That 'alien mummy' video from Peru had me going for a whole afternoon

Saw that clip of the tiny mummy with the elongated skull floating around last week. I was ready to call it real because the X-rays looked so detailed and consistent. Then I dug into the actual research and found out the same guy has been peddling similar finds since 2017, all debunked as reconstructed animal bones and papier-mâché. The giveaway was when I zoomed in on the hands and saw the finger joints didn't match any known primate anatomy. Anyone else fall for that one before seeing the breakdown?

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karen_west596d ago

Tbh the finger joints thing was what finally convinced me to stop believing it.

riley_schmidt6d ago

Oh man yeah the finger joints thing was a total dealbreaker for me too lol. Like we're supposed to believe these giant creatures have the same exact knuckle structure as humans but scaled up? That's some lazy CGI logic right there. It's like whoever made that claim forgot that physics and biology are actually a thing that exists. Honestly at that point I was more convinced they were just pulling details out of thin air.

william_henderson5d ago

Three knuckles per finger on a creature that's supposedly 50 feet tall? @karen_west59, you were right to jump ship there. Square cube law alone should've killed that whole design, right? Like a giant's finger bones would need to be way thicker and have way fewer joints just to not snap under its own weight. Plus the tendons and muscles would have to be completely different, not just scaled up human ones. Did the person who came up with that even take a basic anatomy class, or was it all just vibes?