Archaeologists Were Shocked To Find This Vault Buried In A New York Park

#1 This Looks Like A Beautiful Park...

But wait till you see what's hiding underneath. That's what a group of Archaeologists found.

#2 Only A Few Feet Below The Surface

The diggers only had to go 3.5 feet below the surface before they found something incredible. They were amazed no one ever found anything before this...

#3 What They Found Was Spooky As Hell

They stumbled into a vault. What they found inside seriously spooked them out...

#4 It Was Full Of Skeletons

They found no fewer than 25 skeletons on the floor of the vault. They had no idea how they got there.

#5 Piles Of Bones

They found an incredible amount of bones piled up in one corner. There were femurs, skulls, and other bones all piled together.

#6 Yet Another Room

They stumbled in on another room. It was full of coffins.

#7 20 Coffins Lined The Floor

More than 20 coffins lined the floor, all with skeletons that were perfectly preserved. Now they were starting to get to the bottom of this mystery...

#8 The Coffins Had Dates On Them

The coffins had dates on them, pinning down when these people died. It appeared that a few coffins had dates from the 1800's.

#9 Cedar Street Church

It turned out that on top of this vault, there used to be a church called the Cedar Street Church. It is thought that these bodies came from a period of time where thousands of people were dying from a virus carried by mosquitoes.