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19th Century Woman Mummified Inside the Airtight Metallic Case

Martha Peterson - Coffin

Mummified remains in a museum. Wikimedia.

29. They Find a Body

As the construction workers surveyed the scene, they saw more and more pieces of old-looking iron. As they tried to piece the shapes together in their mind, they were horrified to realize a body-like shape was under the dirt and fragments of metal. As they dug down, they realized the body was still in tatters of clothing and seemed to be in an active state of decay, rather than just old bones. Fearing that they had discovered something sinister, they alerted the authorities.

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