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There is hope the skeletal finger species can hang on in the valley after clippings were relocated to five other old trees nearby.

Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.

Part of the mystery was solved in November 1987 when the Humboldt County Sheriff’s office received a package of skeletal remains.

He adds that the skeleton had managed to survive the passage of time because the soil around it had remained undisturbed and displayed characteristics that prevent skeletal decay.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — Other than the concrete skeletal remains of a three-story office supply store, there was nothing on the expansive field.