The human icicle: Mystery as professional climber's body is found covered in ice dangling from a Russian building, as police say there is no suggestion of suicide

  • Experienced climber Yevgeny Tikhonov well known for repairing tall buildings
  • He was spotted dangling 40ft above the ground by a young girl in Siberian city
  • Mystery surrounds his death but there are no suggestions he took his own life
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  • A well-known Russian industrial climber who regularly conquered tall buildings has been found dead, dangling from the roof of a snow-covered student dormitory.
    Mystery surrounds the circumstances of 26-year-old daredevil Yevgeny Tikhonov's death, but there are no suggestions he took his own life.
    Icicles were hanging from his feet when he was found and his head was covered with snow.

    Yevgeny Tikhonov was found dangling from the roof of a student dormitory in the Siberian city of Kemerovo

    Yevgeny Tikhonov was found dangling from the roof of a student dormitory in the Siberian city of Kemerovo

    Tikhonov loved his work as an industrial climber and repaired many tall buildings, it was reported
    Tikhonov loved his work as an industrial climber and repaired many tall buildings, it was reported

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    Police at the scene of the incident. An investigation is underway into the cause of his death
    Police at the scene of the incident. An investigation is underway into the cause of his death

    Rescuers were called to the dormitory but Tikhonov died in the minus 27C conditions
    Rescuers were called to the dormitory but Tikhonov died in the minus 27C conditions

    The macabre sight 40 ft above the ground was spotted by a young girl in Anzhero-Sudzhensk, a town 65 miles north of Siberian city Kemerovo.

    She alerted adults who called the police.

    His body appeared to have been dangling from the building for a long period but local reports suggested he died only two hours before he was spotted.

    Temperatures had plunged to minus 27C at night in the hours before the tragedy.

    Tikhonov was a well-known and experienced industrial climber, who had worked repairing many tall buildings, reported The Siberian Times.

    The industrial climber lived and worked in the Siberian town of Anzhero-Sudzhensk +8
    The industrial climber lived and worked in the Siberian town of Anzhero-Sudzhensk

    His social media shows him climbing a number of buildings higher than the block where he died +8
    His social media shows him climbing a number of buildings higher than the block where he died 

    A friend of Tikhonov said that he often joked that he only came down from the buildings he scaled to sleep +8
    A friend of Tikhonov said that he often joked that he only came down from the buildings he scaled to sleep

    Mystery surrounds the death of the daredevil climber but there is no suggestion he took his own life +8
    Mystery surrounds the death of the daredevil climber but there is no suggestion he took his own life

    His social media profile shows him climbing a number of buildings far higher than the block where he died.

    The climber lived and worked in Anzhero-Sudzhensk, and had a girlfriend, a female friend said.

    'He loved working as industrial climber and often joked with us that he only came down to sleep,' she said.

    Rescuers, police, the Russian national guard, and investigators were called to the site.

    An inquiry is underway into the circumstances of his death.


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