Comments on: What Was The Mystery Body?

By: Alligator

Alligator — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:46:35 +0000

“20 police officers? seems like a bit much don’t you think?”

I’m telling you guys, as a volunteer fireman and EMT and having been a park ranger, when a call comes in “possible human corpse” you are going to see 20 cops and that many fire/emt personnel on the scene. That is standard protocol.

By: Kushtaka

Kushtaka — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:17:07 +0000

I’ve come across SEVERAL dead bears and numerous other wild animals in the wild. (Maybe I should start buying Powerball tickets, Springheeledjack!) I’ve even seen some human bodies. Under the right circumstances, a dead bear DOES look VERY MUCH like a human, without closer investigation. Thus, the need for a whole team of law enforcement to secure the scene while the body is being recovered. I’ve come across bears in several stages of decomposition. When they are skinned, they look horrifically like a human being. I concur with MattBille. When all the remains is bones, again, it looks very human-like. I should also note that all of the bears I encountered were headless. The heads often become detached in the process of decomposition and scavenging (for humans and animals alike). For those of you who have never seen a dead bear, I’m including a link to one of the photos I took of my first dead bear encounter.

OK, I’m going to go buy some lottery tickets now, because, what are the odds!?

By: jdillard71

jdillard71 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:59:14 +0000

yes. I myself even agree that Dr. Krantz study was “informal” , but its just a statement as to the odds of it being a naturally dead bear. Just another thing to think about, and I agree with everyone on here: 20 police officers? seems like a bit much don’t you think?

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:55:13 +0000

And how…all we are looking for is more information…it is interesting, and it seems if you throw something like that out to the public, the least you can do is follow up with it and let us know the rest of the story…

By: MattBille

MattBille — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:19:59 +0000

It’s not mentioned whether the animal had been skinned. A skinned bear looks human enough that the resemblance led some Native American cultures to declare that people and bears were “cousins.” Now if someone would kindly release just a picture of the teeth, we’d be done here.

By: robynnee

robynnee — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:39:41 +0000

I think that the officials in this rural Mississippi area don’t want a whole bunch of outsiders tramping through their backyards and woods most likely trespassing, and causing disturbances in an otherwise quiet area. I am sure if one lived there one would feel much the same. Sometimes “city-folk” just don’t understand this.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Ok, it’s an animal…what kind???

I agree with Family Guy is on…20 people for a bear carcass???

I agree it’s probably nothing-but why the “drama???.”

By: A_Human_On_Earth

A_Human_On_Earth — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:41:24 +0000

Even decomposed, looking at the head would say bear or “not human” right at the site.

The article did not say badly decomposed or a headless corpse.

Wouldn’t it be more natural, even for a law enforcement information officer, to use a simple phrase like, “it’s some kind of animal?”

By: vamelungeon

vamelungeon — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:31:48 +0000

When the coroner found the remains to be non-human, the carcass probably went into the garbage and that was the end of it. There’s probably no follow-up to be done.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:05:57 +0000

Decomposition is the problem and it very well could be something mundane like a bear…however, the Grover Krantz study is on the money…and I don’t think jDillard was saying it was impossible, but he was saying that dead bears found in the wild are about as numerous as winning powerball tickets…

I found a contact e-mail for the vicksburg paper and wrote to them asking for information, updates or names of people to follow up with next…we will see if I get anything out of them.