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Muse
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Near DC, in an underground NWO bunker
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Rover finds figure on Mars.... sort of.
The Register has an article up about a "figure" discovered on Mars by the rovers. Very tongue in cheek writeup. I'm putting it here (at risk of getting offed to humor) because there is some serious debate as to what the figure is.
I think it looks like bigfoot from the PG film. Or a pattern in the sand. |
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Illuminator
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Yup. Bigfoot. Now we know where he really lives.
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Illuminator
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Blue Heaven, NC
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Nope, my immediate thought was echoed by the second comment left on the site. The Copenhagen Mermaid. Obviously built by an ancient civilization that later departed mars and settled Denmark.
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Recently Audited Thetan Cluster
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Muse
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Near DC, in an underground NWO bunker
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And here's the original source . I'm having trouble making anything out, but I'm sure the spotters out there will have no difficulty.
I still think it looks like bigfoot. Bigfoot doing Tai Chi. |
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The rain has a such a lovely sound to those who're six feet underground The leaves will bury every year and no one knows I'm gone -Tom Waits May You Never Thirst, Slàinte! |
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Thinker
Join Date: May 2006
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Well if anyone wondered why we never come across Bigfoot carcasses, now we know...Bigfoot goes to Mars to die.
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Muse
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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Phil already has a debunk of this up here:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2...b-mars-claims/ |
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Train Wreck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Within smelling distance of the Grammar Death Camps
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There can be no doubt the picture is Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, The Lamb of God's own Mother, the Blessed Virgin Herself.
Blessed be the Name of Our Lord Jesus the Christ. |
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Los Angeles Area
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I think it's the Little Mermaid.
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Stuck in Old Europe and the 80s, where the music is better than today
Posts: 277
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OK, sorry for the bad pun
![]() Just couldn't resist... |
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Master Poster
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sweden
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Recently Audited Thetan Cluster
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Wow, maybe I spent too long away from the woo websites.. But there's an alien skull found already...
http://intertet.org/index.php?post_i...&view=volgende |
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: May 2007
Location: scotland uk
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It definitly looks like the Denmark mermaid to me.
Does any one know if this figure is anywhere near "the face" |
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: South Sweden
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It's the diminutive mermaid, four inches tall. Or short, if you prefer. The Copenhagen mermaid is small, but not this small.
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Kowalski
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Upside the Inside
Posts: 8,704
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I had to laugh at this:
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As for the Martian Sasquatch, I wonder what he's pointing at. Athon |
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Muse
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nuernberg
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I was planning to study Clairvoyance in school, but as I knew I would fail the exam, decided against it. And thanks to SkepticJ: We'd outgrown the fables, I knew. The sun isn't Apollo's chariot, of course, it's a star that began burning when a god said "Let there be light". Man was not created from clay by Zeus, he was created from clay by Yahweh. Hades didn't restore Euridice to life, please. That would be absurd. Jesus did, of course, restore Lazarus to life.... What morons we were before. How wise we are now. - Dale McGowan |
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Muse
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Muse
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nuernberg
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I was planning to study Clairvoyance in school, but as I knew I would fail the exam, decided against it. And thanks to SkepticJ: We'd outgrown the fables, I knew. The sun isn't Apollo's chariot, of course, it's a star that began burning when a god said "Let there be light". Man was not created from clay by Zeus, he was created from clay by Yahweh. Hades didn't restore Euridice to life, please. That would be absurd. Jesus did, of course, restore Lazarus to life.... What morons we were before. How wise we are now. - Dale McGowan |
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A post by Alan Smithee
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: USAian is not a word
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Muse
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I was planning to study Clairvoyance in school, but as I knew I would fail the exam, decided against it. And thanks to SkepticJ: We'd outgrown the fables, I knew. The sun isn't Apollo's chariot, of course, it's a star that began burning when a god said "Let there be light". Man was not created from clay by Zeus, he was created from clay by Yahweh. Hades didn't restore Euridice to life, please. That would be absurd. Jesus did, of course, restore Lazarus to life.... What morons we were before. How wise we are now. - Dale McGowan |
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A post by Alan Smithee
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Muse
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Nuernberg
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I've just had a quick look, and didn't see anything.
Mind you, scrolling down through all of the stuff on his front page makes my eyes go funny.
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I was planning to study Clairvoyance in school, but as I knew I would fail the exam, decided against it. And thanks to SkepticJ: We'd outgrown the fables, I knew. The sun isn't Apollo's chariot, of course, it's a star that began burning when a god said "Let there be light". Man was not created from clay by Zeus, he was created from clay by Yahweh. Hades didn't restore Euridice to life, please. That would be absurd. Jesus did, of course, restore Lazarus to life.... What morons we were before. How wise we are now. - Dale McGowan |
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Muse
Join Date: Feb 2006
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The rain has a such a lovely sound to those who're six feet underground The leaves will bury every year and no one knows I'm gone -Tom Waits May You Never Thirst, Slàinte! |
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A post by Alan Smithee
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: USAian is not a word
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Ach, I watched to much TV this morning and my time on line is limited. Perhaps I'll risk chastizement at work and check it out tonight (CST).
Hey, and are you familiar with Grafenwoehr? I used to visit Nuremburg to get my braces tightened since we didn't have an orthodontist at my dad's base. |
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Fiend God
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: In a multiverse of my own creation
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Wuse
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tralfamadore
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I vote that it's Moses.
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Scholar
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Web Surfer Girl
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: headed back to that dark dark house in the dark dark woods
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Human skull? No way! That most definitely looks like a Predator skull.
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New Blood
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Not T'ai Chi.... It's the macarena, clearly.
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Kadath in the Cold Waste
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I'm with the BBC on this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7205004.stm Proof us Danes are clearly Martian! ![]() BTW, nice to see badastronomy get a mention on there. cj x |
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Penultimate Amazing
Join Date: Aug 2007
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It's John Carter,Fools.
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Chicago
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Immediately below is a wider view of the photo in true colors that may put things in better perspective. It includes a part of the rover’s solar panel. NASA says the hill that is dotted with rocks and is seen just above the center is about 30 meters away. Across the bottom third or quarter of the photo is the edge of the plateau on which the rover is sitting. Near the left end of the photo on the plateau edge is the object of interest. It appears to be a couple of meters away and a couple of centimeters in height.
The bottom image gives a closeup view. NASA should instruct the rover to give the poor little man a few drops of water. He’s probably dehydrated from wandering the planet for millions of years in search of a mate. ![]()
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Critical Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Indiana
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A post by Alan Smithee
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: USAian is not a word
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It's a Leprechaun.
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Graduate Poster
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: St Cloud, MN, USA
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You made the news, and it seems your explanation is winning.
![]() http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7205004.stm |
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sexiest man alive
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: toronto (aka,the center of the universe)
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I must be tired, I saw the title of the post and thought "it really is the go anywhere vehicle, I hope they have tow trucks on mars."
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Nettlesome Harpy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 53 Miles West of Venus
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This was just on my local evening news a few seconds ago. The news anchors broke into gales of laughter. Whoever was closed captioning the segment typed in "[Laughter] hooty hoot hoot!" That about sums it up.
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NWO Master Conspirator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Albany Park, Chicago
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Clearly, what we have here is a 5 inch tall Martian that eats rocks.
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Master Poster
Join Date: Jun 2006
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There are people who don't want you messing with their pet mermaid!
http://h1.ripway.com/Apathia/18944554adb75a428.jpg |
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