Sarah Verrall
challe.bsky.social
Sarah Verrall
@challe.bsky.social
Design Chef at Magic Soup Games. Former lead world builder on World of Warcraft. Kid mom. Cat mom. Gardener, baker, and mead maker. Be kind, always.
“Her husband, Montgomery J. "Monty" Illingworth, was later convicted of the murder. He served nine years in prison until he was paroled in 1951.”
July 21, 2023 at 4:55 PM
The corpse was completely preserved by the near-freezing lake temperature. Her skin had turned into a substance described as "ivory soap," which was caused by minerals in the lake water interacting with Illingworth's body fat in a process called saponification.
July 21, 2023 at 4:54 PM
It also has a sad history, from Wikipedia:

“ in 1937, a waitress named Hallie Illingworth went missing and was found three years later by local fishermen. She was apparently weighted down, and over time her restraints had decayed, allowing her corpse to float to the surface.”
July 21, 2023 at 4:53 PM
My guess is he has no self awareness whatsoever.
July 21, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Beautiful. No idea if these are a related species, but I saw them by the side of the road while taking a walk the other day. They look similar to me (not the blackberries flowering behind them, obv).
July 11, 2023 at 6:30 AM