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Bog bodies, or bog people, are the naturally preserved corpses of humans and some animals recovered from peat bogs. The bodies have been most commonly found in the northern European countries of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Reports of bog bodies surfaced during the early 18th century. [1]
Tollund Man, Denmark, 4th century BC Gallagh Man, Ireland, c. 470–120 BC. A bog body is a human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.Such bodies, sometimes known as bog people, are both geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated to between 8000 BC and the Second World War. [1]
Minden Bog - 9,000 acre raised bog, Sanilac County, Michigan; Pinhook Bog - a nature preserve in northwest Indiana, a part of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Rhine Center Bog, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin; Ranger Lake Bog, at Bay-Lakes Cub Scout Camp Rokilio, Manitowoc County, near Kiel, Wisconsin, 18.5 acre acidic bog
Lindow Moss is a peat bog in Lindow, an area of Wilmslow, Cheshire, which has been used as common land since the medieval period. It formed after the last ice age, one of many such peat bogs in north-east Cheshire and the Mersey basin that formed in hollows caused by melting ice. [3]
Troopers are investigating after a body was found along the shore of Lake Michigan near Pentwater Friday morning.
Bog bodies are human remains which have been discovered in peat bogs around the world. They have been preserved naturally to varying degrees due to the specific conditions of peat bogs. Despite their natural preservation, these remains are sensitive to deterioration after being removed from their original locations.
Other so-called "bog bodies" - the naturally preserved remains of long-deceased humans found in peat bogs - have been recovered and studied over the years, most commonly from Northern Europe.
Yde Girl (English: / ˈ ɪ d ə / ⓘ) is a bog body found in the Stijfveen peat bog near the village of Yde, Netherlands. She was found on 12 May 1897 and was reputedly uncannily well-preserved when discovered (especially her hair), but by the time the body was turned over to the authorities two weeks later, it had been severely damaged and ...