Scary stuff!

also here, with photos.

i found that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

which was linked from the collar bomb thing that panic posted somewhere.

Ooops wrong thread.

Good Wiki entry about the Russian explorers... just reading it now.

that damned fly wrote:i found that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

which was linked from the collar bomb thing that panic posted somewhere.

Christ. You could lose a day on those links.

One that stood out for me:-

The Collyer Brothers.

that damned fly wrote:i found that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

which was linked from the collar bomb thing that panic posted somewhere.

I remember this when I heard this one the news:

# 1998: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a soccer game ended when every player on the visiting team was struck by a fork bolt of lightning, killing them all instantly.[99]

Metal elements in shoes or what?

Anyone know the origin of this story?

I think I read it in the Book of Lists or some such. It has to do with a physics professor and one of his students who were found dead in his car. The mystery was that investigators could not determine a) how they died, b) where they died, or c) when they died. It was said to be the only case in history where at least one of those questions wasn't answered. If anyone could point me to a link I'd be grateful.

Here is how I got to this page via this thread:

glynnisjohns wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda

led to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruo_Nakamura

led to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amis_people

which made me think of this indigenous group -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

Fun stuff this wikipedia!

hatemyway wrote:which made me think of this indigenous group -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

I found a cool picture of some Sami the yesterday, by odd coincedence:



I was reading about Ukonsaari, an ancient burial site situated on an island in a lake in Lapland, on which a sacrificial cave was found. Pictured below:

you can spend a good time reading unsolved problems. the articles about conjoined twins are also fascinating.