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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 · February 16, 2024. 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 ...

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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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   SCIENCE. 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. Joshua Levine ...

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4. 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.

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

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   The bogs of the New Forest are truly infamous, rumoured to swallow both walker and beast if given half the chance. Significant tracts of bog are marked on Forest maps as morass or mire, and many place names in the Forest include the word ‘more’ or ‘moor’ in their name, meaning ‘area of marsh’. The bogs play a big part in New Forest ...

6. spectacularnwt.com › story › 15-strange-and15 strange and dangerous places in the Northwest Territories ...

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   The Smoking hills. On the shores of Cape Bathurst in the Western Arctic, the bleak Smoking Hills have smouldered for centuries, sending sulphuric soot billowing over the Northwest Passage. A place of fire and brimstone, the area is underlain with oil shales that spontaneously ignite when exposed to air.

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7. education.nationalgeographic.org › resource › bogBog

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   Oct 19, 2023 · Bogs and People For thousands of years, people have regarded bogs as spi ritual or haunted places. Their spongy and sometimes slow-burning soil created mysteries for Bronze Age and Iron Age societies. Perhaps the most lasting testament to ancient reverence for bogs are bog bodies.

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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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   What are bog bodies?

   • Bog bodies are the remains of people who died in bogs or were placed there after their deaths. More than a thousand bog bodies have been found throughout northern Europe. Archaeologists and anthropologists have studied bog bodies for clues to ancient societies' culture and traditons.

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   Where are bogs found?

   • Bogs are generally found in cool, northern climates. They often develop in poorly draining lake basins created by glaciers during the most recent ice age. The world's largest wetland is a series of bogs in the Siberia region of Russia. The Western Siberian Lowlands cover more than a million square kilometers (386,102 square miles).

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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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   Where are bogs in England?

   • A single fallen branch in a frozen lake in the Cambridgeshire Fens in eastern England. The region is home to a diverse array of wetlands, and the bogs here once inspired tales of ghostly spirits and fairies. Bogs are rich in storied horror, and the wetlands of eastern England are no exception.

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

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   What happened in bogs?

   • Bogs themselves seem to have been places of special reverence. One thing that the bog bodies make clear is that the mistreatment they suffered in death was as extreme as it was varied. The Haraldskaer Woman was killed with a garrote. The Yde Girl was strangled with her own girdle. The Tollund Man was hung.

   Were the Mysterious Bog People Human Sacrifices?

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

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   Dec 15, 2020 · Bog Bodies are the best-preserved human remains from NW Europe. They have inspired poetry, art and literature. Bogs are not just important as environmental records of the past – they are a vital part of our response to climate change. The archaeology of bogs can help us understand how our relationship with these rich, fertile yet dangerous ...