UK UK - Skeletal remains found in skip beside building works, Bristol, Aug'18

[MelmothTheLost]

'Human bones' are found in town centre skip: Police cordon off area after remains are spotted by shocked members of public

Police have cordoned off a skip after human bones were found dumped alongside rubble from a building site.

Members of the public spotted the remains poking out of a skip in Bristol, close to St Nicholas Market, at around 9am this morning.

Builders are said to have not noticed the bones as the earth was packed tightly when it was thrown into the skip.

But get this:

Officers initially dismissed the discovery after banging the suspected bones on the side of the skip and declaring, 'That's wood', before leaving the scene.

However they may be historic remains:

St Nicholas Market is in Bristol's old city is famous for its Georgian architecture. It is thought there may have been a cemetery built under the site.

Skip in busy city centre is cordoned off after 'human bones' discovered | Daily Mail Online

 

[carbuff]

Slightly OT but...what's a skip?

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Slightly OT but...what's a skip?

A dumpster. There's a photo of one in the Mail article. 3rd photo down.

 

[carbuff]

Thanks, that makes sense.

 

[Amonet]

I would guess they're historical remains, but why didn't LE call for an anthropologist, or at least an ME, to check out the 'bones' in the first place?