A German hiker’s remains were found in an Alpine glacier in southwestern Switzerland on July 15, 2017. He went missing in 1987.
![The Hohlaub Glacier (Hohlaubgletscher) where the remains were found. (Screenshot via Google](http://https://i.ntd.com/assets/uploads/-000//1/hohlaubgrat.jpg)
Two hikers climbing the Lagginhorn mountain discovered the German’s remains—a hand and a pair of shoes—protruding from Hohlaub Glacier, 6 miles east of the Matterhorn, according to a local police department from Valais.
The remains were flown to a hospital in Bern, Switzerland, the day after the discovery. Authorities had to wait to fly the remains due to unfavorable weather conditions. There he was “formally identified” as a German citizen born in 1943 who went missing on Aug. 11, 1987.
The man’s family has been informed of the discovery, a Valais police spokesman told The Associated Press.
This discovery was made about three weeks after a mummified couple who were missing for nearly 75 years were discovered on Tsanfleuron Glacier, 45 miles from Hohlaub.