Archaeologists sometimes find it very strange ancient mummies belonging to Homo sapiens is highly questionable. Basic hypotheses explaining their origin, simple is aliens or monsters.

Well-preserved mummy of "Neanderthal man", frozen in a block of ice, showed once at fairs, but scientists did not have time to explore his remains frozen creature was gone. In Russia one woman allegedly found a tiny mummy "alien" - remains stunted humanoid beings, not like a small child, lilliput, or a dwarf. Amazing miniature mummy discovered in Peru: the structure of the skeleton and other features mummy really suggest that this was not a creature of the earth.

In October 1932, two gold digger, Frank Carr and Cecil Maine, wandered in the mountains of San Pedro in the North American state of Wyoming. A hundred kilometers from Casper they were looking for gold deposits, wealthy enough to industrial development. They were lucky: the Golden sand were found in many places, but they all had only pitiful crumbs. One morning gold miners thought whimsical fortune finally turned to face the room. In a deep gorge from afar they noticed characteristic luster. "Live!" - with joyful hope screamed and both began. It was necessary to ensure that they actually attacked a gold mine. To do this, Maine and Carr placed dynamite and blew up the rock.

When the smoke and dust from the explosion lifted, grimy prospectors saw fragments of rocks. And again a bitter disappointment - gold was not at all! But they discovered something else much more surprising than the rich gold mine. The force of the explosion broke off from the cliff large stone block, and in its place has opened the entrance to the natural cave is the depth of 4.5 and height of 1.2 m Curiosity and hope to find gold drove the thieves inside the cave. They passed through the narrow hole and carefully examined the stone walls. The rock was empty of gold there was hardly one. But in the grotto their attention was attracted little figure. Mysterious unearthly creature perched on a flat plate, folding his arms and legs. Figure reminded hero tales - angry dwarf. Ugly "dwarf" did not stir and, obviously, is long dead, and his body was dry.

Mummy dwarf Pedro and its radiograph

Prospectors considered a figure, and he realized that they still rolled luck: extraordinary dried freak can profitably sell! Seated figure was at the height of 18 cm, then in full height "dwarf" was not above 35 see, In General terms, he was like a man of advanced years, but it was a distant similarity. In the face of the mummy is generally very difficult to judge about the age of the deceased person. The tiny "old man" was disproportionately low forehead, incredibly huge, like lights, eyes and broad flat nose. Brown leather bronze shade seemed worn out, old. Small, with Cam, face crossed huge mouth with thin lips. The top of this poor creatures was unnaturally flat, as if prelucrata, and not covered by hair, but some thick mass. Hands are too big for such a "crumb", is quite well preserved, could even see the long fingers with tiny nails. Found and They Carr "the dwarf did not like none of the known creatures that have ever lived on Earth. Prospectors have Packed their prey and brought to Casper. "Dwarf freak" caused there a real sensation. Pioneers dubbed found, "Pedro" - the name of the mountains of San Pedro, where they found a mummy. Local car trader Ivan Goodman bought the gimmick.

Goodman went with his unusual acquisition anthropologist Dr. Henry Shapiro, employee of the Museum of Natural history of the United States. Dr. Shapiro mysterious mummy was interested, and he proposed to study x-ray. What if it is fake? And the x-ray machine will not cheat!

Thus, the "Malutka Pedro" appeared on the x-ray examination. Photos rejected any concerns about fraud and showed that the mummies were human internal organs and the human skeleton. On the x-ray was also well visible fracture on the right shoulder blade and damage to the spine, clearly differed all the edges. In addition, a detailed study of the skull revealed that the head of "dwarf" was crushed and flattened, and frozen mass that covered the skull, is the brain and the blood. Surprising results came anthropologists, trying to determine the age of the "dwarf Pedro". The little "man" was 32 teeth, Rodnichok on the skull is completely closed. Dr. Shapiro has come to conclusion, that the death has overtaken poor "Pedro" at the age of 65 years. As for the mummy, scientists have not been able to find out anything definite. Mummy was very old, and precise methods, which are now researchers at the age determination of archaeological finds, did not then exist.

In 1950, Ivan Goodman died, and dwarf mummy went to his heirs. First owner was a man Leonard Wadler, and then trace unique find was lost, and now her whereabouts are unknown.

Professor George Gill, an anthropologist from the University of Wyoming, in 1979 he received a x-rays dwarf mummy - the missing "Pedro". According to Professor Gill, perhaps this was a small child with a congenital abnormality of development. Extraordinary child belonged to the primitive ancestors of the Indian race. Professor George Gill sure that the mummy was not an adult, namely a young child suffering from anenzephalia. However, against his hypothesis about a child with a congenital disease is the fact that Pedro was a mouth full of good teeth and skull structure corresponds to an adult.

Another hypothesis was put forward in 1993, a zoologist from France Dr. Francois de SAR. He suggests that it is a properly developed fruit that the Indians of Jivaro covered with skin flayed from an adult. All the signs of microcephaly. In this disease, the skull and the brain develops abnormally and become irregular shapes and sizes.

But the Indians of North America have their own opinion about the origin of the "Pedro". Many native American legends tell of a young man who lived on the continent in ancient times and perhaps secretly exist somewhere today. The Shoshone Indians believe that these "dwarfs" bad neighbors, evil and insidious shooting at people poisoned arrows.

Unfortunately, about "baby Pedro" is known not much more than of the others mentioned tiny mummies: "dwarf" disappeared. Even if the mummy exists, its location is unknown, and it is not available for the entire scientific world. We can only hope that one day a mysterious "Pedro" again declared, and scientists will be engaged in his research. The possibilities of modern science will help unravel the mystery of tiny mummies.