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1. www.nationalgeographic.com › environment › articleWhat's that lurking in the mist? Inside the eerie science of bogs

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   Feb 16, 2024 · Bogs and fens (bogs are more acidic) are formed in lake basins, created by glaciers receding during the last ice age, and are now filled with rotting and decayed plant matter called peat. This...

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2. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › europe-bogEurope's Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their ...

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   Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets. High-tech tools divulge new information about the mysterious and violent fates met by these corpses

3. www.theatlantic.com › science › archiveWere the Mysterious Bog People Human Sacrifices?

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   Mar 11, 2016 · Bogs themselves seem to have been places of special reverence. In Germany and Denmark, weapons, wagons, food, images of gods, and even whole ships were deliberately left in their waters.

4. www.bbc.co.uk › future › articleThe mystery of the human sacrifices buried in Europe's bogs - BBC

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   Sep 8, 2022 · Uncannily well-preserved bodies from the ancient world occasionally surface Northern Europe's bogs. Stranger even than their remarkable preservation is the manner of their deaths.

5. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk › blog › 2020/12/15Nine facts about Bog Bodies - Manchester University Press

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   Dec 15, 2020 · New scientific and forensic techniques have revolutionised our understanding of the story of bog bodies. Yet there is no one explanation for ‘bodies in the bogs’: they are a mixture of sacrifice, execution, murder and accident.

6. vancouversun.com › news › metroOf monsters and mud: Exploring the deep mysteries of Burns ...

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   Jan 16, 2015 · At almost 2,500 hectares, this place is officially the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area: home to endangered species such as the Pacific water shrew, bonsai forests of shore pine,...

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   Are bogs haunted?

   • Bogs are rich in storied horror, and the wetlands of eastern England are no exception. The phantom lights of the will o’ the wisp; the devil-dog Black Shuck lurking in the mist; strange rings where fairies dance, witchcraft rules, and only fools trespass—tales of the area are fraught with supernatural peril.

   What's that lurking in the mist? Inside the eerie science of bogs

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   Do bogs still exist?

   • Uncannily well-preserved bodies from the ancient world occasionally surface Northern Europe's bogs. Stranger even than their remarkable preservation is the disturbing manner of their deaths.

   The mystery of the human sacrifices buried in Europe's bogs

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   Why are there 'bodies in the bogs'?

   • Yet there is no one explanation for ‘bodies in the bogs’: they are a mixture of sacrifice, execution, murder and accident. There are more ‘paper’ bog bodies, hidden in our newspaper archives, letters and old diaries, than we have realised: stories yet to be told.

   Nine facts about Bog Bodies - Manchester University Press

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   Why are bogs so dangerous?

   • "The bogs might have been seen as the right places to put a dangerous body – someone who has died mysteriously or unnaturally," says Giles. "Some of that was to do with the Church saying they don't want those people in its graveyards. Some of it is that the bog is a powerful place beyond human reach where those dead can be contained." --

   The mystery of the human sacrifices buried in Europe's bogs

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   Should we display bog bodies?

   • Whilst bog bodies lie at the heart of many national museum collections, there is considerable debate as to if and how we should display them. Bog bodies is available now. Melanie Giles is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester.

   Nine facts about Bog Bodies - Manchester University Press

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   Is the bog a powerful place beyond human reach?

   • Some of it is that the bog is a powerful place beyond human reach where those dead can be contained." -- Full disclosure: Researching bog bodies for this story led to more than one surprise for the writer, including discovering that one of the world's leading experts on them is a relation.

   The mystery of the human sacrifices buried in Europe's bogs

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8. nfknowledge.org › contributions › bogs-and-spiritsBogs and Spirits – New Forest Knowledge

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   The bogs play a big part in New Forest folklore. Wet ground can be particular and known to be haunted by the Colt Pixy, a local trickster spirit that entices travellers into the bogs. A similar legend exists elsewhere in the UK, involving the trickster spirit Poake (Puck) who leads unsuspecting travellers to their demise.