Thijs Poos "(van) Rosmalen"

 

On May 4, 2007, 29-year-old Thijs Poos las contacted his family. His last known address was in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He may have been staying in Paris and London at the time. He may be calling himself Thijs (van) Rosmalen.

Thijs is a white male and was 29 years old at the time. He has dark blonde hair and grey/blue eyes. He is around 170 cm (5'5"). 

SOURCES:

Politie

Missing Person

International Missing Persons

Disappearance of Albert Marinus Snijder

On April 26, 1995, 37-year-old Albert Snijder was last seen in Gouda, The Netherlands. He did take some personal items including his passport. He may have or may be in Belgium or France. 

Albert is a white male and was 37 years old at the time. He is 170 cm (5'5"). He has blonde hair and brown eyes. 

SOURCES:

Politie

Disappearance of Azaa Sarraa

On February 22, 2008, 15-year-old Azaa Saraa left a note at an institution she was staying in Amersfoort, Netherlands. In the note, she stated she wanted to leave and to not search for her. She likely went to Amsterdam.

Azaa is an Asian girl and was 15 years old at the time. She has black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCED:

International Missing Persons Wiki

Politie

Urban Legends: Steop

In Gelderland, Netherlands roams a creature called the Steop. It's a wolf-like terror and is known to torment people. He is known to jump on the back of people and grow increasingly heavy. There is no way to get him off of your back and will do this for hours. He is also known to make things disappear and watch people stress about the missing items. 

SOURCES:

Dutch Folklore Wiki

1941 Usquert, Netherlands John Doe

 In 1941 a man was found drowned in Usquert, Netherlands. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Politie

May 19-22, 1945 Uithuizermeeden, Netherlands John Doe

Between May 19 to 22 1945 the body of a man was found in Uithuizermeeden, Netherlands. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:

Politie

Disappearance of Diana Schmitz

At 2:28 p.m.on January 13, 2019, 23-year-old Diana Schmitz's family received a text message from her which stated "it was not their fault, that she would find peace and that they should take good care of her son." Her family immediately contacted police, who subsequently found Diana's car at a carpool spot near Colijnsplaat, The Netherlands about a kilometer away from a bridge. Her telephone and glasses were found on the bridge. It is believed she committed suicide by jumping off the bridge and consequently died in the icy water. Diana'sremains were never found. The water had been dredged and searched with sonar equipment and sniffer dogs. Police believe her body may have sunk into the sand. 

Diana had previously attempted suicide at least twice before.


Diana is a white female and was 23-years-old at the time. She is 165 cm (5'4") She has brown hair and blue/green eyes.


SOURCES:
Politie

International Missing Persons Wiki

Disappearance of Hibayo Ma’alin

On December 25, 2012, 52-year-old Hibayo Ma’alin disappeared from Rotterdam, Netherlands. She uses a wheelchair and is from Somalia. 

Hibayo is a black female and was 52-years-old at the time. She has black hair and dark eyes. She is 162 cm (5'3").

SOURCES:

International Missing Persons Wiki

Politie

The Aschbroeken Man

In 1931 the body of a man was found in a peat pit  in Drenthe near Weerdinge, Netherlands. The body was well preserved, unfortunately, his skull was lost soon after discovery.  The body was that of a man who lived and died during the bronze age between 1316-928 B.C. He would now be known as the Aschbroeken Man as his identity will never be known.

The man was between 35 and 45-year-old when he died. His bones showed that he had broken his right upper arm once, and the fracture healed wrong. This caused the arm to point slightly outwards. He had growth spurts from around 9 that were likely caused by being ill or malnutrition at the time. 

It's unknown why he ended up in the bog, but his arm may have been the reason. Evidence from other bog bodies in the Netherlands showed that many of them also had some sort of disability. This may have been the reason he ended up in the bog also. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Drents Museum

LOST FILMS: Spelende Kinderen

Spelende Kinderen or Playing Children is a short Dutch silent film released in 1896. The film was by M.H. Laddé, 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Lost Media Archive Wiki

Bog Bodies: Weerding Men

 

In 1904 two bog bodies were found in Drenthe, Netherlands in the southern part of Bourtange Moor. The two were laid together in the bog initially making people think they were a couple and or related. This would lead to one of the bodies (the smaller one) being thought of being a woman. Leading for them to be called the Weerding Couple, or Mr. and Mrs. Veenstra. Later DNA tests showed that they were both males and were not Maternally related. 

The Weerding Men likely died between 160 BC and 220 AD. One of the men (the better preserved one) was found with a large wound in his chest with his intestines spilled out. It may have been ritualistic and may have been in an attempt to divine the future by reading entrails. It's unknown if this was the way he died or was killed. It's unknown how the other man died. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Mummipedia

October 24, 1976, Maarsbergen, Netherlands Heul Girl

On October 24, 1976, the body of a nude teenage girl was found under some leaves near Maarsbergen, Netherlands. She was found in a wooded area around the parking lot "De Heul" on the A12. People believe they saw the girl being dumped by two men between 30 and 40-years-old. She'd been dumped 3 weeks to 6 months.

A year earlier a teenage girl went missing in the area. She was misidentified as the girl and buried under her name. In 2006 it was learned that the missing girl was now a woman and had been living in Germany for years. 

She is a white female and was between 13 to 15-years-old. She was described as having light skin. She's 5'3" and had a slim body. She has auburn to chestnut-colored hair. She has fillings. 

Isotope tests were done on her teeth. In the first 7 years, her life was spent in Germany's Eifel to Ruhr area, and in 1975 she possibly lived in Germany or the Netherlands. It was also found she had a very unbalanced diet before her death, possibly from malnutrition.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Unidentified Wiki

NL Times

Doe Network

September 14, 1935 Netherlands Jane Doe

 On September 14, 1935, a woman was found drowned in the Netherlands. She was buried in Delfzijl. There is little information in this case.

SOURCES:

Netherland Police

Disappearance of Alewijn Sterk

 

On April 24, 1972, 21-year-old Alewijn Sterk was last seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was active in the anti-violence movement. He was moving in the alternative circuit. 

Alweijn is a white male and was 21-years-old at the time. He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He has a thin build and was 170 cm tall. He did suffer from bouts of depression. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Disappearance of Francis "Frans" Theijn

 

On Christmas Eve 1974 41-year-old Francis Theijn was last seen in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Francis is a white male and is 175 cm tall. He has grey hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

Politie

Who Was the Girl With The Pearl Earring?

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is a renowned Dutch artist and at the moment there are only 36 known paintings of his. His art typically was subject of everyday life. Likely most of the people represented in the paintings are that of loved ones.

One of his most popular paintings was "The Girl In The Pearl Earring" likely painted around 1665 when he painted other motifs with pearls. It is the size of 17.52" by 15.35" or  44.5 cm by 39 cm. It has a permanent place at the moment with the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The mystery with this though is that it's unknown who the beautiful girl is. She is pictured in exotic clothing and a large pearl earring. 

It's believed that yes there was a model, but that she was used to creating a generic painting of a girl. Some theorize that the model was that of his daughter Maria Vermeer. The painting seems to have resemblances to paintings of that of his wife. Who is also theorized to have been the actual painter of some of his paintings. She was also a talented painter like her father. 

Truth is though it will never be known who the pretty and alluring girl in this painting is. It's nice to wander though. 

SOURCES:

The Met Museum

Britannica

Slate

BBC

December 25, 1990 Teteringen, Netherlands Jane Doe

On December 25, 1990, a young woman was found in Teteringen, Netherlands. She had been bound and held captive until she starved to death. She was possibly from Marocco and living in North of Anvers Belgium or Antwerp, Belgium. 

She is a young woman between 15 and 20 years old. She was around 5'2" tall.  She has black hair and brown eyes.

SOURCES:

Politie (post mortem image)

Doe Network

Unidentified Wikia

WANTED: Derek "Deco" McGraw Ferguson

               

Derek Ferguson is wanted in the connection of the murder of Thomas Cameron who was shot on June 28, 2007, at the Auchinairn Tavern in Bishopbriggs, Scotland. Police believe that Ferguson, who is known for using a fake Irish accent, was in Spain, Netherlands, or Ireland. 

He was born in Glasglow in 1964. He has blue/green eyes and occasionally had a beard. He's 158 cm (5'2") and stocky.  He has 3 known tattoos one on the left arm one of a heart design, an arrow, and a dagger. He is missing the top part of his left ear and has a scar on his left knee. 

SOURCES:

Scotland Police

July 24, 1940 Callantsoog, The Netherlands Doe

On July 24, 1940, the remains of a person were found and buried in Callantsoog, Netherlands. It was believed that they had drowned. They were wearing leather shoes. The descendant was dug up and DNA was taken, but it was insufficient. Gender could not be determined. They reburied the remains in Sint Maartensbrug.

SOURCES:
Doe Network
Politie

Anonymous Artist: I.A.M of Zwolle

Monograms that help Identify his work

The Betrayal of Christ, (c. 1485)

IAM of Zwolle is was an anonymous printmaker active between 1470 to 1495. He was a Netherlandish artist who's identified from his monogram of IA or IAM and even Zwolle where they may have been from.

The artist may not have had a colorful medium from the printmaking, but his style showed how much tonal nuance engraved pictures could contain. Prints usually use just one ink color and IAM Zwolle was able to create images with depth. The way he spaced out the lines made it seem as if the images were an actual scene. Closer the lines were caused a darker tone and the further the lines were allowed a white or lighter tone. 

It was believed that IAM Zwolle was not just a printmaker, but a painter as well from his understanding of tones in his work. Today it is unknown who this artist is or if they have other works under another name. Some suspected that it was Johan van den Minnesten a painter from Zwolle, but his works did not survive they can't compare them.

List of Their Works:

• The Adoration of the Magi 
• The Last Supper 
• The Agony in the Garden
• The Betrayal of Christ 
• The Large Crucifixion with the Horsemen 
• The Lamentation over Christ  
• Christ Blessing 
• The Virgin and Child with Cherries at the Window
• The Madonna Seated, the Christ Child Holding the Cross 
• The Virgin Standing on a Demon 
• The Virgin and Child, Turning over the Leaves of a Book
• Saint Anne, the Virgin and Child on a Throne 
• Saint Augustine with the Heart, Pierced by an Arrow 
• Saint Bernard Kneeling before the Virgin 
• Saint Christopher on Horseback 
• Saint George 
• Mass of Saint Gregory 
• Allegory of the Transience of Life 
• Battle of Two Men with the Centaur 
• The Young Man and the Devil 
• Coat of Arms with a Greyhound Supported by a Savage 
• Gothic Canopy with Windows and Doors 
• The Crucifixion
• Death'' 

SOURCES:

Arts and Culture

Metropolitan Museum

National Gallery of Art

Wikipedia