The most mysterious dead in history: Who is the Somerton Man?

Human history is full of many interesting and mysterious events. Blood-curdling murders, unbelievable disappearances, creepy paranormal events... Moreover, the smokescreen over many of these events, which left the whole of humanity with huge question marks, has not dissipated even today. One of the most mysterious events in history took place many years ago on Somerton Beach in the south of Australia. A person was found on the beach that day. Moreover, this person would soon be remembered as one of the most mysterious people in history. So much so that the identity of the man could not even be determined, so it became known as the Somerton Man…

The Somerton Man was an unidentified man whose body was found on 1 December 1948 on the beach at Somerton Park, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The case is also known after the Persian phrase tamám shud (Persian: تمام شد), meaning "is over" or "is finished", which was printed on a scrap of paper found months later in the fob pocket of the man's trousers. The scrap had been torn from the final page of a copy of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, authored by 12th-century poet Omar Khayyám.

Some have suggested that the mysterious Somerton Man was a murder victim. According to some, he committed suicide. Some in Australia thought the Somerton Man was a Soviet spy. To some people, he was a ballet dancer or a dancer! Many theories have been put forward about the identity of this mysterious man, his cause of death, and what he did. However, no one dared to comment on the Ömer Khayyam poem that came out of the Somerton Man... Here's what you need to know about the Somerton Man, one of the most mysterious people in history...

In December 1948, an interesting man appeared on Somerton Beach in southern Australia. He was wearing a suit, tie, and shiny shoes. It looked pretty stylish. But there was something strange in his demeanor. He sat on the beach, almost motionless. Those who saw him thought he was drunk or asleep, so they didn't want to come near him. However, the regulars of Somerton Beach found this stylish but strange-looking man in the same place the next day, in exactly the same way. Those who dared to approach this strange man came across a stiffened corpse instead of a mysterious man! This is how this story, starring one of the most mysterious people in history, began…

When the police searched the mystery man, they found a pack of cigarettes, an outdated train ticket, a matchbox, and two combs.

No documents were found on the identity of the man, who appeared to be between 40 and 50 years old. Moreover, the police teams did not find any clues on the mysterious man that could help them identify him. For example, the labels of his clothes seemed to have been cut off on purpose. Australian authorities have launched extensive studies to identify the mysterious man.

In the process that followed, an unclaimed suitcase appeared at a nearby train station. According to authorities, this suitcase belonged to the Somerton Man. However, the items found in the suitcase were not enough to identify the mysterious man. In fact, DNA samples of the man were sent to many different countries in the future. However, no significant results were obtained. This mysterious man, who could not be identified, was named the "Somerton Man".

The cops couldn't find any useful information on the Somerton Man. But the doctors had some things to say about this mysterious man!

According to this, Somerton Man died shortly before he was found on the beach. In addition, doctors were considering the possibility that the Somerton Man was poisoned, although they could not prove it definitively. However, it was not possible to determine whether it was poisoned by another person or by himself. For this reason, the cause of death of the mysterious man has also led to the emergence of many different theories…

According to some, the Somerton Man had been murdered. According to some, he died naturally. However, just like his identity, the mysterious man's cause of death was never fully known.

The failure to open the smoke screen on the Somerton Man led to new allegations.

The most interesting of these were the claims about the profession of the Somerton Man. Some people suggested that this mysterious man was a ballet dancer or a dancer. Because, according to the doctors who examined the Somerton Man, the man's legs were much more muscular than those of a normal person. Of course, this claim was never confirmed. Moreover, there were those who considered the possibility of Somerton Man being a ballet dancer very low. Such a mysterious man could only be a spy or even a Soviet spy…

The cops discovered that the mystery man has a secret compartment in his pants! Inside this secret compartment, a piece of paper with the inscription "OK Shud" (Done) was found, torn from the last page of Ömer Hayyam's book "Rubailer".

Thus, the mysterious event became known as the “OK Shud Case”. However, this unusual clue would also make the case even more interesting…

Australian police managed to find the book from which the piece of paper with the inscription OK Shud was torn off

Moreover, on the back cover of the book, there was a phone number and letters whose meaning could not be deciphered. By tracing his phone number, the police reached a woman named Jessica, who lives near Somerton Beach. She vehemently denied that she knew the mystery man. But at the same time, she was acting very suspiciously. However, the authorities had no evidence that they could link Jessica to the Somerton Man…

The mystery of the letters on the back cover of the Rubailer book, thought to have been written by the Somerton Man, was never solved. However, many people believed that these letters were some kind of encrypted message. Thus, the allegations that the Somerton Man was a Soviet spy became louder…

Somerton Man, with all his unknowns, was buried in the cemetery in 1949.

Many people in Australia continued to come up with various theories about the most mysterious man in the world. However, these theories were never proven. Thus, the Somerton Man took its place on the dusty shelves of history, until 2022!

The tomb of Somerton Man was opened for a new study in 2022

University of Adelaide professors Derek Abbott and US forensic expert Colleen Fitzpatrick decided to use the power of science to unravel the mystery of the Somerton Man!

According to the results of their DNA analysis, the duo suggests that the mysterious man may be a person named Carl Webb. It is known that Webb was born in 1905 and worked as an electrical engineer before he died. However, even admitting that Somerton Man is Carl Webb is not enough to open the veil of mystery on this mysterious event. Because Webb has no death record. It is also still unknown why he came to Somerton Beach and, if he died, how he died. After all, Somerton Man continues to be one of the most mysterious people in the world, despite new findings...