October 19, 2005
Airmansickle

Not quite the iceman, but strange nonetheless:

It was a plane crash back in 1942 that wasn't discovered until 1947. Now, hikers made a frozen discovery in connection with a World War II plane crash.

Hikers found the frozen body of an airman while scaling Mount Mendel Glacier in the Sequoia National Park. Now, the military is working to find out who this airman is and whether he was ever reported missing.

It's believed the airman has been frozen in the glacier for decades until a pair of climbers got much more than ever imagined on a hike.

The Sierra Nevadas are apparently littered with crashes from the WWII era, which I suppose is what you'd expect when you put hundreds of low-time pilots in an area where most of the landscape points up.

Posted by scott at October 19, 2005 09:52 AM

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Dude, ur an asshole, cut the comments. Some of these guys died defending ur right to be an asshole!

Posted by: Mike G on October 20, 2005 05:11 PM

Oh Irony, Where Art Thou Sting?!?

Posted by: scott on October 20, 2005 07:08 PM

It's rather hard to take you seriously Mike G, especially if you can't use proper grammer.

Posted by: ellen on October 21, 2005 12:17 PM
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