- ``I found toilet paper out
there so if it has been done from space, they're fairly much like us"
SYDNEY, July 15 (Reuters) - A
massive figure of an Aboriginal man has been found carved into the desert
in the remote Australian outback, but police on Wednesday said the discovery
was no mystery.
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- ``It's not that spooky, not unless they
drive Toyotas,'' said Senior Constable Paul Liersch was quoted as saying
in The Australian newspaper. The four-km (2-mile) long figure, with an
outline of about 30 km (19 miles), depicts an Aboriginal man poised to
throw a spear, Liersch said.
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- Sections of the Australian media were
quick to suggest possible alien involvement but Liersch suggested there
was a more earthly explanation for the figure outside the tiny town of
Marree, about 600 km (370 miles) north of Adelaide. He said the outline
appeared to have been carved out of barren state land near the giant Lake
Eyre salt lake by farm machinery which ploughed lines measuring 32 metres
(105 feet) across in places.
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- ``I found toilet paper out there so if
it has been done from space, they're fairly much like us,'' Liersch said.
Liersch said it was more likely the work of locals seeking to make a tourist
attraction out of Marree, which boasts a modest population of 60.
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- But The Australian reported an American
flag and a note referring to the U.S. Branch Davidian cult had been found
at the site. Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and about 80 followers
died in a botched FBI raid in the Texas town of Waco in 1993. Liersch said
he drove out from Marree to the artwork at Finniss Springs after an anonymous
fax giving directions to the figure was sent to the Marree hotel.
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- Liersch said the fax claimed the figure
was the largest artwork in the world, five times larger than ancient human
drawings at Nasca in the Peruvian desert.
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