Dem Bones

To avoid accusations of being "All Pay Stubs, All the Time", we post an inquiry from a reader. We admit to being at first a bit skeptical, but we are hearing more and more about this from reliable sources:

While hiking on Claremont's wilderness trail this morning [Tuesday, September 11, 2007] we came upon a young man on the phone with the police. He seem upset and we asked him if he was ok. He responded by telling us that he was on hold and that he had come upon a human foot in an old army case that was behind the small water tower that sits about a mile or so out from the entrance. Now the group I walk with have been hiking the trail for years and besides the rattlesnake (a baby) the most interesting thing we have witnessed is some beautiful deer a coyote or two and a plethora of colorful birds.

The young man said the officer on the phone didn't know how to get to the trail so he proceeded to give directions. While we were disturbed by the incident, we weren't sure we believed his assessment until he told us her was a veteran of the war. He apparently had seen a lot worse than the foot he stumbled upon in the box.

While we had commitments and had to leave our young good Samaritan foot finder...we are curious as to the end of the story. Our friend said it was a small adult foot and the case contained items that may have belonged to a child.

Shades of Blue Velvet. We assume the story, if it has legs, will be buried by the City of Claremont.