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AS mysteries go, this one on the top of a snow-capped mountain has proved to be particularly chilling.

Police are baffled after the body of a man in a suit and designer shoes was found at the peak.

The man, who has not yet been identified, was discovered lying face down in the snow at the top of the peak in Mallnitz, Austria, at about 2,000 metres above sea level.

A police spokesman said: “It’s very unlikely he could have walked that high with no winter clothing and the shoes he had. It’s possible he fell out of a plane. It is unlikely someone would make it walking up through so much snow in minus temperatures to this level in just a suit and normal shoes.

“The conditions are icy and very slippy – without specialist climbing gear it would be virtually impossible to climb up here.

“The climbers who found the man said that he looked like he had not been there very long – but he was so frozen it was difficult to tell.

“At least the temperatures may have helped to preserve the evidence.”

The body had to be airlifted from the mountain top in the eastern Alps. A postmortem is due to take place next week.