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18th or 19th century AD spiked suits, purpose unknown, Central or Eastern Europe (lemmy.world)
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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anti-bear suit.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s what stirred in my brain too - possibly connected to Siberia? Where have we all heard this from?

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe here?

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe. Thanks. The mention of surrealists didn’t seem like news to me either so, yeah.

I hope this doesn’t end-up like the “8 spiders” urban myth where all references eventually trace back to a single original online article with no supporting evidence.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

It is. I remember seeing this somewhere, and bear-deterrent was the stated purpose.