The decaying hand appeared to be wearing a distinctive bracelet, which fans very quickly recognised as looking identical to the one Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) had been wearing before he left the village.
There are several other clues pointing to Nate being the body beneath the ice, including the fact that he disappeared in very bizarre circumstances.
Furthermore, in a flash-forward at the beginning of the year, Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) was stood beside a grave, which fans now reckon might be Nate’s.
‘That’s Nate in the water.. not sure why or how but he defo had a bracelet like that frankie made him before he left,’ Ellie wrote on Twitter/X.
‘If it’s Nate, which seems highly likely, this future teaser scene now makes sense…’ Twitter/X user @spartacus2963 wrote, alongside a screenshot of Cain beside the grave.
