UPDATE: Identifying the bones found at N.J. scenic overlook may be lengthy effort, expert says

A plastic bag filled with bones of “suspected human remains” was found early Monday hanging on the door of a snack bar at a scenic overlook in North Jersey, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday evening.

The bones were found at 8 a.m. by snack stand employees arriving at the Stateline Lookout scenic overlook in Alpine which offers visitors a view across the Hudson River, officials said.

The workers called the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department, which has jurisdiction of the area, to report what they had found, according to a release from the prosecutor’s office.

The officers examined the bones and concluded they were “similar to that of a human,” so they called the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cold Case Unit and Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office to begin an investigation, authorities said.

The agencies were working together to identity the remains and find out from where they came.

The prosecutor’s office was looking to find the person who found the remains to get more information on where the remains were found, prosecutors said.

Anyone with information regarding the discovery or person who found the remains was urged to contact the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cold Case Unit at 201-226-5500.

Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @chrisrsheldon Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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