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Occupiers left bombs, guns, poop

In this Jan 8 Associated Press file photo, Ammon Bundy speaks with reporter at a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, near Burns, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

So far, 25 people have been arrested in connection with the standoff between a militia and federal officials on a federal wildlife preserve in Oregon. As the FBI sweeps in to collect evidence from the scene of the occupation, officials are discovering the dirtier aspects of living in a remote wildlife refuge that may come back to haunt the occupiers. The group that moved in to the Malheur Wildlife Refuge near the town of Bend set up a large outdoor camping site that, according to Reuters, was near artifacts and sacred burial grounds of the Burns Paiute Tribe. CBS affiliate KOIN in Portland reports the campsite “large food stores that are spoiling” and “significant amounts of human feces in and around an outdoor camping area”/ CBS News . More here .

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog