Dværgmumien fra Wyoming

Dværgmumien fra Wyoming (kaldet Pedro efter sit fundsted) er et ca. 40 cm langt mumificeret lig, som blev fundet i 1932 af guldgraverne Cecil Main og Frank Carr. Dværgmumien sidder ned og er så kun 20 cm høj.

Den bedste videnskabelige forklaring på dværgmumien er, at den er en dødfødt baby, der efterfølgende er mumificeret^[1]^[2]^[3]

Historisk redigér

To prospektorer, Cecil Mayne og Frank Carr, sprængte i oktober 1932 sig vej gennem nogle klipper, hvor en guldåre fortsatte ind i, i et område i San Pedro mountains i Carbon County, Wyoming. Da støvet havde lagt sig, så de at de havde åbnet et rum omkring 1,3 m højt, 1,6 meter bredt og 5 m dybt. Der så de først mumien.

Mumien Pedro redigér

Mumien Pedro sad opret med armene krydset, dækkende dens krydsende ben. Den sad vinkelret til gulvet på en lille afsats i rummet. Den vejede omkring 12 unser. Dets kranium var fladt, øjnene bulede og kroppen var så velbevaret, at neglene var synlige.^[4] Hovedet var dækket af et mørkt gelatinelignende stof.^[5]

Lige fra opdagelsen blev den kaldet et svindelnummer af de fleste lærde. Mange troede, at det var en dukke. Videnskabsfolk kom fra hele landet for at se på mumien. Et røntgenbillede blev taget af mumien i 1950 og det blev opdaget, at der var et "menneskelignende" ^[6] skelet indeni. Nogle af knoglerne var brækket, inklusiv rygsøjlen, et nøgleben og kraniet. Skader på kraniet tydede på en voldsom død.

Andre dværgmumier redigér

Der er fundet flere formodede dværgmumier, men de er senere gået tabt (fx Chiquita).^[3]

Kilder/referencer redigér

^ November 07, 2010, billingsgazette.com: Did a mummy prove the Wyoming legend? Arkiveret 26. december 2017 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...He advertised nationwide for leads...In 1971, the University of Wyoming hired its only physical anthropologist, George Gill...Gill explained that the mummy may not have been an adult. It was a human, he believed, and X-rays and a lung analysis done by Harry Shapiro at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, showed that the mummy was an infant, with a disease called anencephaly..."
^ en:Anencephaly
^ ^a ^b July 06, 2014, trib.com: Meet Chiquita: A tiny, blonde, 500-year-old Wyoming mummy Arkiveret 24. august 2015 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...They both hold tantalizing clues about those who inhabited Wyoming’s past and what sort of lives they had. Both likely didn’t survive birth...But there’s a problem. Both are again lost and gone...The poster featured photos of the mummy and X-rays of it from the side and front. This prehistoric pygmy was 65 years old when it died, the poster claimed, and predated the human race. All lies. But they made for a fascinating story -- one that could sell...“I was pretty certain the Pedro Mountain one was an anencephalic infant,” he said...Chiquita's DNA indicated that she was Native American..."
^ "Pedro the San Pedro Mystery Mummy". Arkiveret fra originalen 14. maj 2013. Hentet 18. maj 2013.
^ "Pedro: La Momia Extraterrestre de Casper" (spansk). anomalia.org. 2006-11-07. Arkiveret fra originalen 31. juli 2012. Hentet 2010-01-04.
^ "The Little People of Wyoming and the Pedro Mountains Mummy". Arkiveret fra originalen 13. maj 2013. Hentet 18. maj 2013.

Se også redigér

Eksterne henvisninger redigér

Reader's digest [chief contributing writer, Richard Marshall]; Monte Davis; Valerie Moolman; Georg Zappler (1982). Mysteries of the unexplained (Repr. with amendments udgave). Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association. s. 40. ISBN 0895771462. Hentet 30. juni 2012. Photo of mummy

[1] November 07, 2010, billingsgazette.com: Did a mummy prove the Wyoming legend? Arkiveret 26. december 2017 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...He advertised nationwide for leads...In 1971, the University of Wyoming hired its only physical anthropologist, George Gill...Gill explained that the mummy may not have been an adult. It was a human, he believed, and X-rays and a lung analysis done by Harry Shapiro at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, showed that the mummy was an infant, with a disease called anencephaly..."

[2] :Anencephaly

[Chiquita-3] July 06, 2014, trib.com: Meet Chiquita: A tiny, blonde, 500-year-old Wyoming mummy Arkiveret 24. august 2015 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...They both hold tantalizing clues about those who inhabited Wyoming’s past and what sort of lives they had. Both likely didn’t survive birth...But there’s a problem. Both are again lost and gone...The poster featured photos of the mummy and X-rays of it from the side and front. This prehistoric pygmy was 65 years old when it died, the poster claimed, and predated the human race. All lies. But they made for a fascinating story -- one that could sell...“I was pretty certain the Pedro Mountain one was an anencephalic infant,” he said...Chiquita's DNA indicated that she was Native American..."

[4] "Pedro the San Pedro Mystery Mummy". Arkiveret fra originalen 14. maj 2013. Hentet 18. maj 2013.

[pedro-5] "Pedro: La Momia Extraterrestre de Casper" (spansk). anomalia.org. 2006-11-07. Arkiveret fra originalen 31. juli 2012. Hentet 2010-01-04.

[legendsofamerica.com-6] "The Little People of Wyoming and the Pedro Mountains Mummy". Arkiveret fra originalen 13. maj 2013. Hentet 18. maj 2013.

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