Mystery Man of Ben Avon

3/14/2023

Scottish Folk

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A true mystery from history. In 1938 two gamekeepers found the headless body of a man dressed in a business suit on the South East slopes of Ben Avon, one of the most isolated and remote locations of the Cairngorms.

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