Not only is the Ravine a scary place - it's filthy, too:

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/403797,...8_CLEANUP_S1.article

Ga-ross! Like, they coulda found Elizabeth Ramsell's body in there! Noble effort, but they shoulda been wearing gloves.

I doubt it was much cleaner whilst Bradbury was visiting it. Good on em' for cleaning it up.

Thanks for posting this, Phil. I have emailed the article to Mr B for his perusal.