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I know this product was advertised for a Subaru Forester but I was looking for a low profile cross bar and these fit the bill. I installed them on my 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek. They fit great and installation was easy. I had to remove the top rubber spacer where the cross bars attach to the manufactured roof rails. Roof rails on the Crosstrek must be slightly thicker than the Forester. Cross bars still tightened up nicely and seem very secure.

Welcome to another of my “Quirky Corners of History.” Let me start by saying that this book has nothing to do with the science fiction movie of the same name. The bodysnatchers in this book are not aliens but men engaged in the digging up of dead bodies in late 18th and early 19th century England and Scotland. So what was going on at the time that made men want to dig up the recently buried? In the book, “Bodysnatchers”, Suzie Lennox explains the circumstances that led to rise of this industry. Bodysnatching began with the rise of medical education that included anatomy. Students wanted to be able to see the anatomy as can only be revealed by dissection. Government regulations only allowed for the bodies of hanged men who were not claimed by friends or relatives, to be given to the medical schools for dissection. With the number of medical students tripling in a few short years the demand for bodies could not be satisfied by conventional means.