Couple Discovers a Mysterious, 5,300-Year-Old Iceman While Hiking in the Alps

The Otzi Curse

5300 year old iceman
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Thirteen years after his initial discovery, Helmut Simon died during a hiking accident in the Austrian Alps. To date, the deaths of seven people have been attributed to Otzi, including an Alpine guide who had airlifted the body and a forensic expert who had touched him. Both died in strange accidents, leading many to believe that Otzi, like the mummies of Egypt, carried a curse.

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