The truth behind the 'alien' in Colombia: As mysterious corpse is discovered, ... trends now
While most scientists look to the stars for signs of extraterrestrial life, others claim that the evidence might already be here on Earth.
Mysterious remains surfaced in Colombia this week, which some say could have their origins beyond this world.
Veteran public radio reporter, Josep Guijarro, claimed the unusual corpse could be an extraterrestrial or a 'tiny humanoid' from an ancient species.
But experts now say that the real explanation is likely far simpler.
Professor Sian Halcrow, a forensic anthropologist and expert on infant remains, told MailOnline that this is probably the remains of a preterm human baby.
These bizarre images of an 'alien foetus' were shared by former public radio host and alien investigator Josep Guijarro
These remains appear to have alien-like features, but experts suggest they are consistent with the appearance of mummified human foetuses
These strange images were shared by veteran public radio host Josep Guijarro who is now a full-time alien investigator.
According to Mr Guijarro, the images were shared with him by a source who 'wanted to know if it could be a being from another world and informed me that the specimen comes from Colombia.'
The alleged alien has a large elongated skull, slanted eyes, an umbilical cord and, an 'unusual number of ribs'.
In an article published in Espacia Misterio, he claimed that the remains only had 10 ribs on each side of the body compared with 12 in the typical human.
Mr Guijarro also claims that the remains emerged from 'el cerro de los enanos' ('the Hill of the Dwarves') in remote Colombia.
However, in a later post on X, he added that he could not know the exact origin of the specimen because he lacked 'verifiable data'.
The new find resembles Chile's mysterious, oblong-headed 'Atacama skeleton' (above), which according to a Spanish businessman who spent a decade studying it, may have once been a small class of terrestrial humanoid
The post has sparked a wave of speculation online that these remains could be those of an extra-terrestrial species that came to Earth at some point in the distant past.
One social media commenter wrote: 'Surely it's an intraterrestrial species that still lives among us?'
These claims echo the theories that surrounded the 'alien mummies' that were presented to Mexico's congress last September.
However, those claims were soon disproved when analysis revealed that the 'aliens' were nothing more than dolls made of animal bones.
However, Mr Guijarro has attempted to distance himself from these theories and has proposed an alternative, though still far-fetched, suggestion.
In an apparent dig at the Mexican alien debacle, he wrote: 'I am sure that someone in Mexico would have already given it the label "alien" but in my case I prefer to be more cautious.'
Instead, pointing to the 'not trivial detail' of the umbilical cord, Mr Guijarros suggests these remains
