Research Paper On Dead Man Floatinging

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Dead Man floating In Hardin, Missouri when it rains then it starts to flood coffins start to pop out all over the place and causing fear in the air. The horrible day was July 1993. Harbins cemetery was built in 1828 . It started to rain in 1993 . It was the worst storm and It would cost 15 billion dollars to repair the danig for the houses and other buildings. There were 50 people died or 5,5000 houses were destroyed it cause chaos and missouri to fix. There were 793 that 600dead bobies and 476 bones and pieces of bone they put the bones in separate values that way they now which is which. The demort finished in in october 1993 and found 119 people.and some bones were

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