Charles Peavey of Concord, New Hampshire, was distressed when the police came and took away his mummified baby last week. After all, it was part of the family.
Peavey's family had given the baby gifts: "ceramic angels, antique marbles, a quartz candle holder and a dried but once-living beta fish. (It was supposed to be the mummy's pet.)"Of all the stories surrounding the mummy's birth and death, Peavey favors the one that says he's an ancient relative - the stillborn son of a great-great uncle. He calls the mummy "Baby John." Through DNA testing, a forensic anthropologist will be able to determine whether that theory is plausible.
"I've always treated him as a family member," said Peavey, a cook at a Hooksett restaurant who spends his free time tracing his family history. "And I'll be disappointed if he's not." [Link]
Police learned of the mummy's existence when Peavey's 4-year-old great-niece told a day-care bully, "Be careful. My uncle's a killer. He has a dead baby."
Chris, you got me on this one. I thought it was spoof until I clicked on the link! :D
Janice
I was going to ask you, Janice, is mummy-hoarding rampant among New Hampshire genealogists?
Chris,
Apparently mummy-collecting appears to be fairly common occurrence in NH.
Here is another example... the case of the princess mummy
I live less than an hour from Wiscasset, and never suspected it was a hub of mummy trafficking.
Wow...
I just found this... looks like Maine really did have alot
of mummy trafficking.
Janice
Check out this post that I contributed to Strange Maine back in January.