Takhala tikumva zikhulupiriro za ziwanda, zinyama, zipsera zam'mimba, ndi ma mummies, koma nthawi zambiri sitinapezepo nthano yomwe imalankhula za mwana wamayi. Imodzi mwa nthano zonena za cholengedwa choumbidwacho idabadwa mu Okutobala 1932 pomwe anthu awiri ogwira ntchito m'migodi omwe amafunafuna golide adakumana phanga laling'ono m'mapiri a San Pedro, Wyoming, USA.
Cecil Main ndi Frank Carr, ofufuza awiri anali kukumba pamitsinje ya golide yomwe idasowa pakhoma lamiyala nthawi ina. Ataphulitsa thanthwe, adapezeka atayima kuphanga pafupifupi 4 mita kutalika, 4 mita m'lifupi, komanso pafupifupi 15 feet. Kunali m'chipindacho momwe adapeza chimodzi mwazinthu zodabwitsa kwambiri zomwe zidapezekapo.
Mayiyo anali atakhala pampando wa lotus wamiyendo yopingasa mikono yake ili pamphumi pake. Linali lalitali masentimita 18 okha, ngakhale kutambasula miyendo kunkafika pafupifupi masentimita 35. Thupi limalemera magalamu 360 okha, ndipo linali ndi mutu wodabwitsa kwambiri.
Asayansi adachita mayeso osiyanasiyana pa kamoyo kakang'ono, komwe kanawulula mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana okhudzana ndi mawonekedwe ake. Amayi, omwe amatchedwa "Pedro" Chifukwa chakumapiri kwake, inali ndi khungu loyera lamkuwa, thupi looneka ngati mbiya, mbolo yotetemera bwino, manja akulu, zala zazitali, chipumi chotsika, kamwa yayikulu kwambiri yokhala ndi milomo yayikulu ndi mphuno yayitali, mawonekedwe achilendowa amafanana ndi wakale munthu akumwetulira, zomwe zimawoneka ngati zikuphwanyaphwanya ozindikira ake awiri chifukwa limodzi la maso ake akulu linali lotseka. Komabe, zinali zowonekeratu kuti bungweli lidamwalira kalekale, ndipo kufa kwake sikuwoneka kosangalatsa. Mafupa angapo a thupi lake adathyoledwa, msana wake udawonongeka, Mutu wake udali wosalala modabwitsa, ndipo udakutidwa ndi chinthu chamdima cha gelatinous - mayeso omwe asayansi adachita pambuyo pake akuti mwina chigaza chidaphwanyidwa kwambiri, ndipo gelatinous magazi anali oundana ndikuwululidwa minofu yaubongo.
Ngakhale chifukwa chakukula kwake kunkaganiziridwa kuti zotsalazo zinali za mwana, koma mayeso a X-ray adawulula kuti mummy akuwoneka kuti anali ndi mawonekedwe a munthu wamkulu wazaka 16 mpaka 65 zakubadwa, kuphatikiza kukhala ndi mano akuthwa ndipo wopeza kupezeka kwa nyama yaiwisi mkati mwa mimba yake.
Ofufuza ena amakhulupirira kuti Pedro ayenera kuti anali mwana wamwamuna kapena mwana wosakhwima kwambiri - mwina ndi anencephaly, mkhalidwe wa teratological momwe ubongo sunakule bwino (ngati ulipo) pakukhwima. Komabe, ngakhale adayesedwa, okayikira angapo adatsimikiza kuti kukula kwa thupi sikunali kwa munthu, kotero adatsimikiza kuti chinali chinyengo chachikulu, popeza "Ma pygmies" or “Zotolera” kulibe.
Amayiwo adawonetsedwa m'malo ambiri, ngakhale kuwonekera m'mabuku osiyanasiyana, ndipo adamupatsira mwiniwake mpaka pomwe njirayo idatayika mu 1950 pambuyo poti munthu wodziwika kuti Ivan Goodman, adagula Pedro ndipo atamwalira adapita m'manja mwa bambo wotchedwa Leonard Wadler, yemwe sanaulule kwa asayansi komwe amayiwa anali. Idawonetsedwa komaliza ku Florida ndi Dr Wadler ku 1975 ndipo sanasamutsidwenso.
Nkhani ya Pedro the Wyoming mini-mummy ndichimodzi mwazinthu zosokoneza kwambiri, zotsutsana zomwe asayansi adasanthula. Sayansi yamakono ikanatha kupereka umboni womveka bwino wonena za chiyambi cha zamoyozo ndipo ikadawulula chowonadi chomwe chimabisala. komabe, izi zikuwoneka ngati zosatheka kuyambira pomwe adasowa.
