I'm feeling slightly better, but I still fall asleep at the oddest times. Well Sis did say to me, and it was echoed by Doyle, if you feel sleepy lie down, now, don't fight it. And they are right. And with Belladonna and Weiner Dog snuggled next to me for extra body warmth it's a good thing.
Although in one of my waking moments Doyle asked out loud "What is up with all these Human Head skulls being found here and there?"
And he's right----in the last 18 months a total of 3 human skulls have turned up.
The first was in a recycling station in or near Oakland, nearly 6 months later another one was discovered on the side of Skyline Road in Oakland, on a paper plate with plastic mardi gra beads and now a day or two ago a 3rd found in a Homeless encampment also in Oakland.
I've reprinted the article here from the Contra Costa Times----
by
Natalie Neysa Alund
OAKLAND -- A homeless
man at a camp cleared by officials Thursday afternoon near downtown was
found with what appeared to be a human skull among his possessions of arts and
crafts, two shopping carts and tarps.
The man emerged from his large brown and gray tent with the
skull in hand at about 1 p.m., surprising police and Caltrans workers evicting
people from the camp at Seventh and Castro streets, underneath Interstate 980,
authorities said.
"I couldn't believe it. It was crazy," said Rickie
Terry, a Caltrans worker, who said he didn't spot the skull when he and others
visited the site two weeks ago. He also said he didn't remember seeing a
freshly-dug hole in the dirt about 50 feet away from the tent.
Later, the homeless man said he found the skull while
digging in the area but refused to give his name or answer any more questions.
Police did not arrest the man, but an officer said he did take down his
personal information in the event they need to contact him.
Another man at the camp, Chris Craner, 43, said they often
dig holes to bury their garbage in the camp, but he had never seen the skull
until Thursday.
"I would know about it if there was a skull here,"
Craner said, standing by three women -- one who held a white-and-brown spotted
puppy. "We would all know about it because we're a close-knit group."
Police interviewed the camp's residents and sent a picture
of the skull to the Alameda County Coroner's Office to confirm whether it was
human. About 2:45 p.m., police and a coroner's assistance bagged the partially
intact cranium and took it to the coroner's office, where it will be examined.
Police earlier had issued notices for the half-dozen people
who live there to leave the site, which is owned by the state.-30-
It was later announced that this skull was indeed human but of a Native American, the question is was it found there at the homeless camp or some place else, to be determined.
However with the two previous skulls no word has emerged about their situation or any follow up.
It seems that Oakland is becoming more macabre and Gothic than we imagined, Just think Darklings, just a short distance from all those protest marches was buried a human body, how little do we know what is under our very feet.
And now I'm feeling tired again and will take a nap, thank goodness Sis will cook dinner for herself, Doyle and Brian while I'll have Wor Won Ton Soup that Doyle is going to pick up in 30 minutes. It is nice to be pampered when one is ill.
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