Boba Rhett Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 I've read about this lil' guy many times before. I just found this page about him and thought I would share it with you all. Have fun! In 1932 two men, Cecil Main and Frank Carr, spent a few weeks digging for gold in the San Pedro Mountains of Wyoming. After working a rich vein which seemed to keep continuing into the rock, they decided to use dynamite and save some time getting at more of the gold. After the dust from the blast cleared, they found that the mountainside they had been chipping away at led to a small cavern about 15 feet long and 4 feet high (4.5m x 1.2m). It had been totally sealed off from the outside world with no visible entrance or even small crack leading into it. Inside the cave was a small ledge on which a pixie-like creature sat, cross-legged. It turned out to be a tiny mummy about 7" high (18 cm) with a total height of 14" (35 cm). It's face looked like an old man's and it had a flat head, huge eyes and a very wide mouth. It was so well preserved that the finger nails could still be seen on the hands. It gets stranger - the top of it's head was covered in a dark jelly-like substance. The prospectors carefully took their find to Caspar, Wyoming where many prominent scientists, sure of a hoax, went to have a look at it. Dr. Henry Shapiro, an anthropologist from the American Museum of Natural History set up extensive tests, assuming it would show some type of doll or pieced-together work of taxidermy. Instead the X-rays showed that "Pedro" had inside him a perfectly formed manlike skeleton with a complete set of human-like ribs. Also shown was a damaged spine, a broken collarbone and that the skull had been smashed by a heavy blow. It seems Pedro had met with a violent death. The gelatinous substance on his head was exposed brain tissue and congealed blood. The fontanels - the soft spots in the skull which mesh to a solid plates as a baby matures to childhood - were closed, proving that this had been an adult. Pedro had a full set of adult teeth but overly pointed canines. The overall estimate was that the being had been about 65 at the time of death and dated 'far back into history'. Sometime in the 1950s, Pedro vanished after one of his owners died, and his location today is unknown. The Shoshone Nation of Wyoming have legends of the Nimerigar, a small race of people who it is said would attack them with tiny bows and poisoned arrows. It was also said they used to kill their own kind with a blow to the head when they became ill. The questions I didn't find answer to are: how did it get in a totally sealed cave and why was the top of the head moist and 'gelatinous' yet after all those many, many MANY years? Ew? _________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 JEEZUM CROW! IT'S YODA, REALLY YODA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 i can't see the pics...does he look like yoda???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 Rhett buddy, get off the sauce. ANd yes, surprisingly, that little skelliton figure looks like Yoda. And STTCT, you avatar is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 ok, for my postulation, it seems remarkably like a monkey to me...small, sharp, pointy teeth! DEATH AWAITS YOU ALL!!!*ahem*...maybe it got caught in a rock slide or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 Originally posted by obi-wan13 Rhett buddy, get off the sauce. ANd yes, surprisingly, that little skelliton figure looks like Yoda. And STTCT, you avatar is hilarious. I thought that was your hamster doing some crunches obi!? Lets just say if this little guy were in my freezer, how much do you suppose he is worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted September 21, 2002 Author Share Posted September 21, 2002 If you provide the relish and the buns I'll give ya fifty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 Throw in your blue Snaggletooth and one of your Boba Fett variants and you got a deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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