Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

Actun Tunichil Muknal got on The Creepiest Places list this time.  It's the last entry in the article.  

"They’ve found several skeletons in the cave, and most of them are, uh, small.  That is, most of the sacrificed were children.  They were probably sacrifices to Chaac, the Mayan god of rain, during a particularly severe drought.  But don’t worry — these kids didn’t have their hearts cut out while still alive or anything.  No, evidence shows that they were all killed by having their skulls crushed, which is way more genial and to the point.  They were dealing with children, after all.  Over hundreds of years, the bones became calcified and fused with the cave floor, which is why modern excavators have just left them there without a proper burial (though seriously guys, maybe like throw a tarp over them or something?).  The most famous skeleton in the cave is that of a teenage girl, nicknamed the Crystal Maiden because her bones have partially crystallized and now sparkle in the light."