Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st
NHREGISTER.COM/NEW HAVEN – Talk about an eerie Halloween story. Hurricane turned Superstorm Sandy toppled a majestic old oak on the Upper Green and intertwined in the dirt and roots was a human skeleton.Police were called, as was the state medical examiner.But there was no horror story to be told.The very old bones likely are centuries old dating back to when the Green was used as a cemetery during colonial times until the Grove Street cemetery was chartered in 1797. There remain an estimated 5,000 people buried under the Green. click here to read more
