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[Beefy]

A Swiss couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their family, relatives and media said Tuesday.

The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland on Thursday, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily.

A DNA search has been planned to definitively establish their identities, but Maryline Dumoulin told AFP police were "99 percent" certain the remains were of her grandparents, who went missing on August 15, 1942.

Marcelin Dumoulin, a 40-year-old shoemaker at the time, and his wife Francine, a schoolteacher aged 37, had left their village of Chandolin in Valais canton on foot before disappearing, orphaning five sons and two daughters.

Their daughter, Monique Dumoulin, told AFP it was the first time her mother had joined her father for that type of excursion. She had previously always stayed home, either because she was pregnant, or to look after her young children.

The couple had been hoping to make an overnight trip to check up on their cattle, which were being kept in Grilden, an alpine pasture in neighbouring Bern canton.

Monique Dumoulin said that the sky had been clear when her parents set out, but that clouds later darkened the area, likely making it difficult to ensure solid footing on the glacier's surface.

The bodies were found on Tsanfleuron, a glacier at an altitude of 2,600 metres (8,500 feet), by an employee of the Glacier 3000 ski resort, the resort's director, Bernard Tschannen, told Le Matin.

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Article:https://www.yahoo.com/news/swiss-couple-found-glacier-75-years-disappearance-115647752.html

Crazy

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Damn, what are the odds!

For a second I thought they had found the couple alive, and they had somehow survived for 75 years on a glacier. What a film that would be!

 

[Rktk]

Damn, what are the odds!

For a second I thought they had found the couple alive, and they had somehow survived for 75 years on a glacier. What a film that would be!

Demolition Man kinda covered that.

 

[Netherscourge]

I saw people in comment sections thanking Global Warming for allowing their souls to be at peace.

Not sure if they were serious.

 

[Strangelove77]

That's crazy.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Are they ok?

 

[Skinny Pete]

Was the man's name Steve Rogers?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Imaging you're just skiing and shit and then all of a sudden, you see two mummies from WWI in the snow.

 

[HStallion]

That picture of the remains looks like something out of John Carpenter's The Thing when they discover the corpses.

 

[Amalthea]

Imaging you're just skiing and shit and then all of a sudden, you see two mummies from WWI in the snow.

Sounds like one hell of a skiing trip.

 

[Kieli]

The family was able to obtain closure, so I'm happy for them in that regard.

 

[Lights and Waves]

The NPR article was fascinating. Apparently, when the parents died, the six children were all split up and sent to different foster homes. That'd make for a powerful movie.

 

[BFIB]

Republicans: Global Warming has reunited families!

 

[Astral Dog]

Damn, what are the odds!

For a second I thought they had found the couple alive, and they had somehow survived for 75 years on a glacier. What a film that would be!

Reality is more grim , imagine their last moments and poor children

 

[Moppeh]

Imaging you're just skiing and shit and then all of a sudden, you see two mummies from WWI in the snow.

Well, WW2, but yeah, shit would be freaky.

 

[rjinaz]

I saw people in comment sections thanking Global Warming for allowing their souls to be at peace.

Not sure if they were serious.

It's a yahoo article. You don't have to wonder. They were.

Most seem to be using the article as proof global warming is a myth.