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MEGA ERUPTION What was this Pompeii volcano victim doing when he died? Cheeky theory sweeps internet as new photo emerges
Snap appears to show this volcano victim may have been caught short by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD
By Neal Baker
4th July 2017, 9:53 am
Updated: 4th July 2017, 11:34 am
A POMPEII volcano victim appeared to go out with a bang as a newly emerged photo seems to show him masturbating.
The preserved body — belonging to one of 11,000 people thought to have been killed in the ancient disaster — was pictured for a local museum’s social media account.
This photo of an ancient Pompeii volcano victim has sparked light-hearted debate online over whether he was caught short by the eruption
Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, causing a hail of molten ash to fall on nearby PompeiiThe snap has since gone viral after being picked up by online forums as commentators are left baffled by his striking pose.
Lying on his back, the fossil-like remains show how the man died with his legs spread and his right hand resting on his crotch.
It has sparked debate over whether the victim was caught short when Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD.
On Instagram, where Pompeii Archaeological Park originally uploaded the snap, users have been making light-hearted comments about his pose.
“When you say ‘enjoy until the last moment’…” one wrote.
Another cheeky user added: “He died holding his loved ones.”
But some experts have refused to see the funny side.
Volcanologist Pier Paolo Petrone told the Daily Dot: “There is no way to demonstrate any ‘masturbating man,’ and it is out of place to discuss such an affirmation of some young time waster”.
He said Pompeii victims would have died very quickly from thermal shock as molten hot ash fell on them.
Pompeii’s 11,000 inhabitants were encased and preserved in molten ash and dust“The individual in the photo is an adult man, killed by the hot pyroclastic surge – hot gas and ash cloud which killed most of the population living around Mount Vesuvius – with both arms and legs flexed due to the heat”, Dr Petrone said.
“Most of the human victims found in Pompeii often show ‘strange’ position of arms and legs, due to the contraction of limbs as a consequence of the heat effect on their bodies after death occurred,” he added.
Snap appears to show this volcano victim may have been caught short by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD
By Neal Baker
4th July 2017, 9:53 am
Updated: 4th July 2017, 11:34 am
A POMPEII volcano victim appeared to go out with a bang as a newly emerged photo seems to show him masturbating.
The preserved body — belonging to one of 11,000 people thought to have been killed in the ancient disaster — was pictured for a local museum’s social media account.
This photo of an ancient Pompeii volcano victim has sparked light-hearted debate online over whether he was caught short by the eruption
Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79AD, causing a hail of molten ash to fall on nearby PompeiiThe snap has since gone viral after being picked up by online forums as commentators are left baffled by his striking pose.
Lying on his back, the fossil-like remains show how the man died with his legs spread and his right hand resting on his crotch.
It has sparked debate over whether the victim was caught short when Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD.
On Instagram, where Pompeii Archaeological Park originally uploaded the snap, users have been making light-hearted comments about his pose.
“When you say ‘enjoy until the last moment’…” one wrote.
Another cheeky user added: “He died holding his loved ones.”
But some experts have refused to see the funny side.
Volcanologist Pier Paolo Petrone told the Daily Dot: “There is no way to demonstrate any ‘masturbating man,’ and it is out of place to discuss such an affirmation of some young time waster”.
He said Pompeii victims would have died very quickly from thermal shock as molten hot ash fell on them.
Pompeii’s 11,000 inhabitants were encased and preserved in molten ash and dust“The individual in the photo is an adult man, killed by the hot pyroclastic surge – hot gas and ash cloud which killed most of the population living around Mount Vesuvius – with both arms and legs flexed due to the heat”, Dr Petrone said.
“Most of the human victims found in Pompeii often show ‘strange’ position of arms and legs, due to the contraction of limbs as a consequence of the heat effect on their bodies after death occurred,” he added.
