Mystery on the Mall
We found this cool creature lurking in one of the 19 Smithsonian museums. Anybody want to guess what it is, and where it hangs out?
Is it the inside of a nostril? A snail on steroids? A Goth kid’s necklace? Angelina Jolie before make-up?
We want to hear your ideas, serious or quirky! Check back soon and we’ll reveal its true identity.
(Photograph courtesy of Chip Clark)
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It is clearly the fossil of a prehistoric centipede.
Comment by Claire — October 25, 2007 @ 1:36 pm
Finally somebody is going public with this. My father worked in the Apollo program during the first moon landing and told me all about this before his untimely death in a hula hoop accident three years ago. This is one a series of 5 images that were discovered on Neil Armstrong’s camera upon his return from the moon. Of course, ask NASA about and they’ll deny their existence.
Comment by robert — October 25, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
Oh! Oh! I know it! It’s from the Presidents series at the National Portrait Gallery! Is it VP Aaron Burr? No, wait… Nixon?
Comment by Jenny — October 25, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
Clearly it’s that creepy, evil purple guy from Monster’s Inc.
Comment by Juliet — October 25, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
Is it a baby panda embryo?
Comment by jeffro — October 25, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Anne Coulter’s most loyal pet?
Comment by Eve — October 25, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
this is clearly a breastplate for an amazon warrior woman. good job with the antiquities collection!
Comment by Carrie — October 25, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
It certainly looks like something I don’t want to be involved with.
Comment by Dan — October 25, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
It’s obviously the Decepticon from the first fight scene in transformers that burrows in the sand.
Comment by emily — October 26, 2007 @ 10:39 am
this is what’s left of the scientist in the movie “the fly” after he transported himself–all those eyes–better to see you my dear- no, really, it looks like an ancient horseshoe crab-or my grumpy neighbor in the morning before makeup, of course.
Comment by carolee — October 26, 2007 @ 3:38 pm