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Isdal Woman – Most Mysterious Woman in the World

Ankit Sethi

March 11, 2024

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Isdal Woman- A Continuation of a Mystery

On November 29, 1970, it was like those usual chilly days in Norway, until a native with his two young daughters saw a body in an Isdale valley and an Isdal woman.

Esalen valley has also been known as the ‘Death valley by some locals as many people committed suicide in medieval times, and during the 1960s, few hikers fell to their deaths while hiking in the fog.

The police found many objects- jewelry, a watch, a broken umbrella, a watch and some petrol in bottles.

Interestingly, the woman wasn’t wearing any jewelry or watch, according to the forensic reports. According to a forensic expert, Tormod bones, the placement of the objects next to her body left him perplexed. He said as if there had been some ceremony because the positioning and the location of the objects were quite strange.

Many speculations came to light, for some, it was a murder, for some, it was a suicide. As for the investigators, the mystery only increased as they dug deeper and deeper.

The police also found a pair of nylon stockings and rubber boots. Tormod bone said that the woman was wearing many synthetic clothes, and they were heavily burnt. The labels from her clothes were also cut off from every piece of clothing she owned, and her fingerprints were also removed, which became even harder to identify this Isdal woman.

Few days after the investigation, the police found two suitcases at Bergen railway station:

• One of the suitcases contained prescription-free glasses and a partial fingerprint on.
• one of the lenses that matched the Isdal woman.

The police also found a prescription for a lotion, but the doctor and date’s name had been removed already. The suitcase contained other things as well. There were several wigs, German and Norwegian money.

The police found some Belgian, British, and swish coins, cosmetics, hairbrushes and comb, and some teaspoons, making the police investigators quite optimistic about the case. Soon, they realized the label from her belongings clothes- that could have helped identify the woman removed.

But a postcard they found during the investigation led them to an Italian photographer who told them that he had taken the women out to dinner. She told him about her occupation as an antique dealer from South Africa.

After an investigation by the police, they found out that the Isdal woman had traveled around Norway Europe with fake identities. By now, there were rumors of the dead woman being a spy.

As per some witness sightings, the woman used several wigs. The police found a diary in her trunk that had some secret codes written, which later decrypted and provided evidence of her not being a spy, as the codes were nothing but some dates and places she visited before.

The witnesses also reported to the police about the Isdal woman that she spoke several languages: German, French, English, and Dutch.

She stayed in many hotels in Bergen and frequently requested to change her room with a balcony. At one point, she asked to change her room thrice.

Police even sent a description and sketch of the Isdal woman to many police stations abroad, but nothing came out as a result eventually.

The Autopsy of the Isdal Woman

During the Isdal woman’s autopsy, the investigators found a bruise on her right side of the neck, which is said to be because of a blow or she might have fallen. There were no results of her being ill.

According to Tormod bones, there was smoke particle inside her lungs, which meant she was alive while burning. They also found a high concentration of carbon monoxide in her blood.

The teeth were thoroughly examined during the autopsy, and her dental work indicated that she went to a dentist in South America to have her teeth done.

Isdal Woman Tissue Samples

In the 1970s, the DNA analysis didn’t exist, but several tissue samples from the woman’s organ were stored at the Oakland university hospital.

Last year, the scientists came up with some results after months, which revealed that she was of European descent.

Four days prior to her death, on November 24, 1970, a native guy was hiking through Death Valley with friends.

Where he came across the Isdal woman, and she was in high fear. He noticed her dressing style is elegant but not suitable for the outdoors. Before the locals could do something, the woman and those two men disappeared into the woods.

The 26 years old local immediately contacted police when he found out the news about the dead body found in the valley.

He recognized her from the sketch, but the policeman he spoke was barely had any interest. In the case, and told him to forget the woman as the case can never be solved. He took the advice and waited 33 years to come out to the public to tell the story.

It has been 46 years, and the investigators are still searching for this mysterious Isdalen woman.

Reference: Norwegian: Isdalskvinnen

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