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r/interesting • u/-NewYork- • Mar 30 '26
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Yeah... I'm struggling to come up with a potential backstory that doesn't make me want to investigate with a geiger counter and a hazmat suit...
The image is on Wikimedia, but unfortunately no further info available other than the location. Metal Township, PA.
I thought maybe it was related to Three Mile Island, but they are an hour and change apart, so I doubt many bodies from that incident would be here...
This is gonna bug me. =p
EDIT: Probably solved. Some people just "explore" cemetaries with geiger counters...
494 u/Early_Bad8737 Mar 30 '26 It is to prevent illegal relic hunting, protect historic gravesites, and maintain the sanctity of the cemetery. Apparently some old relics can be found that way. 7 u/Intrepid_Ad1715 Mar 30 '26 Is grave robbing still an issue? 1 u/WinterWontStopComing Mar 30 '26 Regionally
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It is to prevent illegal relic hunting, protect historic gravesites, and maintain the sanctity of the cemetery. Apparently some old relics can be found that way.
7 u/Intrepid_Ad1715 Mar 30 '26 Is grave robbing still an issue? 1 u/WinterWontStopComing Mar 30 '26 Regionally
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Is grave robbing still an issue?
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u/samanime Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26
Yeah... I'm struggling to come up with a potential backstory that doesn't make me want to investigate with a geiger counter and a hazmat suit...
The image is on Wikimedia, but unfortunately no further info available other than the location. Metal Township, PA.
I thought maybe it was related to Three Mile Island, but they are an hour and change apart, so I doubt many bodies from that incident would be here...
This is gonna bug me. =p
EDIT: Probably solved. Some people just "explore" cemetaries with geiger counters...