Posted on 06/03/2006 5:03:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Nearly 70 years after a boy made an exciting find in a bog south of Gothenburg in 1936, the skeletal remains of a person, now known as the "Bocksten man," are now on display for all to see. Professor Claes Lauritzen made a copy of the skull and had doll maker Oscar Nilsson reconstruct the face with clay and silicon... Using skills similar to those used in forensic medicine, researchers now have an idea of what the man looked like, under what conditions he lived, and how he died. According to Lauritzen, a skull expert, the 30 to 35-year-old man was believed to have lived in the 14th century, and died as a result of three blows to the head... Bocksten Man wore a cloak which was still in relatively good condition - a coned hood, and pants of wool.
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According to the story, he Had a branch from a straw roof through his chest?
Hmmm. Maybe he was a 'smokehole peeper' and got caught.
Violent death is usually over money or sex.
Or, perhaps he was living in Oz at the time...
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