Without doubt one of the most famous of these anomalous skulls is the so-called Star Child skull, which was given to researcher Lloyd Pye by a couple from Texas in 2001. According to many legends in Central America, 'Star People' would sometimes visit the earth and mate with certain women, who would subsequently give birth to a hybrid child; a 'Star Child'. Such a child would be considered a great blessing and was raised and nurtured by the whole community. When the child reached between five and eight years of age the Star People would return to collect it and take it to their own world.
(Via The Anomalist.)
More evidence of cryptoterrestrial intervention?
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Actually I think the term "Star People" suggests beings of _extraterrestrial_ origin. Maybe UFOnauts are from another planet after all.
In my scenario, the ufonauts are native to Earth but want people to *think* they're from space in order to throw us off the scent.
I saw the Star Child skull in November 2004 when Lloyd Pye was over in the UK and I think teratology not ufology would help explain the morphology better - "cyclops babies" aren't viable (see pictures of the exhibits a the Vrolik Museum) but there must be a point between there and normal development that is viable and it looks like the Star Child skull marks that point. The definitive tests always seemed just round the corner and he need a bit more money to fund them - frustrating but part of the problem working beyond the fringes of recognised science.
Lloyd's talk was great even though I thought about 98% of it was cobblers. Well worth catching him speak if you can.
In my scenario, the ufonauts are native to Earth but want people to *think* they're from space in order to throw us off the scent.
Gotta wonder tho'... from whence did they draw the inspiration for the particular character of the misdirection?
Emp--
I agree. The skull is most interesting, but I doubt it has much bearing on ufology.
TWilliam--
What better way to ensure anonymity than claiming to be from the stars? Better yet, leave the natives to come to that conclusion themselves.
Emp--
I agree. The skull is most interesting, but I doubt it has much bearing on ufology.
It is certianly very odd looking though. He has an excellent quality cast he takes round with him and anyone can have a close look.
TWilliam--
What better way to ensure anonymity than claiming to be from the stars? Better yet, leave the natives to come to that conclusion themselves.
Misdirection on a galactic scale.
Of course, the greatest trick the devil might play is convincing he doesn't exist but his next best one is getting people to believe he is something he isn't. people can get their panties in a knot trying to counter his eternal war against good while he gets up to... whatever it is he is doing. This way SETI soak up all the funds staring at the stars when they might be better of investigating the gutter (to reverse Oscar Wilde's famous quote).
And it is now 666 on this side of the pond so that is doubly appropriate ;)
And it is now 666 on this side of the pond so that is doubly appropriate ;)
No, it's not. It's 6-6-2006 -- big difference! ;-)
What better way to ensure anonymity than claiming to be from the stars? Better yet, leave the natives to come to that conclusion themselves.
I agree it would certainly be a good ruse for protecting their identity. But again what was the inspiration? And for that matter, what would be the point? Why not simply claim to be from "a faraway land across the sea", such as for example the fictional Star Trek crew does in situations where they interact with various "primitive" civilizations? After all, if the goal is to live among us as inconspicuously as possible, that would certainly make more sense than declaring (or implying) themselves to be offworlders. Seems to me that doing so would make assimilation into the larger population a hell of a lot more difficult.
(Yes, I know "from across the sea" wouldn't fly in the modern world, but consider how far back in our history we find stories of "people from the stars". Back then it would have been a difficult if not impossible task to "check their story", so it certainly would have been an adequate claim I should think... )
TWilliam--
If the "cryptos" had left references to living in far-away, presumably terrestrial lands, it would have served them well at the time.
But modern researchers, with access to these "far-away" realms, might get suspicious and seriously wonder if the CTs were telling the truth and in hiding.
Better to claim you're from space; then if the scientific mainstream encounters your mythology it will tend to dismiss it outright.
I agree it would certainly be a good ruse for protecting their identity. But again what was the inspiration? And for that matter, what would be the point? Why not simply claim to be from "a faraway land across the sea",
But they have - in the airship flaps around the end of the nineteenth century they had some very odd claims.
There was a strange flying vehicle spotted in Wales that left behind weird physical evidence which appeared to suggest they were French.
If you look at some of the odd encounters with 'aliens' throughout the last century you find their homeworlds getting further and further from us as our knowledge increased. So as we pushed out into the Solar System they stopped coming from Mars and Venus and started commuting in from Zeta Reticuli and the like.
Now with the Fermi Paradox they are said to come from the fourth dimension of a parallel universe.