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Cashel Man is a bog body from a bog near Cashel in County Laois, Ireland. He was found on 10 August 2011 [1] by Bord na Móna employee Jason Phelan from Abbeyleix. The body was a young adult male, around 20–25, [2] who had been intentionally covered with peat after death. The crouched figure was recovered after being damaged by a milling ...
The man was found with his skull crushed and his leg broken. A rope was also found around his neck, indicating death by hanging or strangulation. [7] [8] Examination of bog bodies such as Cashel Man have led scientists to speculate that wounds such as broken bones may have occurred after death due to the weight of the peat. [9]
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]
Authorities in New York have arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl who has since been found. Emmarae Gervasi disappeared from Suffolk County, N.Y., on Dec. 8 ...
A missing 75-year-old man was found alive last week in a bog near a scenic overlook at Maine's Mount Blue State Park after four days, fish and wildlife officials said.
A missing boy has been found alive after spending nearly a week alone in a northern Zimbabwe game park filled with lions, elephants and other wild animals, local officials said.. On Wednesday, Jan ...
The man is believed to have died from a stab wound to the chest. [5] He was decapitated and had his body cut in half. [6] He also has an injury to one arm, possible evidence that he tried to defend himself. [8] A similar wound has been seen on the Cashel Man, who was found in 2011, also in Ireland. [5] The body was found to have deep cuts under ...
A 34-year-old man was found alive in a California wooded area after he was heard calling for help Thursday, nine days after he was last seen, officials said.