[RedBloodedAmerican]

I think he froze to death.

[Sam Cree]

Hadn't realized that archery was involved with this guy.

[Liberal Bob]

Loy believes that the Iceman died in a boundary dispute

Sounds like a U.N. matter to me.

[DaBearOne]

See what can happen when you have too much gun control!

Then again, maybe he was caught cheating on his wives?

[fire_eye]

...the Iceman was found on the highest point of a pass.

Which he was guarding.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I had no idea Val Kilmer was so old.

[Consort]

Looks like a mugging.

[Old Professer]

The dumbass got lost, fell on one of his sharp tools and died with all of the stuff he stole off his in-laws, case closed.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

There are a lot of questions about this.
Were the arrowhead in his back and the one with two types
of blood make from the same rock quarry and made alike?

[LadyDoc]

Additionally, the Iceman's grass-filled shoes made travel through the snow a slow process, according to Reinhard, who said he is also skeptical of the location of the body—the Iceman was found on the highest point of a pass. Reinhard does believe that a fight could have been possible, but within the context of a ritual. "We know that people have been lured into places and killed. As an example, the Celts reportedly performed human sacrifice by shooting people in the back

They only found one arrow. And it was in a non fatal area.

As for the grass in the shoes: This would be similar to the US Soldiers in the battle of the Bulge putting newspapers in their shoes.

No one has bothered to say the obvious: He was probably shot by a jealous husband who was chasing him...which is why he was shot in the back, and had eaten shortly before dying, and was trying to get away....

As for "celtic ritual killing", this is questionable. Were the Celts in this area back then? And the ritual killings were done as a ritual: This guy was fully clothed in normal street clothes one would find in a traveler, found as if he was fleeing, and had normal food in his stomach...

[SunkenCiv]

Blast from the Past, no ping.

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