Stray Dogs Dug at Same Bench Daily, Janitor Checked Beneath and Called FBI!
Janitor Andrew Trevor maintained the city park for decades, but the stray dogs' aggression near the old oak bench puzzled him.
The pack returned daily, clawing at the dirt until their paws bled, ignoring any food he threw.
Suspecting a buried animal, Andrew decided to clear the area before the weekend.
He grabbed his shovel and pickaxe from the shed at sunset.
The soil was incredibly compacted, requiring hours of intense labor.
Three feet down, his shovel struck a hard, metallic surface.
Clearing the debris, Andrew exposed a heavy, wax-sealed metal container wrapped in decaying plastic.
He pried the rusted latch open, but the moment the lid creaked back and revealed the items inside, Andrew froze and immediately dialed the FBI!
Inside the container, agents secured fifty-one vintage glass vials containing thallium, a lethal heavy metal poison.
Forensics linked the cache to a notorious serial poisoner from the 1970s who had died in prison without revealing his stash.
Investigators determined the poison had been buried decades earlier, when the land was still an undeveloped wooded lot long before the park and bench were constructed.
The stray dogs had been frantically digging because the killer had used a beef-tallow mixture to seal the corks, the scent of which had finally seeped through the ground after all these years.
Andrew’s discovery solved a decades-old cold case and removed a deadly hazard from the public park.