Build-a-Beared

This is an informal method of explaining the mummification method used on Franz Xaver Sidler von Roffenogg, the "aristocratic parish vicar" of St Thomas am Blasenstein in the 1700s. In 2025, a CT scan was taken of the mummy, and it determined that the Vicar was embalmed by having materials like wood chips and a variety of cloth inserted into his abdominal cavity via his rectum. This is reminiscent to how Build-a-Bear toys are stuffed with fiber.

Once thought to be a "natural" or "air-dried" mummy, turns out Franz was was Build-a-Beared.

by way out words June 27, 2025