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Lost Boy Found & Stolen?

by Staff Writer R. Ed Kipper

As if recent events in our fair city of New Haven and the surrounding towns were not disturbing enough, what with old graves in cemeteries being broken into and looted, now this happens.

Yesterday hikers in Bethany, CT found a lost boy who had been missing for over a week. The boy was found wandering lost in the woods near one of the cemeteries where grave robbing had occurred, apparently without clothes and having had his head shaved. As this reporter was able to learn, the boy was most likely severely abused since he was reported in a borderline catatonic state unresponsive to those attempting to treat him. Furthermore he bore ligature marks on his wrists and ankles, strongly suggesting that he had been tied down.

With the potential danger to this boy in mind, the city wisely chose to post a guard outside his hospital room in the pediatric ward on the tenth floor. What does not make sense though is how a young boy could get taken out of his hospital room without anyone seeing. The only indication to the officer on duty that something was amiss was when he reportedly heard the boy scream. When the officer immediately went in to check on the boy, the room was empty.

We should insist that this boy be found, and that those responsible be punished.

Is the Headless Horseman Real?

by Staff Writer R. Ed Kipper

Recent events in Tarrytown, NY have called into question whether or not the local tall tales which served as the inspiration for Washington Irving's famous short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" might have some basis in fact.

Local law enforcement personnel are being closed-mouthed, but this reporter has found out one of the graves in the old Sleepy Hollow Cemetery had been dug up. Unfortunately, the local officials refuse to confirm which burial plot was disturbed, or allow anyone access to the site.

According to anonymous sources, the bodies of several men were found slain around the desecrated grave, with two of the men having been decapitated and a third having been disemboweled after having been impaled on something.

Following interviews of neighbors to the 150 year-old burying ground, some area residents claim to have seen a small, pale figure running from the cemetery. Police are investigating this. Yet other residents, whom wish to remain nameless also claim that a man mounted on a horse was pursuing the person fleeing the cemetery. The Gazette will keep readers posted as more information develops.