The city of Fernandina Beach, Florida, knew for more than a year that there were human remains stored in a pirate statue there. Official knowledge of the cremains inside the 50 year-old Peg Leg Pete on Centre Street complicates ongoing discussion about replacing the monument.

"I went to evaluate the condition of the statue a while back, and the pirate club members said they did not want to repair the statue…because it would diminish the significance of having the cremated remains of a former pirate club member."

The poor condition of the prominent statue was the matter at hand, with removal to a local museum among the options. Local are split; the proposed replacement hardly looks much better, or even much different, though it isn't quite so menacing. The advantage of not containing lite

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