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Posted: 7/14/2010 2:31:56 PM EDT
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Peat bogs are legendary for their ability to preserve anything that falls into them. Their environment tans any flesh gets into them, and there is no oxygen in them. Some of the oldest pieces of preserved (not fossilized, preserved) flesh ever found came from peat bogs.
CJ |
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What's that saying? Don't drink the bog water... What you did there... |
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I bet it was hard to fly planes without any feet. It is only a flesh wound. |
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Cool
RIP Sargeant Lazarev, you might have been a Commie but atleast you were killing Nazis |
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Quoted: Peat bogs are legendary for their ability to preserve anything that falls into them. Their environment tans any flesh gets into them, and there is no oxygen in them. Some of the oldest pieces of preserved (not fossilized, preserved) flesh ever found came from peat bogs. CJ Wouldn't it be cool if they dug him out after all these years and he was like "Christsky, what took you so longsky?" and he still looked the same age as when he crashed and stuff?
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I bet it was hard to fly planes without any feet. Probably lost them in the crash. |
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I double tapped...much like the German who shot this poor guy down.
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I bet it was hard to fly planes without any feet. Probably lost them in the crash. Yep..more than likely. Considering that wadded up ball of metal in that one pic. |
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looks like he's still wearing all his flight gear with his parachute
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looks like he's still wearing all his flight gear with his parachute And from from the looks of the gear, it's in pretty good shape. I mean for 60 year old gear, strapped to a dead guy, left in a bog. |
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Ever hear of the Tollund Man? Or the Lindow Man?
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Cool RIP Sargeant Lazarev, you might have been a Commie but atleast you were killing Nazis HA! |
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That is amazing.
Good goony goo-goo they're finding WWTwice stuff in bogs over there all the time. Didn't they find a TIGER tank on one a few months back? RIP Sgt. |
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Quoted: Source or link? I'm guessing ApacheClips? So, will it buff out? |
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Never trust a commie, they should have put a bullet in his head to make sure he was dead.
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RIP soilder!
Quoted: In Soviet Russia nature preserves you! That's a good one. |
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Somewhat old news but not widely reported.
Go to warrelics.com for more. Great site, lots of cool stuff being found. I didn't realize it was a Russki pilot in a Hurricane in the story I first read. The pilot died in his homeland, defending his homeland from Nazis, it would appear. I can't find any fault with that. |
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I seem to remember hearing about ancient people that kept fish in bogs for years, and then ate them latter.
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http://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1012287
P-40 Warkhawk discovered with pilot in a Russian bog - amazing pictures! Senior Lieutenant Philipp Costenko's aircraft was shot down at Ivanovsiye Porogi, on February 23, 1943 while escorting Russian bombers. This was a lend-lease aircraft from the U.S. with a Soviet pilot. |
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Very creepy photo... .....And very disrespectful of the dead. |
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The war is over,
Rest in Peace, son... Edited to add: This is ancient history though. They found this back in 2007 and it's just now making it to ARFCOM? |
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