In the 1680s, a man was murdered and his body hid in Greenhead Moss near Wishaw, where it lay for ~250 years until it was found by a man digging peats in 1932.
He was aged 50ish, was 5’6”, with long brown hair, had size 7 feet, and was last seen wearing a fancy cap.
References
Mann, L.M., Graham, J., Eskdale, R.G., and W. Martin (1937) Notes on the discovery of a body in a peat moss at Cambusnethan, Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, 9(1): 44-55
