The skeleton of a German retiree who tied himself to the top of a tree and shot himself to death nearly 30 years ago has been found by a hiker.
German police in the southern town of Landshut said on Monday the 69-year-old man disappeared in 1980 and had been classified as missing.
An 18-year-old hiker discovered a bone in the forest last week and brought it to police. They searched the area and spotted the skeleton hanging about 11 meters up, near the top of the spruce tree.
"After searching the area we found the skeleton up in the tree with the pistol hanging on a rope next to it," police spokesman Leonard Mayer said. Police were able to identify the man through DNA testing and an artificial hip.
credited to reuters.com
No pics?
And he even thought to secure the pistol with rope so it wouldn't fall. You can't say he hadn't reasoned it all out in great detail. He obviously didn't want to be found.
where have all the good times gone?
That sure didn't sound like suicide to me at first, but I did some serious digging (or maybe just a google search) and found a more descriptive article with a picture (not the one you're hoping for though): http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Suicide_man%92s_body_hidden_up_tree_for_29_years&in_article_id=611485&in_page_id=34
Ahaha
I saw that first response and immediatly thought, "oh, /b/!"
Photoshopped