Perfectly placed on top of a 10-foot pile of coal, a police man found the body of a smartly dressed man.
But his grizzly discovery in a derelict scrap yard would become perhaps the least unusual part of a bizarre unsolved mystery that continues to baffle experts to this day.
It's June 6 1980, Thatcher is Prime Minister, ABBA have just released Super Trooper and cinemagoers have packed out theatres to watch the hotly anticipated sequel to Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.
But in the small West Yorkshire market town of Todmorden, nestled within the Calder Valley and surrounded by the rolling hills of the Pennines, the other-worldly goings-on were not only restricted to movie theatres.
In Tingley, some 30 miles from Todmorden, Polish-born coal miner Zigmund Adamski was preparing to leave his home for what would unknowingly be the last time.
Five days later, The 56-year-olds body was found in Todmorden by PC Alan Godfrey.
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