30 years later still no answers Who Killed Billy G?

Billy  G.was a kind hearted soul he lived in an old van  along Old Leechburg Road in semi rural  Plum Boro  at Paglianos Auto Body which has since changed names and owners  .He would  Always come out and great you with a cheerful smile when you brought him a carrot or apple  .
But you see Billy G. was not a person he was in fact a Billy Goat a very large blond one at that who kept the grass neat and trim in front of the business and he was kept on a long chain

and walked among the many old vehicles that sat in the front yard which as you can see by the current picture have all been removed. It was a cold winter night when Billy G. Was attacked and killed the apparent victim of a hit and run even thou his chain would not allow him to get that far down on the road. The plum police  took a report and there was a big splash in the local paper including in big letters spray painted on billy G.'s Van he called  home  " Who Killed Billy G. " but know one ever came forward and a deliberate case of animal cruelty never went any where else.
Yet all these years later it seems those involved might still be hurting animals as there have been consistent reports over the years of horses ,donkeys etc being hurt by being deliberately run over or shot in the eastern section of Allegheny County and Westmoreland and Indiana county's.

We can only hope there is a special place in Hell for people who hurt gods creatures  be it 2 footed human or 4 footed with fur.

A Mysterious Grotto on a hill side in Bellevue Pa. always locked but carefully attended

The first time I saw the Franciscan Grotto  on the hillside along Oak Street in Bellevue Pa. was when I was a young child in 1960's  my father had stopped with my mom and brothers to see his good friend while he was hospitalized at Suburban General Hospital . It was just getting dark when we noticed the faint light of  devotional candles coming from the hill side .

What was this mysterious place on a hill surrounded by a a locked wrought iron gate ?

Well it turns out it once  belonged to a group of Franciscan 's  whose Holy Family  Friary is located on the other side of the grotto and it was built during the depression era in the form of the famous grotto at Lourdes France.
Where the apparition of the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to 3 children.

http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20010704nshrine4.asp

 I remember the story well having attended St Basil's Grade School and seeing a  B&W  movie about the event  in the church basement one time while attending the school.

 While at one time the grotto was used for services it has been  closed to the public for over 30 years 

 and is now maintained by community volunteers and employees of the former Suburban general which is no longer a emergency room type hospital but rehab and skilled nursing center. which now owns the property  But you can still see the faint glow of devotional candles as you pass in the evenings.