Cody Sheehy walked to safety after going missing when he was six years old. He trekked an estimated 14 to 20 miles out of the mountains and into the Wallowa Valley over the course of 18 hours. He tumbled into a river, escaped coyotes by climbing a tree, and hid from a passing car. This piece, 32 years later, chronicles the adventure that captivated the nation. Surprisingly, “Cody could nearly precisely recollect the route he followed to avoid being apprehended by the search group.” Read full article here
Oddities
The Curious Case of the Ancient Brain
In 2008, archaeologists examining the University of York discovered something strange: the decapitated head of an Iron Age man and his very shrivelled but very much intact brain. How a centuries-old brain was preserved is still unknown, but research suggests that it could have been because of brain diseases like dementia. The Yorkshire man’s brain’s proteins were bunched up together, much like how dementia causes brain proteins to bunch up into plaques. This bunching up, or aggregation, could continue even after death, turning regions of the brain into hard masses. Read full article here
Merv
September 30, 2022
