(CNN) The skeleton of a handless man, believed to be a monk, has been unearthed on a tiny island in the English Channel, the same location where a porpoise was found in its very own medieval grave in 2017.

Archaeologists were puzzled last year after discovering a buried marine mammal where they had expected to find human remains on Chapelle Dom Hue, just off the west coast of Guernsey.

Now the mystery has deepened, after the same team spotted a toe bone emerging from the small island's cliff edge.

The archaeologists then proceeded to dig out a set of well-preserved human remains, with buttons for his clothes but no hands. They believe the man was a monk belonging to a monastery on a nearby island.

Damage appears to have been done to the man's skull, who was around 5 feet tall, but it's so far unclear how he lost his hands.

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