My Brother in Law is ex West Mercia. He got called out late one night as they'd had a train track jumper. It was dark, foggy night and him and a few colleagues, along with some railway staff had to go up on the tracks to try and find and collect the 'pieces'.
Had a bit of success, but he said the eiriest part was the sight of a railway worker coming out of the mist, swinging his railway light in one hand, and a head in the other......
Late one dark night I had a call.
“I’ve found a head in the road”. Male caller a bit shocked. No body visible.
Got the location. Sent a car. Two officers initially. The head appeared to have rolled down the bank on the roadside. A quick search found a body under a tree. It was a missing person reported a month earlier. He had hung himself from the tree and eventually his neck separated, causing the head to roll down.
