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Dark Rumors Surrounding Jamestown

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The archaeologists and scientists examine the bones excavated in the cellar at Jamestown. Unlike the bones of the burials, these bones have unusual cut marks, which were pointing to a possibility even more bizarre than murder. Could this be evidence of cannibalism?

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