FBI seizes stolen artifacts and thousands of bones from Indiana home

[@unclebs74]

Just remember, if you dig in the ground as a private citizen you've commited a crime, but if you're the government and do it you're an "archaeologist" and perfectly legal.

[@avdkmusic]

Nope just need proper permits and $$$ to do it

[@drjohnnynoire]

You can dig all you like on your own property as long as you don't violate building codes. You need permission to dig on other peoples property. If you find a graveyard on your property you are supposed to leave it be. If you want to dig it up for some reason (building a pool or something) then the government may require a cultural resources assessment and have professionals remove the remains from your property, and do research to determine who they were. That's where archaeologists come in. There is no law against digging on your land or collecting arrowheads and such. Robbing graves and storing human remains in your house however, is illegal.

[@Defeng67]

Archeologists ask permission, and don't disturb graves unless necessary. If they do, they rebury the bodies once they're done.

[@boarder6246]

John, in the US you need a materials right. The minerals on certain properties can be taken by government instilled corporate interests.

[@dougg1075]

Alex R done doing what?

[@beachbum6781]

So the smithsonian can DiSPOSE of skeletons by admittingly throwing thousands of them in the ocean, and it's okay.

[@keepmoving1185]

BeachBum proof or you are a troll

[@marshalljulie3676]

@@keepmoving1185 proof that you are easily fooled by rich white people. What he said is true

[@lonewolftech]

@@marshalljulie3676 what does skin pigmentation have to do with anything you racism filth?

[@andrewcross8244]

Yep. When we hunt it’s looting. When they do it, it’s called excavation

[@MrMasterFlash]

@@marshalljulie3676link to a reputable source? Or a I supposed to believe some random anonymous person like yourself because you say so?

[@zachlennon2948]

This guy travelled all over the world collected, historical artifacts, and fought nazis. So in other words he's Indiana Jones.

[@silentseeker1]

What was it that the FBI took from his home that they are not willing to discuss? Curious minds want to know.

[@Spideera]

hmm good question.. duh duh duuuuuh hehehe wonder if they'll do a follow up or if the story ends here.

[@mshavisham8964]

Yeah they NEVER get around to that except for "the bones." What else did he illegally come to possess? (which SO MANY PEOPLE DO)

[@shxpsixcreative4318]

Whatever they wanted.

[@DeadRedLipBombshellHutto]

SOUNDS LIKE BONES OF THE NEPHILIMS.THEY WANT TO RESURRECT THEM.

[@danknee]

Probably the alien bones he dug up

[@xenos_n.]

The dude who had all this stuff sounds like he'd be super awesome to hang out with.

[@miapdx503]

If you like racist ghouls...

[@xenos_n.]

@@miapdx503 Racist? Where'd you get that from? A ghoul, though, most likely.

[@brennanshane146]

@@miapdx503 Oh, shut it

[@baxoutthebox5682]

@@xenos_n. it was laid out clearly why it’s been culturally acceptable to treat indigenous people’s graves like a child’s sandbox. It’s racism, plain and simple. Perhaps a product of naivety and cultural norms of the time, but racism nonetheless.

[@sashamoore9691]

@@baxoutthebox5682no it’s not

[@reneesmokey5847]

Please tell SMITHSONIAN to return OUR 12,000 items!!!! GreatBasinNv

[@knowledgewillincrease7508]

and all the Giant Human Bones they stole and hid away

[@damaspiderqueen]

@@knowledgewillincrease7508 I was going to say the same. They are Native Americans as well.

[@MichaelS-vy1ku]

they're not yours anymore. May as well demand poland give back prussia to germany or california to mexico

[@henrylivingstone2800]

Michael S That’s a stupid argument, ancestral bones and ever-changing borders are completely different comparisons.

[@gusto731]

At 2:57, there's a professor of Anthropology "brought in by the FBI." Talk about letting the coyote into the henhouse! She speaks of cultural 'racism,' in that the artifacts are not 'white.' How does she characterize the TENS OF THOUSANDS of indigenous skeletal remains in various anthropological and ethnological museum collections (especially Ivy League universities) across North America? How is that okay???

[@nox7282]

It’s only okay if the government can make money off of it. She left that part out

[@jensenjames3874]

This lady lives on vodka, white wine and antipsychotics.

[@dales6301]

It's not OK, but that doesn't excuse this raider either.

[@tomboard1]

Graves have been robbed as long as humans have buried their dead. But racism occupies every corner of these people's world.

[@AmericanMadeAdventures]

And it's not like the bones of white peoples around the world haven't been dug up and studied. England, France, Germany....just to name a few places where it is done.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

Many universities have native American bones and they are not talking about those. I worked in the "bone room" or Oregon State University in 2010 sorting and logging bones for "repatriation" back to any tribe that can be identified, and/or claimed.

[@kentneumann5209]

Going by records of where they were taken from? And if no records, was it possible to go by DNA to place them with their tribes of origin?

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

@@kentneumann5209 While I was there (2009-2011), there was no DNA testing for the repatriation. Many of the tribes didn't want them back for various reasons.

[@salvagemonster3612]

We live and we die. Bones are bones.

[@MrMasterFlash]

It definitely happened, and it's no secret. But the other universities are going through the same process yours was at the time. It's a huge job. when the universities collected them, they viewed things different, and were wrong, but they were doing it for academic purposes .

[@11O100]

It sucks that he died, I suspect you could ask him anything about the artifacts in his possession and he could tell you when, what, and where he got it.

[@dylansyra9182]

Just did a oof inspection on the neighbor the Cameron's. He told me all about Don so i came here. He told me a lot about your mom. Very interesting guy

[@Brassblitz]

Could he tell you the date of the layer he pulled it out of? Could he tell you if it was a burial or a trash heap? What else was it found with? What was the orientation? What was the exact location? No. When you remove an artifact you DESTROY the CONTEXT of the find. You erase it's history. Who made it? How did they use it? When? Now all we know is "George dug it up somewhere on one of his trips"

[@FacesintheStoneShorts]

Hilarious. Look at my avatar, they hide the art of the indigenous Americans, because we live in a conquered country. Learning the art will allow you to become more aware of the situation that you were in. The country has only been in existence for a few hundred years. You have no idea of your history, that we mixed with other hominoids. It’s a Christian country. I steal every single one of my artifacts.

[@grannybanjo4605]

Most people can tell the difference between a burial and a midden.

[@CadetBoneSpurs]

Yeah he could tell you where he ILLEGALLY dig the stuff up…stop making excuses for criminals

[@straycatsean]

Not one mention of the value, the real reason the FBI wanted these artifacts. It's about money not dead bones.

[@will0ughby]

@@Anon0nline the "rightful owners" are dead and gone. The governments in power throughout the americas have nothing to do with the cultures the artifacts came from.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

It’s because archaeologists know what they are doing and when they go on digs it’s meticulous (or at least it should be) and when untrained people do it they can lose the history and the story of humanity once it’s gone we lose it forever

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

The us government isn’t that desperate for money yet lol

[@TheDesertwalker]

It is about Federal Law and trying to keep artifacts in-situ...as That's a lot, says below.

[@MrMasterFlash]

You are so wrong. It's not about money at all. It's about enforcing the law, and it's about treating native Americans with respect. Think about the great expensive the government is going thought trying to get these remains and artifact back to where they belong. Thousands of man hours over years and years. Even if some of this stuff ends up in the collection at the Smithsonian, they don't even charge admission!

[@michaela2757]

This man was a Curator of Museum, thou private. And I would guess storing the remains from view was out of respect. He had passion for what he did, pretty remarkable person.

[@brianrichards7006]

So it's a horrible crime for a private person to collect/dig up artifacts and bones from ancient cultures, but perfectly OK if a foreign government or one of our institutions does the same. I can understand the desire for knowledge and archaeological excavations, but at least some of the objects which I saw in the video (the so called ancient Chinese jades) were modern reproductions and most of the items readily available on Ebay or through ancient art dealers, and legally available. I know of many instances of "looting" by local people in SE Asis just recently. There are numerous burial grounds with valuable ancient beads and copper alloy castings witch have been continuously looted over the past 50 years in many parts of the Mekong delta....not to mention locals looting Mayan tombs in Mexico and Guatemala on a regular basis, etc, etc..... I guess the FBI doesn't have enough important crimes to work on.

[@Patriot1777]

FBI should raid museums then, they dug without permission years ago also.

[@paulj541]

The FBI was completely taken aback when they met a man that actually worked and was productive. (unlike them)

[@johnsradios484]

He had human bones! You ok with that?

[@TheDesertwalker]

You have been watching too much right-wing-crazy media.

[@MichaelCallahan-r2l]

​@@johnsradios484; The Smithsonian has bones (as do museums around the world); why does the FBI choose to harrass a 91 year old man, but provide cover for the "president" whose drug addled son travels the world, at taxpayer expense, selling political influence, generating millions of dollars that is laundered in offshore banks, then distributed to Biden family accounts, and to Joe, through checks written out as re-payment for bogus loans? Maybe the reason is that 91 year old men are easy targets; even easier when they are deceased.

[@nikkim7012]

Our justice system never ceases to ablaze me...

[@baconheaven111]

"FBI's most important mission" Give me a break

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

He meant regarding that case lol not the entirety of the FBI

[@theharlequin7280]

3:10 annoys me a quite a bit since she completely waters down and missuses the term racism. The circumstance of historical relevancy to items and bones is the key here, not the skin color of the people whose graves have been defiled.

[@BaronFeydRautha]

Right, if anything it was a perverse reverence for that culture. That woman was trying to sensationalize the situation. O bet she's a feminist ta boot.

[@chipie1002]

Well said!!

[@bncoolc]

Your perspective is interesting on how the term racism is being misused and I can imagine why anyone would be annoyed. Artifacts are relevant to ALL humans that some feel compelled to raid ancient graves to acquire them. I guess the guy was not interested in digging up modern-day graves and other older grave because he would not find artifacts that had history and value for display. I guess he went to Europe and dug up some artifacts there that he deemed had equal value just as he did in other places in the world they perhaps did not show the Viking, medieval artifacts and Confederate/plantation bones too. He felt that the graves and the artifacts were being wasted when they could be displayed so others may learn how "humans" lived. You never understand people why they complain and point out stuff that does not specifically affect or matter to others. Have yourself a historically relevant and racist free experience.

[@christianjscott]

Agreed she annoyed me

[@robpolaris7272]

She knows millennials are trained to never question an accusation of racism. They must react as strongly as possible or be accused of racism themselves.

[@Tr1Hard777]

Want to know something. The neighborhood i live in had HUNDREDS of mounds in the late 1800s and the people flattened them to make houses.

[@funguy246]

It’s funny they Agent says “ these people need to be treated with dignity & respect.” Maybe they should try that hard with the living native Americans. Apparently once dead, their human rights return.

[@khem127]

True!!!!

[@Tripp74]

Native Americans are from Asia. He means American Indians (so called African Americans)

[@Micolash_is_behind_you]

@@Tripp74 LOL wut

[@Tripp74]

@@Micolash_is_behind_you look it up. The people called native Americans are actually from Siberia, next to Russia

[@Micolash_is_behind_you]

@@Tripp74 LOL everyone learned that in school, what is amazing is that you think he meant African Americans

[@Mgeigs]

They don’t mention that the bones were ..bone tools. Nothing like digging up a human skeleton or anything like that. They try to twist the story to make the guy sound like Jeffrey Dahmer.

[@uberkloden]

An utter lie, he looted grave sites, took funeral items, human bones. Do you justify as they were Native American?

[@jessies6502]

They specifically said 2000 HUMAN bones, representing 500 individual PEOPLE. Those weren't bone tools, bone tools would have been animal bones, deer, bison, elk, moose.

[@demonorse]

Never trust a missionary

[@aphropicthehiphopsnob]

We gotta get this on a damn tshirt STAT!

[@demonorse]

@@aphrodittee3790 Haiti has a history of looking out for itself.

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

@@aphrodittee3790 Poor guy was in Haiti. Must of been miserable.

[@stellablevins1447]

They profess to be good people!!! In reality Not So

[@blacksola2136]

FACTS..!!!!!!!

[@GVanArsdale]

Does anyone know a good documentary or podcast about this man and his story? He is utterly fascinating! My biggest fear is that most of his artifacts will disappear and never be recorded or remembered.

[@swaxTV]

Yup

[@timeye7684]

I was cutting wood on his family farm when this went down

[@KcGunn369]

​@@timeye7684if he knew they were coming , I wonder if he hid any "very important" artifacts in a storage space somewhere... I have many friends who knew him... Would do anything to have met him.

[@barbh1]

There are so many artifacts and paintings in museums in the world that belong in other countries. Is the FBI trying to get them back from the Louvre and the British Museum, for example? There are two Egyptian mummies up the street from me in the Lowe Anthro Museum - are they going back home any time soon? I don't get this story.

[@SAINT-NICK]

That man probably lived an amazingly adventurous life, so interesting

[@losaikogogreen3636]

This is sad. When you are buried or scattered your wishes and culture should be followed. If I were buried 1,000 years ago I would expect to have my wishes honored. This is wrong.

[@shxpsixcreative4318]

You would expect to be kept an eye on for a thousand years after your death? LOLOL okay...

[@losaikogogreen3636]

@@shxpsixcreative4318 I plan on being creamated. The Earth is running out of rooms for bodies. Many do expected their wishes to be honored, not sold as artifacts or quaucked at in a museum. Though the kings, pharaohs, and others are still helping their people, just not as they planned.

[@timouellette4693]

This man was absolutely brilliant, I'll bet.

[@MST4773]

"Racism"??????? You've got to be kidding me...

[@djschims]

Ha, I was thinking the same thing.

[@minuteman2012]

A liberal for sure...

[@3.9inches17]

Lol at whites denying racism.

[@khem127]

@@3.9inches17 #whitefragility I understand though, the word "racism", while it seems innocuous, brings up all the historical barbarity that their people practiced on others, and they'd rather pretend it didn't and is not still happening.

[@shxpsixcreative4318]

@khem127 do you think white grave sites haven't been disturbed? Lol Aww that sounds more like fragility to me....

[@SkyHeaven9]

He did a good job.. being a collector. He is amazing.

[@janinecarson8380]

No. He participated in robbing graves, either in person, or by purchasing from looters. Nothing good about it. People who buy illegally looted artifacts encourage the destruction of Native American burial sites.

[@SkyHeaven9]

@@janinecarson8380 good thing he have it all in one place, other looters and digger either sell it or hid it elsewhere. If the artifacts scattered it's not easy to find it back.

[@janinecarson8380]

@@SkyHeaven9 You don't get it -- without collectors like him driving the market, the looting would not take place.

[@marlinashaw983]

@@janinecarson8380 Archaeologists steal and have private collections also. What is the difference?

[@leviholiday5644]

@@marlinashaw983 he never said that they didn’t, he destroyed Native American burial sites, to obtain that collection the government isn’t in the right, neither is he, he is a grave robber. That is getting praise for destroying burial sites, would I be in the the right if I took a shovel to a grave to get rings and other things that were important to that person, they are dead I know but desecrating the grave of someone that once lived, breathed had things that were important to them, had tough times is wrong. I’ve seen ancient sites destroyed from looters, just to collect things it is disgusting.

[@frankmill5172]

Indiana Bones: and The Basement of The Stolen Skulls

[@minuteman2012]

It's rumored that the scull and bones fraternity has jeronimos scull...

[@mshavisham8964]

That was really funny!!

[@kooljoetriple0g911]

That was great!

[@baddie1shoe]

Clever!!

[@mandarkastronomonov2962]

😂😂😂

[@budc.8172]

No difference between him and large museums like the Smithsonian. He seemed to be showing the artifacts and remains he had with respect and dignity. Until we hold corporate museums accountable I don't see any reason to hold this man accountable.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

No lol archaeologists know what three are doing when random people do excavations without archaeologists we can lose the history of humanity

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

And the Smithsonian isn’t a corporation lol

[@budc.8172]

@@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 You should learn to read. Those were two separate statements. At no time did I say the Smithsonian was a corporation.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

@@budc.8172you say that like a period makes it clear you weren’t talking about the Smithsonian any more lol

[@dwalker399]

Call me weird. But I for one would of loved to see this collection. I spied some very curious items there. But now it's disappeared,gone,locked away from public view. Was this man formally charged with committing a crime? If so. What was the charge or charges? Did it go to trial?

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

They will probably be put into museums they are sending them back to the countries of origin which basically means it will go to a government museum

[@uncledodad]

They will skim from the top and do whatever they want with the rest.They went after him because he was old.Had he been younger he would have lawyered up and won a lot of money in the courts if he could prove his case.I suspect they didn’t charge him because the kids probably would have filed lawsuits.I suspect they knew about him for a long time especially if he was known for giving tours of his collections.Word travels fast.

[@nox7282]

@@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615 They will be put in museum storerooms where the vast majority of the public will never be able see them. Then sold legally when the museum needs money

[@squirmulationstation9194]

He might of found something he shouldn't have found.

[@indridcold5700]

Parts of hidden history.

[@butchcassidy3373]

Yeah you can bet on that. The federal government is just a mafia with the laws in their favor.

[@twotone87200288]

how in tf did she tie this situation to racism??

[@MichaelCallahan-r2l]

Native Americans and most people around the world, illegal aliens; with the exception of those white racists of Anglo Saxon decent, Veterans, and taxpayers; are protected species, entitled to, housing, heathcare benefits, reparations, flights to the city of their choice, etc...etc...after they cross the Rio Grande. Sooo...that should make everything clearer.

[@jessefillmore]

I was told the British bought a lot of artifacts from the US in the 1900's . I was told Serpent Mound here in Ohio has been dug up and everything extracted and sold to England . I also know a guy who is said to have received stolen artifacts in his basement . They were stolen from a burial site here in Southern Ohio . He keeps them in his basement in a display case covered up with a table cloth .

[@boeufprairieartifacts9814]

Digging in Indian mounds was a pass time in the 17 and 1800s and wasn’t illegal at the time. Many artifacts have been taken

[@captloki13]

Stolen artifacts and bones found from Indiana Indiana Jones 5 confirmed!

[@bobknull7502]

The contrast between the way they handled this and the way they handled Standing Rock is stark.

[@alexrivera4020]

I love how they defend him for grave robbing.

[@TiWavy]

Facts they qent out there way

[@TiWavy]

@Jack Hartzell name the many il wait?

[@blengravers]

@Jack Hartzell Please give evidence or shut up.

[@TA.387]

If that’s not OK, you should go to every museum in the country. They have lots of human bones.

[@stevesarvis5464]

When the Government wants something of yours ,they will find a way to retrieve it from you. By law or no law.or just because.

[@TheZinminjr]

It sounds like museums all over the world owe this man a HUGE “thank you!” For your passion, hobby, obsession with preserving history.

[@kevinengstrand141]

How is it possible any of this is illegal. If the artifacts aren't stolen what's the problem. If he was on legal expeditions I see nothing wrong. It seems to be worth a lot of money and the government wants it. Also could contain too much information that the government doesn't want people to know.

[@lf4061]

The FBI rep said the guy admitted that he had bought some of it illegally on the black market. He bought illegally retrieved or stolen items which is illegal and criminal. Also, on legal expeditions with government permits, everything discovered is still property of the government of the country found with archeologists gaining credit and scientific tests, photos, recordings only unless that government gives them written permission to “borrow” certain items for a stated period for specified museums or universities. The workers or guests are not legally permitted to just carry off what ever they want. Everything found has to be precisely photographed (or drawn in earlier digs) and catalogued and reported to the government of country of origin or its designated agency/organization.

[@normallyscott563]

Imagine being a country and just getting a shippment of your own artifacts out of nowhere, "Wow, didn't even know these were stolen! Welp, they're out of the ground now and in good condition, time to stick 'em in a museum"

[@greaseaddiktz3217]

He died because the government accused him and raided his privacy rip to this man

[@TheDesertwalker]

HE WAS 90 Friking years old! Gimme a break.

[@grannybanjo4605]

They didn't "raid" him. Just like they didn't "raid' Trump. The authorities contacted this man, and he AGREED to let them come.

[@CadetBoneSpurs]

He was a fvking criminal…cope harder

[@joplin8433]

@@TheDesertwalker No, 90 year old men can't die! It was all the government's fault!!111!!11

[@KeeganVera]

So the FBI stole it from him!! WTF!!

[@SecurityAllStar]

We are all very tired of being lied to.

[@themadplotter]

Bones aren't humans. That womans fringe gave me bilious.

[@Overworked2024]

Instead of child trafficking, this is what we focus on???

[@roccogentilella2134]

i think the effort that they put into this is ten times more than they put into helping living native americans

[@richiephillips1541]

Civil War General Dan Sickles put his own leg bones in a museum and visited the museum to see his bones.

[@stone1andonly]

By any chance did they happen to find a crate about four feet tall, three feet wide and about 8-10 feet long?

[@mikebarnette7412]

How about the bones of the 65 million babies murdered here in America? Or the act that they are still being murdered on a state level. If your so concerned about human rights...start here.

[@Juiczey]

I wonder how haunted his home was.

[@Nickname_42]

Go there and find out.

[@junejunejuniejune]

Right!?! I was thinking "how cursed this man must be having the remains of 500 Native Americans!"

[@Nickname_42]

@@junejunejuniejune Maybe they became friends, bones are just Calcium there is no life or spirit left - but it is pretty weird to collect bones, I mean why, think he is scared to face his maker in the mirror.

[@Verbally.autistic]

@I was born a poor black child nothing but calcium

[@mrbeans2425]

Absolutely disgusting they did this to this man. They should be beyond grateful for this mans meticulous record keeping and passion for what he did. so its illegal to dig as a private citizen but the Govt can just take anything they want.... lol They are trying to paint this man in a bad light and ruin his reputation, when he was just an incredible collector and archeologist. When you guys literally steal anything you want.

[@PatchsOhulahan]

3:20 WTF lady are you really going there. It’s history, it’s interesting.

[@filthism1659]

As an American born and raised I find it absolutely disgusting that we as Americans don't hold up the peoples who lived here before we came up to s higher degree its the history of the USA and it really dies matter to lots of us I just wish more whites and lots of others in the USA need to wake up put more respect on the history

[@pennymink5706]

I'm glad he lived long enough too share

[@darylvogel8991]

It's not racism lady... Anything over 1000 years would be from another civilization and race of people...

[@damnsurfer522]

You had me till you threw racisim into it.

[@marmar929]

Triggered, huh?

[@damnsurfer522]

@@marmar929 nope, don't get too moved by claims without evidence.

[@PeerlessYT]

@@marmar929 what for?

[@TheHPMP]

Yea. CBS should have not aired that part of video. Seems like they are promoting false claims without evidence. This woman definitely didn't know hes motives, why did he dig them up and kept these bones? Maybe he was fascinated? or maybe he liked the idea of something rare and old? Whatever the reasons he collected human bones, racist reason is the most unlikely explanation. She seems to be very shortsighted. CBS should be more careful who they interview.

[@danmarcell3167]

When the man collected these things it wasn't illegal and now they want to drag him through the dirt because it's illegal now

[@kentneumann5209]

I think some of the fascination with the native artifacts is that so much of that history has been ignored and out right intentionally erased that its steeped in mystery. Its a hidden history of the land and finding evidence of it is like finding a lost treasure. It is treasure. Artifacts are quite valuable. Its a culture so far removed from the way things are now, that its mystical, even magical.

[@gregwindell7702]

BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE HONEST AND KIND

[@onenite2nite]

Wow no jail time or fines..must be nice.

[@jeaniebird999]

Must be white...

[@TiWavy]

How many normal ppl u know collect human remains

[@vasteve81]

onenite2nite he died a year later. I suspect his age and health helped him. And honestly, most of the artifacts were likely collected decades ago, past the statue of limitations. The FBI would have had to have proven when the items were taken. So by voluntarily handing over the artifacts, he saved the government millions in investigating this, and then having to try what few crimes they could in court, to lock a 91 year old man up for a year. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jonmacdonald5345]

jeaniebird must be Racist!

[@TiWavy]

@@vasteve81 they did it to cosby exept this guy had human bones. Not normal

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

Why do many American museums have _that many bones_ ? 🤔

[@Tr1Hard777]

When i find an artifact i think of it as me preserving history and trying to understand the culture that chose that particular spot to live and why. It should be encouraged to collect stone artifacts.

[@BH-tp6hf]

Somebody’s always snitching

[@toonceshere9668]

Why would this man collect human remains and hide them in his basement for decades? That's insane.

[@newton2013]

Archeologists.

[@dianebrady6784]

So...with that said....never go to a history museum. The mummy on display will get you.

[@toonceshere9668]

newton2013 He's not an archeologist. He isn't studying the bones, writing about them, lecturing at archaeological symposiums. He was hoarding the bones in his basement for decades...for his own selfish pleasure.

[@leeveler7729]

The Smithsonian

[@toonceshere9668]

grimmsterification A human bone hoarder isn't an archaeologist. And most people who own art don't claim to be museums.

[@stormworks4882]

racism? how is an interest in another culture racism

[@lbjsaid200years6]

Because American culture is backwards and embarrassing.

[@fall190]

looks like they just wanted to rob him, bet they made a fortune selling the stuff

[@SaraPooBC]

to me he was conserving history not destroying it ! was he right or wrong have no idea only that if he had not collected this would all be lost to time

[@nikkim7012]

I still dont understand why he isn't facing charges.. like, any....

[@Kattywampus]

Because he's dead?

[@nikkim7012]

@@Kattywampus ok, so why wasnt he facing charges before he died then? Not like police knew the future.

[@Kattywampus]

@@nikkim7012 I do actually agree with you though. I am assuming they wanted to make sure he didn't get spooked and cooperate nicely. Kinda like how they don't go after pedos sometimes because they want them to lead them to their rings.

[@glane3962]

@@Kattywampus 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Zombie_Scholar]

This piece is so well done! Honestly, this was much more exhaustive and thorough then I expected a news segment like this to be. I got answers to questions I didn't even have, and all the ones I did.

[@samnorris3649]

Damn, you'd think his house would be cursed/haunted to the max.

[@richiephillips1541]

When they dig up old Roman soldiers, THAT could be MY ancestor, so why aren't people whining about that? Heck. Dig them up. Study them. Put them in a museum. It's history. No one has any idea who they were.

[@seanmehegan3213]

Might be the only missionary that i heard of getting arrested and not for raping children. Nice change of pace i guess

[@davidcrain4047]

I don't see how racism plays into this.

[@markmadlock8185]

that's not surprising. she explained it tho. I guess Satan is hard of hearing too

[@vicrules6666]

​@@markmadlock8185 Hail SATAN

[@laurajuranek4415]

I can't help but feel bad for the old guy. At least the things that he had were taken care of.

[@Crmsnraider]

Meh, he seems not to have been particularly miffed about the seizures; for a lifetime he was digging up artifacts in locations he knew he shouldn't be...let alone 500 or so human remains. ...Think we'd all be alright not going to jail and giving things back in our old age with the situation of being found out. Let alone not doing that BS in the first place. His obsession took em' to a dark place of extremes.

[@uberkloden]

A grave robber. Their of human remains.

[@wirelessone2986]

It wasn't illegal to plunder great Lake shipwrecks until 1981. And even take the human remains. Weird but true

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

Things were SO different back in the day... This cat was basically Indiana Jones in the Temple of the Politically Correct.

[@roadkillavenger1325]

​@uberkloden Stop being so self-righteous. You're by NO MEANS an innocent person. Let everyone know about your secrets. Either do that, or shut the hell up

[@evillyn7895]

I flinched each time Anna Warner mispronounced Iriquio.

[@redblanket647]

So why is our road covered with paleo artifacts we are still finding them on our road These developers dug up a ancient burial ground and paved the road . We're still gathering bones and tools all the pottery is missing

[@daytoncoke790]

Wait! The raid happened then the man died in 2015, and we are just shown a news piece now?

[@paulathepoodlelover]

The crew talking in the background of this was awfully disrespectful to the reporters and to the audience attempting to listen to what the ladies were saying. Why didn't someone mute those blabbermouths?

[@kentneumann5209]

I wonder if there were the bones of any giants in those remains of 500 people? If there were any, I'm sure they were removed first, and probably destroyed.

[@westho7314]

keep filling your tiny skull cavity with such conspiracy drivel, Being 5'1" with an acute case of having that "little man complex" must make everyone around you seem like a giant.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

In Texas, the people who go around digging up native mounds and graves are commonly referred to as "pothunters". Nothin ' to do with weed...

[@jacquezxyz]

Indiana Jones's grand-kid is horrible

[@richiephillips1541]

In the ongoing battle between archeology and Indian tribes wanting to secretly bury centuries old skeletons that will will never be seen again and probably deteriorate once re-buried, I'll choose archeology every time.

[@naterog2057]

Bruh that woman really said it was racism

[@forexed8948]

at least the old man acknowledged he had made mistakes and was willing to give back to make up for it.

[@fiercefacts7191]

This is yet another abomination; a grotesque violation of people we can't seem to respect. Absolutely horrifying.😢

[@perryweeks4857]

Government dug up, and kicked off, and killed millions of bones 😂😂😂

[@OutSideTheBoxFormat]

Try not to lose any sleep over it Princess. You're Photo is Racist.

[@perryweeks4857]

Its all wrong. Yet gov is the worst. Because of reasons why gov is falling apart now. It will come out as it falls apart

[@malcolmadams2105]

They came and got his Giants!"* Ps Sacajawea was my seventh great grandmother. Proud to be an American

[@jessstuart7495]

The phrase "you can't take it with you" comes to mind. Graverobbing, the 3rd oldest profession???

[@maggiemae7749]

Skull and Bones has Geronimo's skull

[@aphropicthehiphopsnob]

Sooooo no prosecuting the widow either huh? She didn't notice the skeletons in his closet?

[@susettesantiago5509]

They should stop by the Vatican.....

[@mikeaskme3530]

Nothing short of cultural theft, and that anthropologist is so correct.

[@rocketman1104]

How is it racism, grave robbing has occurred among their own cultures as much as other races doing it to others. It isn't racism, Whites have done it to whites, blacks have done it to blacks, asians to asians, but as soon as a white person does something to any other race it's suddenly racism. That totally makes sense.

[@Untanas]

Yes because skin color of skeletons is 100% obvious...

[@scottscouter1065]

Actually, YES! The ethnic and racial identity of human remains has been easily determinable for many decades...BUT PLOT TWIST, with his concentration of the remains he's actually helped preserve some remains which might have otherwise been scattered to many owners.

[@Untanas]

@@scottscouter1065 not without scientific examination... They couldn't tell the hair color of mummies in Egypt without scientific analysis, that are well preserved. But plot twist, you're really not that smart!!!

[@scottscouter1065]

Ok, my bad. I just figured that scientific analysis fell under the heading of "obvious". When you want to determine something, you apply analysis. That is "obvious", why would it not be?

[@stevenperry2157]

Do as i say, not as i do.

[@christinebuckingham8369]

Hope they carbon date those bones - make sure he’s not a serial killer! Horribly disrespectful to disturb burial grounds that are not his own ancestors! Hoping they haunt the crap out of him!!

[@jpstenino]

Christine you are an idiot and a fool

[@christinebuckingham8369]

jpstenino lol, you are a mean creep. Its not at all normal to collect human bones. He was not an authorized archeologist or anthropologist working for a museum or law enforcement with special permission or permits. It is not a good or normal thing he did. Think what you will - who cares.

[@christinebuckingham8369]

Jack Hartzell Private museum? In other countries, doing as he did would land one in prison. Let the remains of all rest in peace - no matter wherever or whoever they are.

[@eskee1]

He found it who says that hes not the new rightful owner?

[@talkindurinthemovie]

I was concerned when I heard he did missionary work in hati cuz it seems like he dont care about respecting other cultures that much

[@Vert0313]

Talkindurinthemovie Honestly, as was I.

[@Bill-sj4fw]

3:23 They always have to find a way to make everything racismm It's so unbelievably pathetic at this point

[@joshuaoha]

Good reporting CBS. Thank you for spending some time on this and explaining to the viewer why if it wouldn't be ok to go around digging up the cemeteries where my European ancestors are buried, it isn't ok to do that to Native American burial grounds. As a student of anthropology I appreciate how you handled this.

[@glane3962]

many ancient cemetery’s in Europe have been looted for burial goods from many cultures. That woman claiming racism is about as stupid as you can get. Obviously no ancient white graves in North America.

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

I feel like it’s important to realize these are thousands of years old I agree what he did was wrong but when archaeologists do it I don’t think it is they dig up ancient burial sites all over the world the bog bodies in the UK and Ancient Greek and Roman burial sites are no different

[@thatsalotofsodiumcoins1615]

The native Americans have been persecuted and their culture destroyed don’t get me wrong but burial site excavation happens across the globe

[@simballa660]

So if you find a arrowhead in a plowed field on your property can you keep it?

[@kelseyamanda2400]

The fbi hasn’t talked to the bro on tik tok with a room of human spines lol