As if this story couldn't get any crazier.
The back of a skull, mouth open, and attached spine and rib cage were found inside a tree upended by Hurricane Sandy earlier this week.
Investigators have now revealed the bones came from two people. They also found a hand-wrought iron coffin nail from the 18th century, the New Haven Independent reported Wednesday.
The newest find backs up theories the area the tree was once a mass burial site for smallpox victims.
"Sometimes, at dead of night, apart from others, the victims of small-pox were fearfully laid here,” a 1897 collection of city history claimed, according to CT Health Central.
Officials told the Independent even more remains might still be waiting to be discovered.
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