> I considered one of my photos of this for the upcoming PUG. It's in a > rather out-of-the-way graveyard on the West Coast that we had a quick > look at last weekend. > > I can't figure out what it is or what it was used for. Given its shape > and surroundings I assume it has something to do with burials. I seem > to remember that the rod sticking downwards protrudes below the base > (you can just see it in the centre of the near side). > > http://www.multi.net.nz/cemetery-thing/ > > Any ideas? > > Cheers, > Dave
It's a vampire trap. Freshly-buried corpse, vampire steps on mound of earth, buried pressure plate activates spring. Whop! Big metal coffin-shaped trap catches vampire. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
