#lead masks

On Saturday August 20th 1966 a boy named Jorge, was out flying his kite on the slopes of Morro do Vintém. The mountain was not far from Niterói, close to Rio de Janeiro. The young boy came across the decomposing bodies of two men. The men were dressed in suits and long rain coats, they were lying side by side in the overgrown grass. There were no clear signs of anything suspicious, but beside the bodies lay two lead masks.  

The Lead Masks Case

On August 20, 1966 the bodies of two men were discovered on Vintém Hill, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were identified as Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, two electronic technicians who traveled to Vintém Hill from a town several kilometers away. The fact that their cause of death was never determined coupled with the strange circumstances surrounding their deaths has made the case one of the most perplexing cases of unsolved death.

Agosto, 1966. Dos cuerpos encontrados en Morro do Vintém, Brazil fueron luego identificados como un par de técnicos en electrónica de un pueblo cercano a Rio de Janeiro. La causa de muerte nunca fue identificada pero varios indicios abandonados por ambos hombres sugieren un plan que los llevo a una zona deshabitada a consumar lo que parecía un esquema premeditado para obtener o ver “algo”.

Notas encontradas en los cuerpos muestran un poco de lo que pudo haber sido el crítico plan:  

16:30 Estar en el lugar determinado

18:30 ingerir cápsulas, después del efecto proteger metal esperar señal máscara.

Ambos hombres, como indicaban las instrucciones, fueron encontrados utilizando lentes recortados a mano de placas de plomo a modo de máscaras para proteger la vista, se desconoce de que. De las cápsulas mencionadas, sin embargo, no se encontró indicio y su contenido es desconocido, pero se supone que estas podrían haber contenido algún veneno, droga o sustancia tóxica y que al ser ingeridas a la hora indicada pudieron haber causado la muerte.

Teorías hay muchas que asocian a los individuos en cultos o sectas que implicaban a otros técnicos e ingenieros de la zona en búsquedas científicas o espirituales, contacto alienígena,el uso de drogas psicodélicas o incluso un pacto suicida. Evidencia forénsica es inexistente dado el manejo del caso y por lo tanto, otras posibles pistas parecen haberse enfriado por completo.

August, 1966. Two bodies found at Morro do Vintém, Brazil were later identified as a pair of electronic technicians from a town near Rio de Janeiro. The cause of death was never identified but several sings left behind by both men suggest a plan that took them into the wilderness to consume what seems like a premeditated scheme to obtain or see “something”.

Notes found with the bodies showed a bit of what it might have been this cryptic plan:

16:30 PM be at the determined place.

18:30 PM swallow capsules, after effect protect metals wait for mask signal

Both men, as indicated in the instructions, where found wearing lenses handmade from sheets of lead used as protective mask for the sight, from what it is unknown. Of the capsules mentioned in the notes however, no trace was found and its contents remains unknown, but its been assumed that they could have contained some kind of poison, drug or other toxic substance that when ingested provoked death.

August 20th 1966:

In Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, a boy out flying a kite stumbles upon 2 bodies lying next to each other in the grass. Police inspecting the bodies determined them to be Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel Jose Viana,  2 Electronic Technicians. They both wore suits, waterproof coats, and odd lead masks typically used to protect from radiation. Next to the bodies was found an empty bottle of water, a packet containing 2 towels, and a notebook with a Portuguese note written inside which was loosely translated to: "16:30 be at the agreed place. 18:30 swallow capsules, after effect protect metals wait for mask signal." Theories about the note disagree on whether someone else wrote it as a list of orders for the men to obey, or if one of the men wrote it as a reminder for themselves. Police could not determine the cause of death, there were no obvious injuries on the bodies, and the internal organs couldn't be examined for toxins due to them not being preserved properly by the police dept.

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