MYSTERY SOLVED

Missing Man Found in Melting Glacier After 28 Years

The body was reportedly well-preserved thanks to the extreme cold.

The body of a man missing for nearly three decades was recently discovered inside a melting glacier in the Kohistan region of Pakistan. Discovered by Omar Khan, a local shepherd, in the so-called Lady Valley, the body was found well-preserved with the clothing intact thanks to the glacier. “What I saw was unbelievable,” Khan told BBC. “The body was intact. The clothes were not even torn.” An identification card found with the body identified him as Naseeruddin, who had disappeared in June 1997. With his name, the local police were able to gather more details regarding the man’s disappearance. Naseeruddin had been with his brother, Kathiruddin, the day he went missing, traveling together on horseback after an alleged family feud. Kathiruddin spoke to BBC and told the outlet that after arriving in the valley in the morning, his brother had stepped into a cave. When he failed to return, Kathiruddin got help from locals to search for his brother, but never found him until now. The glacier, which mummified Naseeruddin’s body keeping it well-preserved, is located in a region that has experienced decreased snowfall in recent times, causing glaciers to melt faster from greater exposure to sunlight.