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Human remains found near Rössing Mountain on Sunday may have been deposited by runoff during the last series of heavy rains in the Namib.
The bones were discovered Sunday afternoon by an employee of Omega Security.
The mountain is about 30 kilometers from Swakopmund towards the road to Arandis. The discovery was reported to the police of Arandis and an investigation ensued.
Erongo coordinator of criminal investigations, Erastus Iikuyu, said yesterday that the bones were scattered
"These bones could have come with the water from the river during the rains." We have information that it there is an old cemetery in the upper part of the river, from where these bones could have come, "he told the media, adding that it was not the first time that human bones were discovered in this area.
The remains are now at the Walvis Bay Police Morgue
Attempts to contact the Omega employee, said director, have failed.
About two months ago, human remains were also discovered. the dunes near Sandwich Harbor, which were also apparently exposed by the waves throwing themselves into the dunes.
According to the Von Broen family of Walvis Bay, there is a small cemetery near the Sandwich Harbor area, which could also have been washed away by the rains that deposited the bones near the sea.
Even the Topnaar's tombs at Utuseb on the banks of the Kuiseb River was destroyed by the flooded river a few years ago, taking with it the remains of people who were buried there.
Just east of Swakopmund, near the sand mines, are also old graves. Late 1800s and early 1900s that were exposed or destroyed due to earthmoving activity.
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