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100%. I used to work in a museum. We had an exhibit come through all about Bog People. People killed and thrown in a bog, which preserved their bodies.
Most bodies were stabbed or hit on the head thrown into the bog with nothing on them. Not even clothing some times.
Anthrpologists: Sacrifices to the gods! Each person was chosen by a religious leader and carefully, lovingly, killed as a sacrifice to the gods to ensure the village had a good agriclutral season. Of course! So obvious.
Me: These dudes got robbed and murdered. Maybe not in that order.
This but with bogs: "A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes." -Nicky Santoro, "Casino"
I've heard that it is actually almost impossible to dig a hole in the ground around Las Vegas because a couple inches down it becomes solid rock. Most of those problems were tossed in a lake.
They're in lake mead
“Anytime you have a body in a barrel, clearly there was somebody else involved,”
That's some fine police work, Johansson. You just earned your Christmas bonus.
US Government: Impounds Colorado River
Mafia: "Well would you look at that. Someone put this nice lake here just for us."