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WHAT THE DEVIL?
In Salt Lake Cemetery, Utah, lies an enigmatic gravestone. The inscription reads: “Lilly E Gray / June 6 1881 – Nov. 14, 1958 / Victim of the Beast 666”. No one can explain it; her obituary states merely that she died in a local hospital from natural causes. World of Mystery, 25 Jan 2010.

BEETLE BAGGED
Small round holes in the tough carapace of an African Goliath beetle had baffled staff at London’s Natural History Museum for years, until forensic tests showed they were caused by buckshot. A Victorian collector had shot the 10cm-long beetle out of the sky.