In 1782, thirteen human bodies, some of them fresh and of unusual size, and a stone coffin, were found in a limestone-quarry, about two feet below the surface. [From Yaddlethorpe – Yazor | British History Online ]
This sounds like the opening of a Gothic novel. Or perhaps something from the pen of Neil Gaiman.
I could think of less auspicious beginnings for someone’s National Novel Writing Month exercise.