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The kreepen Man was a bog body found in Lower Saxony near Verden, Germany, 1903 The body was of a naked man lying face down with branches binding his hands and feet. His face was very well preserved, as was his feet. Arms and hands had to be recovered in pieces.... Read story  He had long blonde hair which came off the head while removing him due to being stuck in the bog. There isn't much to say about this body, it doesn't exist anymore, thus no further analysis can be made. During WWII, the body was located at the Berlin Ethnographic Museum and was destroyed in one of all bombing raids. We don't know how old the body was either, radiocarbon dating was invented after WWII.  Hair believed to have belonged to the Kreepen Man was given to the Elisabethfehn Moor and Fehn Museum in 1988, radiocarbon dating of the hair gave the result 1440 - 1625 AD. Without the body and the uncertain documentation of the hair this cannot be confirmed. All What's You Should Know: Dig into h...

IS THAT GARGOYLE MOONING ME? IN FREIBURG, GERMANY The mooning gargoyle of Freiburg minster. Legend has it that a disgruntled stonemason created this gargoyle and positioned in the the direction of the city council building. Council members had commissioned him for some of the stonework of the minster and had not paid him for his work. Legend says that one day the city council members went up to the stonemasons and demanded they work harder, build faster, and include more detail! I’m not sure if all of the city council members had pot bellies and were the type of men who spit when they talked, but I imagine that they did. As we all know how it goes, the city council did not increase the stonemason’s wages along with these heightened commands. It’s the basis behind so many of our woes. You can always count on a hearty cheer after yelling, “stick it to the man!” in a bar. People nod and glasses clink — it’s a story that goes across all cultures and dates back to the stone age. The German ...

French prisoner tied to a stake at Zwickau prison camp is given a drink by a fellow POW, Germany, 1917. A French prisoner of war, tied to the stake for breaking one of the camp rules at Zwickau, receives a glass of water from a compassionate Romanian POW to help alleviate the French soldier's suffering. What is it about people in the past? They can be taken prisoner and tied to a stake and still look more dapper and composed than I ever do. Most clothing that was common then is now considered "formal."  People don't often where a jacket and long pants today where that may be all most men had, especially on active military duty. For every day life most had their everyday set and a nice "Sunday" set if they were lucky. There was no such thing as cheap tshirts and jeans, so durable coats and pants that would be functional all year round were the most valuable/useful. Also most had hats(less showering > unkempt hair). The thing about the hair is actually untr...