Mexican president claims he has proof of mythical woodland elf

[Eldorado]

Mexico’s president shared what he said was a photo of a mythical woodland elf that he claimed provided evidence of the existence of mischievous Mayan spirits.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador posted a photo to his social media accounts that he claimed showed an “alux” from ancient folklore.

The grainy photo, which appears to have been taken at night, shows an indistinct creature in a tree. With two bright white eyes and long hair or a headdress, it stares down at the camera. The president suggested the creature resembled a sculpture from an archaeological site on the Yucatan peninsula.

MSN

 

[+and-then]

He'd better be careful.  He'll get "canceled" for cultural appropriation 

[flying squid]

I thought the presidents are the serious people. I'm disappointed.

[the13bats]

5 hours ago, flying squid said:

I thought the presidents are the serious people. I'm disappointed.

 

After this perhaps i might believe the Mexican prez is stupid enough to pay for BOMs wall.

 

[+OverSword]

Seems legit 

[Jon the frog]

Mexico, probably a possum. Would like to see that tree during the day and some size references.

Edited March 2, 2023 by Jon the frog

[Tatetopa]

People in Iceland detour roads and build houses for elves.  Is a semi-human forest spirit  any weirder than bigfoot?   Much of the  world, including the US  still worships  a magic sky elf in various incarnations; not a mischievous benevolent trickster, but a full fledged king of Fae, quick to anger and awful in his punishments.

[Jon the frog]

5 hours ago, Jon the frog said:

Mexico, probably a possum. Would like to see that tree during the day and some size references.

Could be a monkey too.... or a bigcat, or ... well a lot of choices.

[Myles]

The guy is not a smart man.

[flying squid]

On 3/2/2023 at 7:33 PM, Tatetopa said:

People in Iceland detour roads and build houses for elves.

Yeah, but sure not the president of Iceland. He has a far more serious job to do.

[+DieChecker]

Pareidolia in my opinion.

If there were more pics showing it moving around in the tree, or from a different angle, we'd be able to tell more.

[Tatetopa]

45 minutes ago, flying squid said:

Yeah, but sure not the president of Iceland. He has a far more serious job to do.

What could be more important than preventing the elves from cursing your nation?

[HollyDolly]

Well, it could be a monkey of some sort, depends on where the photo was taken. It does appear to have some sort of long white hair though. They do take such things as witches(brujas) and other such things seriously. After all , on All Souls Day they have altars to dead relatives. As a Hungarian-German Catholic, I think that's odd, but okay,whatever floats your boat.Plus Drug Cartels and other criminals worship Santa Muerta, or St.Death WHICH IS NOT A SAINT IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, and quite a few Mexican priests and bishops have denounced as being not christian at all but more satanic. Just as crazy as that Pachamama business at the Vatican for their Amazon Confrence. They put several of those Pachamama statutes and in a couple of Catholic churches in Rome, and some right minded Italians threw them in the Tibur to show the pope he's committing sacrelige and is an idiot. What's next, putting oak tree stumps in German churches? After all , St. Bonafice chopped down the Sacred Oak of the germans before he whacked my ancestors up side the head with a cross.

[flying squid]

It may be the escaped japanese snow monkey.

[jasmin_13]

4 hours ago, flying squid said:

It may be the escaped japanese snow monkey.

Silly. It would be more of a shocker than the elf photo. 

[Unusual Tournament]

On 3/4/2023 at 5:38 AM, Tatetopa said:

What could be more important than preventing the elves from cursing your nation?

[Trelane]

No calls for a vote of no confidence with this clown? It's good to see the US doesn't necessarily have the market cornered on ridiculously stupid presidents.

[Tatetopa]

7 hours ago, Trelane said:

No calls for a vote of no confidence with this clown? It's good to see the US doesn't necessarily have the market cornered on ridiculously stupid presidents.

How many Americans including high ranking politicians believe in Bigfoot and UFO's based on crappy photographs?  We neither have the monopoly nor are we immune.

[Abramelin]

On 3/3/2023 at 10:33 PM, HollyDolly said:

After all , St. Bonafice chopped down the Sacred Oak of the germans before he whacked my ancestors up side the head with a cross.

That happened just before his head was chopped of by the Frisians.

[ExoPaul]

The photograph was taken in 2021, 2 years before the President claims it was taken.
There are other photos of it climbing up/down the tree.
AI analysis suggests it is a Raccoon or a similar animal to one.

[Trelane]

On 3/9/2023 at 2:22 PM, Tatetopa said:

How many Americans including high ranking politicians believe in Bigfoot and UFO's based on crappy photographs?  We neither have the monopoly nor are we immune.

By and large we manufacture stupid and irresponsible politicians a much a higher rate.