Pedro Mountain Mummy
In 1932 two gold prospectors came across this strange mummy while blasting the walls of a gulch in the Pedro Mountains, 60 miles southwest of Casper,
Wyoming, USA.
This mummy known as the ''Pedro Mountain Mummy'' is about 6 1/2 inches tall in its seated state and estimated to be 14 inches tall when
standing.
It was sold by the prospectors and Displayed in carnival freak shows for several years, the remains were eventually purchased by Ivan T. Goodman. It
was then that the mummy recieved it first real scientific study.
Dr. Harry Shapiro of the American Museum of Natural History X-rayed the body, and was certified as genuine by the Anthropology Department of Harvard
University.
Shortly before Goodmans death in 1950, the mummy was stolen and never found again.
X-ray picture exist of the Pedro Mountian Mummy exist to this day but I have been unable to find them yet online. I have seen them on TV and they show
a full skeletal system. They also show a full set of developed teeth which is of interest along with fragments of skull that could suggest blunt trama
to the head.
Photographs of the X-rays were given to a Dr. George Gill, professor of anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He concluded, was that of an infant
or fetus of an unknown prehistoric tribe of Indians. He proposed that the infant suffered from anencephaly, a congenital abnormality that would
account for the deformed skull and he claimed the adult proportions of the bones.
Anencephaly
Anencephaly is a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings). The
neural tube is a narrow sheath that folds and closes between the 3rd and 4th weeks of pregnancy to form the brain and spinal cord of the embryo.
Anencephaly occurs when the "cephalic" or head end of the neural tube fails to close, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain,
skull, and scalp. Infants with this disorder are born without both a forebrain (the front part of the brain) and a cerebrum (the thinking and
coordinating area of the brain). The remaining brain tissue is often exposed--not covered by bone or skin. The infant is usually blind, deaf,
unconscious, and unable to feel pain
www.anencephaly.net...
The fact that the mummy appeared to have a full set of developed set would contradict with his findings though. A infant even one with Anencephaly
would show two sets on undeveloped teeth still in the gums not yet decended.
Dr. George Gill also concluded that the mummy was of a prehistoric tribe of Indians. Discoveries of mummified remains are not wholly uncommon in
Wyoming, but they way this body was found doesn't seem to fit with native american burial practices. Im not aware of any other natives mummies found
in such a seating position like this.Infact its position is much closer to the tradition of the seated Buddah then any Indian burial style I have ever
seen.
Strangely the Indians of the Wyoming area such as the Shoshone and Crow Indians had legends of " Little people " only inches tall yet with amazing
strength.
Sadly the location of the mummy has been lost for many years now. Though it was studied well for its time technology now like DNA testing could help
answer many questions that were impossible in the 40s.
Was it simply a deformed child of some yet unknown tride with strange burial customs? A unknown Native American tribe of Pygmies? Or perhaps proof
of the ''Little people'' and elves of legends.
www.stevequayle.com...
I have seen much clearer X-rays which make it easier to make out detail
like the teeth. 
