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Mars Foot - A Picture of a Martian, Sort of

Posted on 22 January 2008 · 2,516 views · 200 words.

I’ll put this one to you as simply as possible. It’s a picture from one of the Mars rovers that appears to show a person (or a rock), walking along the Martian surface. This person (or rock, probably) looks so much like that classic Big Foot picture that it makes me laugh. Anyway, this Martian person (or rock, honestly I think it may be just a rock everyone) is going all over the web, so I thought I’d put my two pennies in: I think it’s a rock.

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5 Comments For This Post

  1. chanpheng says:

    It’s the Little Mermaid!

  2. Jenn says:

    It looks like a rock to me. If you cover the ‘head’ of it, you can tell it’s just a rock and the other part is probably just a shadow from something else. But if it makes people feel better, I’m sure it’s an alien ; )

  3. Sam says:

    It’s obviously a Tuskan Raider trying to find it’s way back to Tatooine

  4. tiara says:

    if it’s still there now it’s a rock but if it’s gone it’s a martian because a lot of bi rock can move that easily and how could it just be a rock shaped exactly like a person the rock would at least have some lumps on it

  5. mackenzie says:

    i think it a person im a little scared but i hope it is because it would change our life’s for ever.

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