Terrified children discovered the body of a man while they played out on a Liverpool street.
They discovered the man's body, which was dressed in Victorian-style clothing, inside a metal cylinder in 1945 on Great Homer Street.
It's unclear how long the cylinder had been left in the street, but in around 1941, Germans dropped a bomb on the street, with the 6.5 feet long cylinder among the rubble
For four years, it sat on the side of the street as people used it as a bench and children played on it.
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However, in 1945 the group of children decided to look inside the cylinder and made the grim discovery.
A pathologist is reported as believing the remains were of a man aged between 30 and 50-years-old, although not formal identification has ever been made to this day.
The man had been wearing a collar and a white shirt, but there were no cufflinks or collar studs.
No money was found on the body, but diaries and other papers, including account sheets relating to TC Williams and Company, Leeds Street, Liverpool were found amongst the possessions.
A postcard dated July 3, 1885 and a receipt bearing the name TC Williams was also found.
It was noted that TC Williams was a paint manufacturer in Liverpool.
The police said that they could find no trace of Mr Williams being buried and said it 'could not be' the remains of TC Williams son who was born in 1859.
The coroner said that it was impossible to ascertain the cause of death but said that they had 'no reason to doubt' the man had got into the cylinder by crawling into it.
