When, where and how was the Iceman discovered?

The Iceman was fatefully found in the Ötzal Alps on the 19th of September 1991 by two touring German hikers. When the couple named Helmut and Erika Simon were walking, Helmut surpassed his wife and walked ahead then noticed something. At first it was thought to be trash left behind but after a close inspection they realised they were dealing with a human body. Distressed by their findings, they at first believed they had stumbled upon a mummified body of an unfortunate hiker.


The body was then named Ötzi the Iceman, after the Alps in which he was found momentously. The finding of this body was actually a crucial moment in history as the glaciers were melting around that time and other recent bodies of hapless hikers had been found. 


This video here summarises Iceman's discovery in a simple format.

Picture courtesy here.