Story By: Ana Lacasa, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Newsflash
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
These gruesome images show a missing man who has been found dead in a frozen drain with the flesh on his head and eyeballs completely stripped off the bone by stray animals.
The 33-year-old victim, identified as Igor Korotkov, was found in a drain underneath Lenin Avenue in the town of Monchegorsk in the north-western Russian region of Murmansk Oblast.
The emergency services said the man’s exposed head had been eaten by stray animals.
To free his body from the thick ice, workers had to use a chainsaw, according to reports.
Police spokeswoman Natalia Trostina said: “We have identified the deceased. We are currently trying to establish what happened.”
She added that forensic experts are inspecting the body while police officers are interviewing people close to the victim.
According to reports, Korotkov, who graduated from the Plekhanov Mining Institute, was reported as missing on 5th February and volunteers have spent over six weeks looking for him.
It is still unclear exactly how and when he died and the investigation is ongoing.
Netizen ‘Sergey Shiryaev’ said: “I wonder how they managed to identify him.”
‘Lemmi Kilmister’ commented: “This is so gross. Awful. Rest in peace, man.”
‘Andrey Denisov’ wrote: “What a terrible death. I feel bad for his family and friends. Poor guy.”
The ViralTab page is created by and dedicated to professional, independent freelance journalists. It is a place for us to showcase our work. When our news is sold to our media partners, we will include the link here.