The Mystery Of The Open Grave

It was a dark and stormy night - no wait, that's been done. It was the best of times - nah, too trite. Ok, someone is putting nice, neat packages of smoked fish along with people's photos in freshly dug graves in Yonkers, New York.

A gravedigger noticed the four small, black bags Saturday in a grave he had recently prepared at St. Joseph's Cemetery. Each bag contained one smoked fish and pictures of unidentified people, police said.

It was not clear when the bags were placed there, police said. They said they did not believe the items were linked to the family of the person being buried.

The finding did not interfere with the burial, said cemetery superintendent Frank Dietrich. He had his own explanation for the items: "Littering."

Excuse us, we have to give Uncle Guido a call and see what, exactly, he was doing in Yonkers over the weekend. Thank heavens he didn't have any coconuts this time. Or the other stuff.