The San Pedro Mummy

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The San Pedro Mummy

Also called the Nimerigar, Native American legends, mainly the Shoshone tribe, speak of an aggressive race of "little people" which ranged in height from around 20 inches to 3 1/2 feet tall.

According to Native American lore they lived in the San Pedro Mountains in south central Wyoming and fought constantly with the average sized humans of the area using poisoned arrows.

It was often said that if one of the Nimerigar became sick or old, they were killed by their own people with a blow to the head. It was also reported that the little mummies brought bad luck to anyone who found them, and to this day Native Americans warn people of the tribe of "tiny people eaters" that roam the San Pedro Mountain Range of Wyoming.

This mummy was found in October of 1932 by two gold prospectors in the San Pedro Mountains of Wyoming. Pedro the mummy was found sitting in an upright position with his arms crossed, covering its crossed legs. It sat perpendicular to the floor on a small ledge in the room. It weighed approximately 12 ounces and was around 7 inches tall sitting, and 14 inches tall (estimated) standing. Its cranium was flattened, the eyes bulging and so well preserved that even the fingernails were visible."

In 1950, the mummy was examined by Dr. Henry Shapiro, a biological anthropologist from the American Museum of Natural History. After examining the x-rays, Dr. Shapiro believed that this mummy was the body of an approximately 65 year old man at the time of his death. Also, this mummy had particularly large canines in comparison with the rest of his body size, almost vampire-like.[3] These findings were substantiated by Harvard University and their anthropology department. 30 years later another anthropologist hypothesized that the mummy was that of an malnourished infant.