The 1948 discovery of the Somerton Man, a formally dressed, unidentified body found on a beach in Adelaide, Australia, sparked decades of speculation. With no identifying marks, cryptic clues like a "Tamam Shud" note from a rare Rubaiyat book, mysterious codes, and ties to a nurse named Jessica Thomson, theories ranged from espionage to personal tragedy. In 2022, advanced DNA analysis identified him as Carl "Charles" Webb, an electrical engineer from Melbourne with a troubled personal life. While his identity is now known, the exact circumstances of his death and his connection to the cryptic clues remain partly unresolved, maintaining the mystery's allure.
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