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Swiss Couple Found on Glacier 75 Years After Disappearance
Al Arabiya ^ | Tuesday, 18 July 2017

Posted on 07/19/2017 6:52:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their seven children, Swiss media reported Tuesday.

The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily.

The head of the Glacier 3000 ski resort, Bernard Tschannen, told Le Matin that the bodies were found last Thursday.

“It was a man and a woman wearing clothes from the last (world) war”, Tschannen was quoted as saying. “The ice preserved them perfectly and their belongings were intact”.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...


TOPICS: Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: alps; climbing; switzerland
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To: nickcarraway; windcliff; stylecouncilor

Cool, another cold case solved.


21 posted on 07/19/2017 9:09:50 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: PAR35
They took backpacks, a book and mess kits to go milk the cows?

It's the most wonderful milk in the world. The cows eat the alpine flowers along with grass, and the flowers give wonderful aromas and taste to the milk. That's what makes Swiss cheeses and chocolates so distinctive. Butter and cheese in Switzerland has labels saying the product was made from Swiss milk.

22 posted on 07/19/2017 9:38:03 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: nickcarraway

fiction


23 posted on 07/19/2017 9:41:28 PM PDT by ALASKA (Watching a coup..........)
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To: nickcarraway

The real ending of The Sound of Music.


24 posted on 07/19/2017 10:53:06 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: ALASKA
Global warming takes more victims


25 posted on 07/19/2017 11:24:26 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
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"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"

26 posted on 07/19/2017 11:54:00 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Golden Oldie Song Qigong
Tip one for Otzi


27 posted on 07/20/2017 12:22:54 AM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
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To: nickcarraway

PHOTOS AND MORE INFO AT UK DAILY MAIL
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4709750/Pictured-Couple-bodies-Swiss-glacier.html


28 posted on 07/20/2017 12:39:40 AM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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To: nickcarraway

Prayers to the family...


29 posted on 07/20/2017 3:29:15 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: nickcarraway

There was an Alfred about this.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)

The Crystal Trench
TV-14 | 30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Episode aired 4 October 1959
Season 5 | Episode 2

The Crystal Trench Poster
An obsessed young woman waits decades for her husband’s body to emerge from the ice, after he fell from a mountain.


30 posted on 07/20/2017 9:28:42 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: ALASKA

Yup, I’m still waiting on some friends.


31 posted on 07/20/2017 11:35:05 AM PDT by ALASKA (Watching a coup..........)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Like Vermont does? :)


32 posted on 07/20/2017 1:14:40 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder” - The LSN didn’t make Trump, so they can’t break T)
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