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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-04 06:49 PM
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My brother, who lives in Pennsylvania, sent me this story. Creepy.

http://www.pennlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1087377610126010.xml?penncolbow

..."We bid on the house and we got it," said Stehman, formerly of Hershey. The sellers told us, "And oh, by the way, there's a cemetery in your front yard."...

...About 150 years ago, this whole area was John Bowman's farm. Under the patch of tanbark is the graveyard that holds the remains of Bowman's family. In 1888, John Bowman became the last family member buried there...

...But the contractor did not dig up the graves.

Instead, the contractor set Stehman's house farther back from the street than the neighbors' houses to leave room for the graves in the front yard...


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