Is that a WWII body in that Tree?

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Some hikers in the rain forests of Papua New Guinea came across what looked like a moss-covered body hanging from the forest canopy. They shot some pictures and better equipped investigators will make the trek soon. The photo certainly looks like it could be a body, but why wouldn't it have decomposed by now (whether it was a WWII parachutist or not)? What do you think - body, or a coincidental configuration of natural rain forest growth?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/asia_pac_enl_1220443202/img/1.jpg

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@littlek,

Could you go there and get us a few shots from different angles. I can't see much in that one.

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Body? I don't see no body.

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this from the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7595869.stm

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@edgarblythe,

Sure, I'll just pop over there and snap some more.....

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@Endymion,

Yes it is from the BBC

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@littlek,

?
interesting

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@Intrepid,

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Body? I don't see no body.

It's hanging upside down. The head is very round and the arms and hands look like they are balled up.

Why wouldn't insects get it? Plenty of beetles and magots in rainforests.

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@littlek,

Amelia Earhart!

Look what I found! I found the Internet!

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Wow, I'd like to follow this story.

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@Green Witch,

I see nothing...well, I see a tree thing with mossy stuff.

And they aren't saying anything about a head and hands...they are talking about being able to see feet.

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@littlek,

Kris, this sounds like one of those "I see the Virgin Mary in some tree bark" stories. Laughing

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@Reyn,

Yes, it does.

There is no way on earth that a body could have remained intact for that long in an environment like that. It would have rotted within days.

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It so does look like a body! Weird. It looks like he's holding a letter or something.

I outlined it for those of you who can't see it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/boomerangagain/body.jpg

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Why WWII?
Why not more recent?

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@George,

Not too many people parachuting into the Kokoda Trail.

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@boomerang,

boomerang wrote:

It so does look like a body! Weird. It looks like he's holding a letter or something.

I outlined it for those of you who can't see it.

Okay, so now it's really getting weird! I can't see your outline! Confused

Is this one of those type of pictures that can be seen two ways - negative and positive? Confused

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@littlek,

The moss could have adhered to the skeleton, which would have survived all these years. The moss cover would have held the skeletal structure together in the recognizable shape.

BBB

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@littlek,

If it is a body, I'd assume as BBB did that the moss is growing on a skeleton. We shall see. Thanks for the outline, Boomer.

I guess the WWII designation was because there was a lot of activity in that bit of land during WWII <shrug>.

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@littlek,

It's a branch.

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Australian Defence Force staff from the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby today reached the isolated site in Papua New Guinea to check on the sighting, but found no human remains.

"While the location near Kagi is below a flight path that was commonly used by allied aircraft during WWII sorties, the find has been confirmed by ADF staff as a moss-covered branch," Defence said tonight.

"It appears the branch has broken off the main tree and fallen across some vines which, from the ground, could have been confused with the body of an airman."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24294977-12377,00.html

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