An American man was buried after 128 years of mummification

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabia Weather - The city of Reading in the American state of Pennsylvania bid farewell a few days ago to one of its strangest citizens, as the mummified man who formed a horrific mystery for more than a hundred years was buried after a long wait. Over the course of several days, a large number of questioners and concerned people went to his burial place to bid him farewell, take pictures of him, or even look at him with astonishment and astonishment.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> While it had been a long time since she passed the body, Susan Shrum (74 years old) said her farewell to <strong>“Stoneman Willie”</strong> , who was known by this nickname for a long time and who is believed to have committed robberies. She bid him farewell with touching words, touching his forehead and his copper-colored hair, more than sixty years after she saw him for the first time. &quot;Goodbye, Stoneman. God bless you. Rest in peace,&quot; she said.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Stoneman Willie&#39;s body was accidentally mummified</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> &quot;Stoneman Willie&quot; was the nickname given to a man believed to have committed robberies, who died in 1895 while in prison. His body was transferred after his death to the Theo C Foundation. Uman burial ground where he was accidentally mummified.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The body was buried 128 years after it was mummified</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Speaking to AFP, the foundation&#39;s current director, Kyle Blankenbiller, noted that the mummy is still there 128 years later, making it now the oldest mummy in the United States. The man was given a false name during his detention in prison.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> During the foundation&#39;s preparations to bury the body of &quot;Stoneman Willie&quot; during the celebration of the 275th anniversary of the founding of the city of Reading, Blankenbiller expressed 99% confidence that they know the identity of the deceased man. He explained that the foundation&#39;s decision to bury him was &quot;the right choice to make,&quot; but also acknowledged that the occasion would be interesting and challenging.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The body remained in an open coffin for almost the entire time it was in the funeral home, in a scene that was very strange.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Kyle Blankenbiller, the foundation&#39;s current director, said Stoneman Willie deserved to be honored before his burial and had become an attraction in Redding, describing him as &quot;our friend.&quot; He was given an alias while he was imprisoned to avoid embarrassing his family.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> After his death, no member of his family was found, and his body was sent to the Theo C Foundation. Ohman, and Blankenbiller said that the technique of embalming was in its infancy in that region, and the institution was experimenting with new formulations for embalming bodies at that time.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As he prepares for Stoneman Willie&#39;s funeral, the ceremony includes the revelation of his real name after a long period of mystery. He was buried in a local cemetery, where the funeral was held and he will be buried in a black formal suit dating back to the nineties of the nineteenth century.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Source: <a href="https://arabic.euronews.com/2023/10/08/us-mummy-to-be-buried-after-128-y...