appeared to have been cooked with chilli and ginger.

… Beijing News quoted a nameless official as saying that the skulls might be related to a trade in handicrafts… imitation skullcaps were being sold as ashtrays… lined with silver, “the real thing” commanded high prices from private buyers.

WTF??

shudder

I’ll post the whole story if I get a mod’s permission.

[drm]

…and the death toll due to smoking keeps on rising.

(sorry)

[Larry_Mudd]

@FlyingRamenMonster

I’ll post the whole story if I get a mod’s permission.

Link to whole story.

Oh, and “ewww.”

[FlyingRamenMonster]

Ah, that’s the one. Thanks for finding it.

[Mahaloth]

Here is what Xin Hua says about it:

Xin Hua

[MEBuckner]

@Xinhua

Investigations showed no signs of medical expertise in the decapitations, Chen said, adding that they found no signs of fatal injuries.

Well, decapitation is usually pretty fatal.

[Inigo_Montoya]

Turn around. Turn around.
There’s a thing there that can be found…