Nazca "tridactyl" bodies (Peru)
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A Nazca-culture mummy, Cusco museum
A conventional Nazca-region mummy in the Museo Histórico Regional, Cusco. Context for what authentic mummies from the area look like; the tridactyl specimens promoted since 2017 are not shown and remain disputed.
Brian Snelson · 2006 ↗CC BY 2.0Licence terms ↗Jesse Michels · 0:08:54
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedIn 2015 a grave robber known as Leandro is said to have found small desiccated three-fingered bodies in a cave near Nazca, Peru; promoters presented them from 2017 as non-human and they were shown to the Mexican Congress in 2023. Peru's culture ministry calls them manipulated pre-Columbian remains. A corpus episode examines the bodies and their carbon dates.
The event
| Date | (year) |
|---|---|
| Place | -14.8300, -74.9300 approximate · Peru |
| Official response | Peru's Ministry of Culture has said the objects are pre-Columbian human and animal remains altered in modern times, and prosecutors have charged intermediaries with trafficking; the university in Ica that holds some bodies maintains they are genuine. |
Reported by
- leandro rivera witness grave robber ("huaquero") who found the cave
- Jaime Maussan journalist Mexican television presenter who promoted the bodies
Investigated by
- universidad nacional san luis gonzaga ica academic
- peru ministry of culture government
Who spoke about it later
- Jesse Michels 0:08:54 Peru’s Three Fingered “Aliens” (WTF Are These?!) ▶ 2025
Mentioned in the corpus
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Peru’s Three Fingered “Aliens” (WTF Are These?!) 12 August 2025
- 0:00:00 ▶ Jesse Michels
these ancient Peruvian tridactyl three-fingered and three-toed mummies. Alien mummies. Alien
- 0:08:54 ▶ Jesse Michels
in 2015 a gravedigger named Leandro happened upon a cave with these tridactyl, three-fingered, three-toed, very gray alien looking mummies. I was walking along the edge and tripped on the on
- 0:08:54 ▶ interview
- 0:09:57 ▶ Jesse Michels
The bodies have a range of carbon dating from 700 years ago to 18,800 years ago, mostly overlapping
- 0:00:00 ▶ Jesse Michels
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Nazca "tridactyl" bodies (Peru). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 0:08:54 Peru’s Three Fingered “Aliens” (WTF Are These?!) · Jesse Michels ▶
in 2015 a gravedigger named Leandro happened upon a cave with these tridactyl, three-fingered, three-toed, very gray alien looking mummies. I was walking along the edge and tripped on the on
- 0:09:57 Peru’s Three Fingered “Aliens” (WTF Are These?!) · Jesse Michels ▶
The bodies have a range of carbon dating from 700 years ago to 18,800 years ago, mostly overlapping
- 0:00:00 Peru’s Three Fingered “Aliens” (WTF Are These?!) · Jesse Michels ▶
these ancient Peruvian tridactyl three-fingered and three-toed mummies. Alien mummies. Alien
- Nazca mummies