A shocking discovery was made by a pair of Polish cavers in the Golokratna Cave, located in the southwest of Slovenia, when they stumbled upon the body of a middle-aged man. The find, which occurred on a Friday evening, was only reported after the body was successfully recovered the following Saturday by rescue teams, according to Slovenia’s STA news agency.
The operation to retrieve the body was challenging due to the difficult conditions inside the cave, which delayed recovery until the next day, members of the local cave rescue center reported. A team of 13 mountain rescuers participated in the hours-long effort to bring the body to the surface.
Interestingly, the deceased man was found without any caving or climbing equipment, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding his presence in the cave. The commander of the local civil defense shed some light on the situation, stating that the deceased was not accompanying the Polish cavers and that there had been no reports of anyone missing in the area.
Authorities have taken over the investigation into the mysterious death, with police now leading the inquiry into how the man came to be in the cave and his cause of death.