Haddonfield 1962
T eutates Mercurius sec apud Gallos placatur: in plenum semicupium homo in caput demittitur ut ibi suffocetur. Hesus Mars sic placatur: Homo in arbore suspenditur usque donec per curorem membra digesserit. Taranis Ditis pater hoc modo aput eos placatur: in alueo ligneo aliquod homines cremantur. Among the Gauls, Teutates Mercurius is appeased in this way: a man is plunged headfirst into a full tub until he suffocates. Hesus Mars is appeased in this way: a man is hung on a tree to bleed out until his limbs are drained. Taranis Dis Pater is appeased among them in this way: men are burned alive in wooden vessels . Commenta Bernensia ad Lucan, 1.445 If someone had told me when I started my job in 1959 that being sheriff in Haddonfield would be this troubled, I’d never have believed them! These are my 1962 reports. I regret not being braver. We’ll never know if what happened afterward is connected to what I’ve written here, but if it is, I feel responsible. I’m leaving th...