Thursday 25 July 2013

Mystery over walrus found in coffin at St Pancras


Of all the secrets buried beneath the streets of London perhaps the most inexplicable is the walrus found in a coffin at St Pancras Station.

Archaeologists who discovered the bones of the four-metre-long Pacific walrus admit that they have been stumped as to why anyone would inter a large aquatic mammal in a human burial ground, although they suspect that it may be the antics of 19th century medical students.

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