I'm going to watch some documentaries about these things - it's been a few years since I've seen one, and there must be new stuff out there - some of the most fascinating work ever, the level of detail, and how much they can figure out about their last few hours (normally incredibly violent). Pete Marsh and Otzi are on tonight's list.

From what I remember they were killed in two different ways (sacrificed) to appease two gods. Then would be sunk in the big as they were dying in an effect to preserve the magic of said sacrifice as the bog would preserve the body for a very long time. Thereby extending the sacrifice over that period. Maximizing the magic. Additionally the victims were high value like chieftain’s kids or something of a enemy tribe/clan.

This photo on the post reminded me of the "vampire of Venice" documentary of a woman or man... I'm pretty sure woman, that was buried "biting" a brick. It's still not known for sure why and at a point it's mentioned that she saw ebony spectres as being something real. The weird part is that she actually had dramatically long and sharp canines far more than a normal human would. I remember the conclusion said something like it was prosthetic and with time the prosthetic ends sort of mixed with the natural tooth before she died but it seems related to this or possibly

I’m really curious about whether other, non-human remains are also found in these bog sites. Are there other bones in there too? Surely a marsh bird must fall into the dark water occasionally. But it sounds as if these human burials are separate and pristine without other species present.

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