Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact
24 June 2026
Deep Dive
In this mini episode, Chyaz explores two of the most bizarre yet fascinating news stories of the year so far: the recently announced Mount Everest recovery mission aimed at bringing the famous ‘Green Boots’ home after almost 30 years, plus a look at the spooky time capsule prophecy which has stunned staff at the Crystal Palace Park regeneration project. To finish, we have a strange-but-true fact about the inventor of the Pringles can…
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Source Shout Outs:
Everest’s Green Boots Articles: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/22/mt-everest-green-boots-man-cave-climber-identity
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/green-boots-everest-india-recovery-b2995860.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250530-the-everest-climbs-putting-sherpas-in-danger
Time Capsule Bet Articles: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced41gy95y1o https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/06/construction-worker-backs-epsom-derby-winner-thanks-to-spooky-time-capsule-tip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5pgqmp1p8o
Pringles Fact Articles:
https://time.com/archive/6904379/the-man-buried-in-a-pringles-can/
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Themes
- Mortality and memorialisation
- Strange coincidences and serendipity
- Risk, ethics and labour
Questions Explored
Who was the climber known as 'Green Boots' on Mount Everest? + −
Green Boots is the nickname given to a man who died on Mount Everest during a 1996 blizzard; the body remained visible near a rocky cave on the north east ridge above the 8,000 feet death zone, and his identity has long been debated between two members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. Chyaz Samuel covers this background in Things Are About To Get Weird, Episode WF-22: Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact.
What plans are being made to recover Green Boots from Everest and who is organising them? + −
Indian authorities, specifically the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, have announced plans to attempt a manual recovery of the body nicknamed Green Boots, because helicopters cannot operate safely at that altitude; the operation would rely on experienced sherpas and climbers and is described as risky, with an aim to repatriate the remains. Chyaz Samuel lays out these plans in Things Are About To Get Weird, Episode WF-22: Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact.
What was inside the Crystal Palace Park time capsule and who found it? + −
During restoration work at the Sir Joseph Paxton statue a construction worker, Craciun Marius Dorin, found a time capsule containing a 1964 note from P. Wright Patterson and some coins; the note said the money had been won on a bet at the 1964 Epsom Derby on a horse called Santa Claus and suggested the finder place a similar bet linked to that name. Chyaz Samuel recounts this discovery in Things Are About To Get Weird, Episode WF-22: Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact.
What happened when the time capsule note was acted on at the 2026 Epsom Derby? + −
Site manager Josh Smalls, prompted by the 1964 note, and Bromley mayor Christine Harris placed small bets on a horse whose name linked to Santa Claus; a horse called Christmas Day was running in that year's Derby and it won, prompting local staff and the Crystal Palace Park Trust to call the outcome a fulfilled time capsule prophecy. Chyaz Samuel tells this part of the story in Things Are About To Get Weird, Episode WF-22: Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact.
Who was Fredric J Baur and what unusual burial request did he make? + −
Fredric J Baur was the designer of the Pringles tube and he told his children in the 1980s that after his cremation he wanted some of his ashes placed in a Pringles can; when he died in 2008 his family divided his ashes between a Pringles Original can and other urns and buried them in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chyaz Samuel shares this fact in Things Are About To Get Weird, Episode WF-22: Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact.
What bigger themes does this Weird Fix episode explore? + −
The episode links stories about bodies left on Everest, an uncanny time capsule tip and a designer's final wishes to explore how people remember the dead, how chance and personal ties create strange coincidences, and how labour and risk underpin recovery efforts on dangerous terrain. Chyaz Samuel goes into these themes in Things Are About To Get Weird, Episode WF-22: Weird Fix 22: Green Boots Everest Recovery, Spooky Time Capsule Prophecy & A Pringles Fact.