There's No Substitution for the Real Thing

I'm trying to wrap my brain around the motivation behind this act:

3 Texas teens accused of using skull removed from coffin to smoke marijuana

HOUSTON (AP) — Three Kingwood teens have been arrested and accused of digging up a secluded grave and removing a skull in Humble, a city north of Houston.

Kevin Wade Jones, 17, and Matthew Richard Gonzalez, 17, both of Kingwood, told Houston police that around March 15 they and a 16-year old juvenile dug up a grave, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a “bong,” a device used to smoke marijuana, according to court documents.

So the kids used the skull to smoke some weed. What were they high on when they decided this was a good idea? And I had no idea there was such a law as abuse of corpse.

But the weirdness doesn't end there. These kids weren't caught...one of them fessed up:

Houston police were initially interviewing [Kevin Wade] Jones about the use of a stolen debit card when Jones told them about the grave theft, according to court records. Asked why Jones would volunteer such a story, [Houston police Sgt. John ] Cholmiak said, “we can only speculate and guess to what goes on in the criminal mind.”

I guess it's safe to say that not much goes on in these criminal minds.