congenitaldisease:In the small farming town of Fenald, Ohio, lay “The Freed Material Production Cent
congenitaldisease:In the small farming town of Fenald, Ohio, lay “The Freed Material Production Center,” more commonly known as “N.L.O.” From 1953 to 1989, this was one of the very few plants in the USA which secretly processed high grade uranium which would be used in nuclear weapons. The workers were told that they had to keep their activities within the factory a secret. The conditions inside the factory were anything but safe and in 1984, it was revealed that N.L.O had been leaking more than 200 tonnes of radioactive dust particles into the air and local water: it was an environmental disaster. Just a few months beforehand, they had been rocked by another scandal. One of the employee’s, Dave Bocks, died a particularly gruesome death inside the factory. Shrouded by controversy and conspiracy, this case is a bizarre one. Dave’s family are adamant that Dave was going to blow the whistle on the damage N.L.O was doing to the environment and as a result, he was savagely killed. Dave’s job within the factory was to maintain the equipment in the factory, something he had been doing since 1981. At approximately midnight on 18 June, 1984, Dave was seen by another co-worker, Harry, in the car of a supervisor; they seemed to be having a very “serious discussion.” An hour later, Harry ran into Dave inside the factory. He said he was walking towards Plant 6 as opposed to Plant 8 which was where he had been assigned to work that day. Harry thought nothing of it and carried on with his own duties. Sadly, this was the last time Dave was ever seen alive. Harry looked for Dave a few hours later - they were supposed to go to a restaurant together and it was Dave’s turn to drive. Harry was unable to find him but found his toolbox and car keys. The following morning, a furnace operator noticed that there was some sticky residue and a foul odour coming from one furnace. When it was noticed that Dave’s car was still in the parking lot yet he had not been seen for a number of hours, his co-workers began to search for him. An investigation revealed that the temperature in Plant 6 had dropped significantly at 5 a.m., indicating a foreign object had found it’s way into the furnace and something which appeared to look like bone was found on the lip of the furnace; the authorities were called in. The furnace was shut down and took three days for the molten liquid inside to cool down. When it was searched, they discovered Dave’s car keys. But if Dave’s keys were found when the initial search for him began, then how did they end up in the furnace? They also discovered a steel toe from a boot, an eyeglasses frame, and Dave’s walkie talkie inside the furnace, as well as more pieces of human bone. Evidently, Dave was dead, but authorities suggested that he had committed suicide - something his family refuse to believe. Many theorise, including co-worker Dave Day, that he was “lowered into the furnace and murdered.” All that’s left of him is a few bone fragments which are far too toxic to be buried in the ground, meaning his enraged family can still not lay him to rest. They get by on the hopes that whoever killed him, knocked him unconscious beforehand, because the thought of him being burnt alive is too much for them to handle. -- source link