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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: December 2016

Here is another ghostly residue for you to identify, for this month’s Crocodile Mystery:

As always, leave your thoughts and guesses in the comments, and come back next week to find out the answer.

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I’ve seen something similar in books where flowers and other plant material have been placed between the leaves.

Jan Kellett — November 29, 2016

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It looks like a rust ring vaguely in the shape of a key.

Jeff Meade — November 29, 2016

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Something used as a book mark? A piece of string? A book chain???

David Shaw — November 30, 2016

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A pair of scissors?

Giles Bergel — November 30, 2016

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I love these guesses! Giles got it right: it is the outline of a pair of scissors. Stay tuned next week for more information.

Heather Wolfe — November 30, 2016

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a rosary used as a bookmark?

rik gijsbrechts — November 30, 2016

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