November 08, 2005
Curse Of The Mummy
I grew up loving, and absolutely adoring all the America International horror shows! Dracula, The Wolfman all that stuff. Back in the days when monsters were just around the corner, when you screamed at the heroine "Don't go in the room." I also developed a fondness for the Hollywood versions of old tales such as The Mummy's Curse and Frankenstein.
In a way, I'm grateful for all the old horror flics, they prepared me for today's monsters like Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi (very big sarcastic grin pasted here).
But, be that as it may, I loved horror flics. I also loved them for the stupidity of some of the scenes which heightened my appreciation for weird senses of humor and lo and behold, one of my more delightful commenters (Maggie if you MUST know) sent me a link (here) regarding a new CURSE! The Iceman's curse. Now, the Iceman, or Oeggl as he has been named (How do they know his name wasn't "Jon," or "Sam," or even "Bartholomew," let alone an IceMan named "Sue?") or by some Oetzi (again, how the heck do they know, maybe his name was Rumplesteltskin) has a number of deaths attributed to those who have "handled" or had something to do with "desecrating" his remains. For Pete's sake! We even know his stomach contents (isn't that a disgusting thought?)
Some of you may remember the discovery of the Iceman in a glacier in the Alps some decade and a half ago. Well, the deaths mount... From the article:
Helmut Simon (67) The amateur climber who found Oetzi. He was killed during an unexpected blizzard in the Alps last year.
Dieter Warnecke (45) The head of the mountain rescue team sent to find Simon. He died of a heart attack within hours of Simon’s funeral.
Rainer Henn (64) A forensic pathologist who handled the body. He was killed in a car crash in 1992.
Kurt Fritz (52) The mountaineer who led Henn to the body. He was killed in an avalanche shortly after Henn died.
Rainer Holz (47) A filmmaker who made a documentary about removing the body. He died of a brain tumour.
Konrad Spindler (66) An archaeologist who was a leading expert on the body. He died of multiple sclerosis complications.
And now Tom Loy a molecular biologist who worked on the remains has died of a rare blood disease. Mr. Loy was 63.
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Posted by GM Roper at November 8, 2005 07:36 AM | TrackBackYou gotta go somehow. However, I would like to see the death certificates that list the cause of death as "Curse."
Posted by Woody at November 8, 2005 08:24 AM
I'm all for a good and creepy curse, but I would like to know how the deaths of these people track to the statistical likelihood that they would die from such causes. For example, is it all that surprising that a mountain climber would die in a snowstorm while climbing a mountain? How unusual is that really? Certainly his risk factor for such a death is much higher than mine, right? I don't climb mountains, so I think I can safely say I have a very low probability of dying in a mountain snowstorm - however unexpected or freakish it may be.
This reminds me of that list of parallels between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.
Posted by too many steves at November 8, 2005 09:02 AM
TMS... you don't climb mountains? So, that's the problem huh? ;-)
Cheers! and as Woody said... we all gotta go sometime. To which I'll add the only ones who get off this planet alive are Astronauts... and not all of them!
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Posted by GM Roper at November 8, 2005 09:57 AM
