That is a scene from the movie wolf creek. It is based on the murders committed by Ivan Milat with that scene in particular being inspired by the paralysing spinal wounds that each of his victims were found with. Milat is serving 7 consecutive life sentences at the Goulbourn Supermax prison, for the torture and murder of 7 backpackers found in the Belangalo state forest between 1992 and 1993. Since Milat went to prison he hasn’t been any better behaved.…
The results of the Forensic findings had labeled the remains as being “male, Caucasoid, fourty to fifty five years of age at the time of death, The height of the individual would be around five foot nine inches”.…
Vlad Tepes (usually known as Dracula) was the ruler of Wallachia (Romania), who acquired a terrifying reputation due to cruelty. Vlad spent many years as hostage of the Turks, learning from them a lesson of humiliation, oppression and terror. When Vlad returned to Wallachia, he campaigned against the Turks, built Castle Dracula and massacred thousands of people by a variety of terrifying methods (the most common one was a stake, which earned him the title "Vlad the Impaler"). He was imprisoned in 1462 and murdered 14 years later.…
Olaudah Equiano born in 1745, was a freed man, but brought into slavery. Olaudah was put on a slave ship across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. He was sold to whites by blacks. He lost hope of returning back to his country since it was his second time being kidnapped before being into slavery from Nigeria. He would become ill, refuse to eat, but will eventually be beaten for it.…
Studying human remains dating back more than 5,000 years ago is typically quite difficult. Although Otzi’s, also known as “iceman”, remains are over 5,000 years old, archaeologists are able to perform an autopsy him due to to the fact he was frozen in ice. When Otzi died he had fallen down the Italian Alps landing him in an advancing glacier. The glacier had preserved his body in ice so well that archaeologists were able to extract DNA, pollen, and tissue samples to find out about his origin, diet, and the natural environment 5,000 years ago. Archaeologists determined that Otzi’s last meal was ibex, red deer, and eikorn.…
The Iceman, Otzi, was in battle before he was killed. While the Iceman was being inspected scientist found that he had a thumb wound, which were fresh because there were no scarring found. This led to them thinking her was faced with hand to hand combat, because they also found bone damage being in his wrist. This means he was fighting another person before he died. Addinaly when Otzi was further examined it was discovered that their was a arrow head or a piece of stone found lodged deep in his back.…
“Miracle on Ice” On February 22, 1980 history was made. In the midst of the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, Team U.S.A managed to beat the U.S.S.R. team in a fierce hockey game during the XIII Winter Olympic Games. Due to the numerous American defeats throughout the entirety of the Cold War, ranging from the conflicts at Vietnam, the U2 incident, and the vast spread of communism, “The Miracle on Ice” boosted American morale towards the fight against the Soviet Union at a time when they needed it most.…
According to the evidence, Otzi was murdered because somebody was jealous of his wife, specifically his brother. In some cultures, when the husband dies, his brother has to take care of the widow and offspring,this is called levirate marriage. Otzi was found in the 20th century by hikers in the Alps, who didn't handle him with care. They believed he was a hiker that got lost in a storm and never made it out. They found out he was about five thousand years old, when they carbon dated him.…
The Battle on the Ice was a brief battle that is best known for the fact that it was mainly fought on a lake that was frozen solid. The battle gained this title from the unusual battleground that was used, but it can also be referred to as the Battle of Lake Peipus. The fight between Russians and Estonians took place at the two countries central border of Lake Peipus on April 5, 1242, and ended that same day. The geographical factors found in this battle make it one of the most impressive in history.…
But I managed to find “the iceman”. This was a man that lived 5,300 years ago and was discovered in 1991 preserved in ice. Otzi had 57 tattoos, after a proper examination of his body specialist can assume that his tattoos were a form of treatment or acupuncture. Although tattoos have been around, their prevalence has only been popular dating back to the 1970’s when tattoos became a main stream part of fashion. This trend has spread nationwide so much so that in…
Inuit inhabit the Arctic region, THe Inuit lands that stretch 12,000 miles from parts of Siberia, Alaskan coast, Canada, and Greenland. Moreover, the Inuit are one of the most widely dispersed people in the world, but number only about 60,000 in population. Between 25,000 and 35,000 are in Alaska, with other smaller groups in Canada, Greenland, and Siberia. Likewise, the main territory of the Haida tribe is the archipelago if the northern British Columbia. In addition, the region in which they lived dictated the lifestyle and culture of the Haida tribe…
Once upon a time Santa and his elf decided to make Snowman. Not just any snowman, but a creamy, yummy Snowman made out of ice cream. Santa scooped the ice cream out into three round scopes. The first scoop was the largest of the three and was the bottom layer. The next scoop, was a medium size and formed the middle of the snowman.…
As Okonkwo had returned to Umuofia, the colonizers had infested his village leaving Okonkwo, “...deeply grieved,” leading him to, “...[mourn] for [his] clan, which he saw breaking up and falling apart....for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women” (183). Obviously, Okonkwo was greatly depressed at the loss of his clan because their old traditions were slowly coming to an end with the arrival of the colonizers with their new religion and missionaries trying to convert people. He was deeply concerned with his village and traditions so to see it all crumble and fall away to nothing lead him to resent the colonizers because it was their fault for mingling with the members in Umuofia to convert them. Okonkwo’s resentment led him to kill a messenger that was a colonizer but when Umuofia was thrown into a panic and not immediately planning for war, Okonkwo saw the path his village had gone down and he decided to end his own life. Shortly after the death of the messenger the district commissioner arrived at Okonkwo’s house demanding to see him so the people gathered together to mourn him in his obi led him, “....to the tree from which Okonkwo’s body was dangling…”(207).…
Although the man is naive and alone, he is positive that he will be fine as long as the dog is by his side and is careful when he approaches frozen water. When this man and his dog approach one specific frozen stream the dog is pushed forward by the man and falls into the water, when the mans goes to help the dog he takes his gloves off and the man’s hands go numb, this is the first sign frostbite. The man makes a fire to eat lunch and they warm up. After walking with his dog for a while, the man unexpectedly fell “at a place where there were no signs, the man broke through” (par. 25) knee deep into ice-cold water and rushes out of it as fast as he can.…
As soon as the day broke, a large crowd of men from Ezeudu's quarter stormed Okonkwo’s compound, dressed in garbs of war. They set fire to his houses, demolished his red walls and destroyed his barn. It was the justice of the earth goddess, and they were merely his messengers. They had no hatred against Okonkwo. His greatest friend, Obierika, was among them.…