Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People

[Bonobo]

AL JIZAH, EGYPT—A team of British and Egyptian archaeologists made a stunning discovery Monday, unearthing several intact specimens of "skeleton people"—skinless, organless humans who populated the Nile delta region an estimated 6,000 years ago.

An archaeologist examines the intact remains of a spooky "skeleton person."

"This is an incredible find," said Dr. Christian Hutchins, Oxford University archaeologist and head of the dig team. "Imagine: At one time, this entire area was filled with spooky, bony, walking skeletons."
"The implications are staggering," Hutchins continued. "We now know that the skeletons we see in horror films and on Halloween are not mere products of the imagination, but actually lived on Earth."

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[Spinzonner]

1. I have a bone to pick with this claim

[InternalDialogue]

4. Is it a humerus story?

[jeff30997]

2. Scientists discover brainless ape-like creature...

Oh,wait,it's just Dubya.

[MichaelHarris]

3. I saw

Jason fight them in that Argonaut movie, they were pretty good fighters except they were a little fragile. The fragility would explain their demise.

[Mikimouse]

5. Descended from the Nacirema, no doubt...n/t

[NYC]

6. This is hilarious:

"We now know that the skeletons we see in horror films and on Halloween are not mere products of the imagination, but actually lived on Earth."

"Any of us could be part skeleton," he added.

[MichaelHarris]

7. this is what I worry about

or this

[NYC]

8. You fear they have surviving descendants?

Pockets of skeleton people have survived?

[MichaelHarris]

9. I do

I've always feared the skeleton but what scares me most is the zombie. Man the zombie has no fear, all he wants is to eat your brains.

[NYC]

10. Bad news for you.

Rumor has it both the skeleton people and the zombies will be showing up at the end of October. (If you put a lighted pumpkin in the window, they'll leave you alone.)

[Dogmudgeon]

11. This theory will never hold water

Hutchins may avoid being "full of shit", but his idea is as leaky as a sieve.

Next he'll be telling us that throughout time, most people lived underground, never leaving a supine position.

--p!

[DemBones DemBones]

12. A skelton person goes into a bar

and says "Bring me a beer and a mop."

:evilgrin:

[icymist]

13. Bwhaahahaha! NO! Hahahah!

And then one day, that person walked into a bar!
OUCH!@#@%!