Argyle, New York. The stench of death descended upon this small upstate village, about halfway between the Hudson and Vermont, earlier this fall. It took until now for locals to find the source: a cache of moose bits…
… strewn just off the road, some parts dragged to nearby parts of a field by predators.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation was called and the agency’s conservation officers were able to find clues that led them to a butcher in Vermont, officials said. That butcher provided information that led officers to an Argyle man
The culprit, Raymond F. Graham, was ticketed for unlawful disposal of solid waste.