According to Thomas, the man who claimed to be a cook had been employed to entice William into the house where the sacrifice would occur.

The sacrifice either occurred in the cave or the body was put there afterwards.

Julius Eggeling, writing in 1900, could not imagine that actual human sacrifices occurred.

And often the sacrifice that does actually occur seems to be anticlimactic.

After the drawing is over and the person is picked, the slips are allowed to fly off into the wind, after which the human sacrifice occurs.

The Book of Rites states the sacrifice should occur on the "longest day" on a round-mound altar.

Most archaeologists accept that some sacrifices did occur.

One of the towers near where these sacrifices occurred is still called the Kali tower.

This sacrifice occurred rito humano, which may mean "with the rite appropriate for human sacrifice".

Such sacrifice does indeed occur - the hazards faced by a lineman restoring power during a storm come to mind.