Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1891 — The Skull Made Advances. [ARTICLE]

The Skull Made Advances.

A physician tells the following story: “ At one time when 1 was a medical student my cluss lmd been for several days studying the bones of the head. To aid in this a number of human skulls had been brought into the lecture room. After wo were through with them they were thrown in a heap into one corner. “ One night I chanced to be left alone in the room. Finding it quiet nnd pleasant in the half light, 1 sat down to smoke a cigar. Immediately facing me was the pile of skulls. They presented a very uncanny appearance as the light from a dim gas burner played over them, making them seem almost alive with a certain play of expression. One particularly big fellow, lying right on top of the pile, appeared actually to wink at me from its lidless eye sockets, while the teeth in the gaping mouth grinned horribly. Amused, 1 winked buck and offered my cigar, when suddenly there was a slight noise and the skull inclined slightly forward as if bowing acceptance. There was no mistake about it. It moved, not only once, but twice.

“ I dropped my cigar aud sat up straight in my chair, my eye fixed on the grewsome thing. There wus another louder noise and a stronger movement of the skull, when down it came crashing to the fioor and bounded to my very feet. In un instant I ivas on the table near by gazing upon the strange thing and ready for precipitate flight. “ Then the skull gave a violent shake and turned over and out jumped ti big rut. which scampered across the floor and into hiding.”—[Philadelphia Times.