Two images of 'Gollum' in the Chinese mountains. Image Credit: YouTube / Epic Wildlife
A strange Gollum-like creature photographed in China has been revealed to be an actor in a costume.
Internet users were left baffled this week when pictures emerged on social media showing an odd gangled creature crouching down on some rocks.
Allegedly encountered by a hiker in the mountains near the Great Wall of China, the familiar looking creature bears more than a passing resemblance to Gollum from Lord of the Rings.
As it turns out however, far from being a real-life counterpart to one of Middle-Earth's most recognisable inhabitants, the peculiar looking cryptid was actually nothing more than an actor in a costume who was being filmed as part of a movie.
The unwary star was believed to have been taking a break to relieve himself behind some rocks in between takes when the hiker appeared out of nowhere and started to take photographs of him.
We all like to suspend our disbelief and enjoy a good yarn or mystery. I try to take all the stories and pictures in the spirit in which they are given. Ii's nice to have one's curiosity piqued, if only for a moment or two.
Just some poor guy with numerous physical and mental disabilities. If you watch the old Black and white film "Freaks" theres a few of the individuals in it that have similar problems. SO, yes Mishkin nailed that one
If you watch the old Black and white film "Freaks" theres a few of the individuals in it that have similar problems. SO, yes Mishkin nailed that one You are correct,got that movie on dvd somewhere around here...
I believe the condition is called Microcephaly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcephaly Otherwise rather cruely known as "Pinhead" syndrome. Your right about the movie Freaks having a Microcephalic character, and also more recently the second season of American Horror Story had a microcephalic character. Aside from that, this poor guy seems to suffer from numerous other physical conditions.
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