Marine uniforms on fence pose mystery

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Are they meant as a tribute or simply castoffs?
By KEVIN DUGGAN
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J.W. Weaver, who are you?
Where are you?

And why are your Marine Corps uniforms hanging on a lonely fence line in northern Larimer County?

For about 10 days, an assortment of Marine uniforms has been hanging on a fence just east of where the Buckeye Road exit of Interstate 25 (No. 288) connects with County Road 82.

Who the uniforms belong to and why they are there is a mystery to residents of the sparsely populated ranchland between Wellington and Carr.

"We're hoping for some answers ourselves," said Evelyn Davis, 6225 Ranchland Lane. "Nobody around here knows what this is about."

Davis first saw the uniforms June 11 while out for a walk. Other neighbors said they noticed the unusual display last week and wondered why it was there and what it meant.

"Somebody is sending someone up here some kind of message," said Barry Hagerman, 6525 Ranchland Lane.

The uniforms are on four black plastic clothes hangers. The hangers are hooked to the top board of a battered barricade that is part of the fence.

One hanger holds three khaki uniform shirts and a pair of dark green trousers


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