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Finding Luigi

John, my TV co-host and friend, (R.I.P. pale), and I were bottle digging in an old city dump. The hole we dug was producing a few, small, medicine bottles, and some old broken, pottery shards, but nothing that really excited us. Therefore, we kept digging deeper, while enlarging the circumference of the hole at the same time. The idea was that, through experience we knew that the deeper you dig, the older the finds.

“Hey Frank.” John yelled at me. He was behind me. Joking he says. “I found part of Luigi.” He held up what looked like a long bone.

I laughed. “Nope. That’s a cow bone. Maybe it’s leg.”

A few minutes later John says. “Hey Frank. I found Luigi’s hip bone.”

“You’re finding animal bones John. Remember, this is a dump. They used to throw everything into here.”

“Do animals wear leather shoes?” John asked while holding up a tattered, old, leather shoe.

I examined the old shoe and told him to remember how many times we’ve found old leather shoes, and boots while digging in these areas.

John joked again. “I think its Luigi’s shoe.”

The reason for John’s comical narrative about the bones belonging to some fictional person he named Luigi was because the mafia once populated this area. It was an area infused with stories of mafia murders, bootlegging, gambling, and political cronyism. In addition, because John and I lived near this area, we knew, and understood the historical truths of those legends.

“Do you think this was a hit on Luigi?” John said sarcastically as he laid the old, leather shoe next to the bones.

Like I often did, I just laughed at his remark, and shook my head.

Then John began singing as he continued digging.

“Come’a home'a for da pasta.”

“Luigi, Luigi, linguini, linguini, I dona know’a where’a you’a are’a. Com’a home’a for da pasta.”

A few minutes went by, and then I hear John say. “Oh boy. Hey Frank, this is no joke.”

In John’s hand, he held a human skull. We both stood there gazing at the human head that was staring back at us.

“We gotta report this.” John said as he set the skull next to the bones he had dug.

“Of course we do. And look at this.” I told John. I pointed to a hole in the side of the skull. The hole was about the size of a quarter. It was located in the temple area.

“That’s a hole made by a bullet. Maybe a 45 caliber. ” John said. “I’d bet my own life on it.”

“Ya. That’s what I’m thinking.” I told him. “Let’s leave this stuff exactly as we found it and get to the police station and report it.”

The dumpsite was a secluded area now densely populate with old growth trees and scrub brush. There was no one else around so we felt comfortable leaving the skull and bones where they lay.

The police followed us to the area, and after looking at what we found, they took a brief report from John and me. We never heard from the police as to the identity or reason as to why the skull and bones were in the dump. However, John and I had a sneaky suspicion as to why.

“Luigi probably owed money to Guido.” John said a few weeks later when we returned to the dump. We were digging another hole not to far from where we found the remains.

Again, he began singing while digging.

“Luigi, Luigi, he met his’a fate’a cause’a he’a no’a pay’a.

Luigi, Luigi, mama always’a tell’a you’a no mess’a with the Ma-fia.

“Oh Luigi Luigi, he met’a his’a fate’a cause’a he’a no’a pay’a.”

We returned many times to the dumpsite to dig for bottles and old pottery. In addition we metal detected around the surrounding area, which at one time was a Revolutionary War site. And of course, each time we returned, John reminded me of Luigi.

“Luigi, Luigi, Im’a sure’a he was’a very nice’a boy’a.”

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She’d lost her engagement ring with its one-carat diamond at Merewether Beach. It was worth $8000 or so, not to mention the emotional value.

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