Face Down, 60 MPH: Inside a Skeleton Run at the Whistler, BC, Olympic Sliding Center Whistler Olympic Sliding Center, Whistler, BC I stood at the top of the Whistler Olympic Sliding Center, waiting my turn to climb onto a skeleton sled for the first of two runs down the icy track. As the cold air hung still and the starter checked the sled, my mind drifted—not to fear, but to how I’d ended up here […] Bob Witowski | January 21, 2026 1 Comment
Human Skeleton Found by Hiker in Popular Hiking Area Near Salt Lake City, UT You’re walking along a hike you always take, right on the edge of the valley; it’s popular and there are lots of other people on the trail—mountain bikers, other hikers, children. You come through a particularly thick, wooded section of the trail when something catches your eye. ‘Hmmm, what’s that over there? What junk did someone leave this time? Wait…’ […] Martin Kuprianowicz | July 20, 2022 0 Comments
Skeleton of Shark Attack Victim Found in Japan… From 3,000 Years Ago Between the years of 1370 and 1010 BC, a man was attacked by a shark in Japan. That’s putting it lightly. A man was maliciously thrashed by what is believed to be a tiger or white shark. The skeletal remains, which researchers refer to as No. 24, have 790 wounds. Brutal. During the attack, No. 24’s left hand and right […] Brains Joseph Puetz | June 28, 2021 0 Comments
Are High Speed Crashes To Blame For Sledding Athletes Taking Their Own Lives? An increasing number of athletes in sliding sports, particularly bobsledding and skeleton, are taking their own lives. Looking at a series of case studies over recent years, neuroscientists are working to understand how dangerous these sports are in terms of the risk to the brain. The findings are consistent in showing continuous head injuries that eventually, if not immediately, lead […] Brains Emily Crofton | August 7, 2020 0 Comments
Skeleton Found Beneath California’s Second Highest Peak Might be American-Japanese Man Missing Since WWII Authorities in California say the human skeleton recovered from beneath California’s second-highest peak is possibly that of Giichi Matsumura, a Japanese American. Matsumura left for a trip from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar towards the end of World War II and got caught in a freak snowstorm, reports the LA Times. His body was discovered weeks later by a hiker […] CragBrains | October 28, 2019 1 Comment
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