Ahh great... Black Death Bones

Londoners are being advised there is no need to give the Farringdon area a wide berth following the discovery of thirteen skeletons, thought to be Black Death victims.

The skeletons were discovered 2.4m beneath the road by builders working on the Crossrail project. Sources suggest they were quick to capitalise on the opportunity for an extended tea break and immediately evacuated the shaft before reporting the discovery to their chief brew maker Alan Goostrey, a self taught amateur archaeologist.

Alan said he made the call to his friends in the scientific community who subsequently came and “had a poke around” before taking samples for analysis. He added that the Museum of London would be delighted with the find, following rumours that they are being forced to temporarily store skeletons in the staff canteen due to the huge skeleton influx in recent years from excavation projects.

Our scientist source who arrived in a Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defence (CBRN) suit, says that there is no danger of unleashing the Black Death upon London as you actually have to meet someone with the Black Death in order to catch it, and that he was simply en route to a reported sewage leak near Ikea.