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 Mummified Child Found in Cast Iron Casket

 

 

Strange things can happen when you decide to move the family cemetery to a new location. 

In Newberry, South Carolina workers were relocating a family cemetery (after the local county purchased the property) when they unearthed some unusual caskets. Made of cast iron and dating from the 1800s, the caskets are extremely rare and would have been expensive.

Though workers did not open the caskets, one had been damaged by the elements. Inside, they saw the mummified remains of a 10-month-old boy.

 

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Source: Charleston.net, 1/19/01 

 

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