The churchyard grim looks strange in these parts. It appeared before the usual guardian could be buried there, walking on two legs and covered in feathers, its mouth lined with dozens of sharp teeth. Folks thought it was a demon at first, but it never brought harm to anyone and did its job just as well. So they got used to it. These days folks walk through the rows of the dead without fear, for no demon nor evil spirit would dare to oppose this grim.

In English folklore church grim are guardians of the dead and usually appear in the form of a black dog with red eyes. It was said that the first thing buried there would then serve as protector for the churchyard, and it is thought to have been custom for a dog to be the first thing buried in a new churchyard so it would become its guardian.

So what if there was an undiscovered fossil bed under this new churchyard? What fun prehistoric grim could arise from such a scenario?