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Crikey! There's a little green man on Mars
Last updated at 13:18pm on 22.01.08Does this photograph really prove that we are not alone in the universe?
Man on Mars: The image appears to show a man walking down a hill
Images beamed back from Mars would suggest so - although to sceptics, it could just be an odd-shaped rock. Nasa's Mars Explorer Spirit sent back images from the surface of the Red Planet four years ago, and there was initial disappointment among scientists that they lacked any signs of life.
But space and science fiction enthusiasts were convinced there was more than meets the eye, and after years of studying the images, have found what appears to be an alien figure walking downhill.
The pictures, found on a Chinese website, are now creating a stir of excitement on the internet.
Reader views (16)
he look like an aliein because he has big eyes like 1 and he is green i wounder what it is someone try and get it again and go closer to try and see it and find out what it is . thankyou x
- Charlotte, liverpool bootle
YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS!!!! all the real fottage of mars is in black and white thats how you tell if its real or not... Just to prove I WORK WITH NASA!!!!
- Johnny, Washington DC
It's Osama Bin Laden, who else could it be?
- Tony, Toronto, Canada
It's Auntie Dottie - I knew she was abducted by aliens.
- Eliza, Toronto, Canada
It's Lord Lucan.
- Steven Patrick M, London, UK
It is a female, looking at these gorgeous curves.
She is on her way to fetch water.
- Laurent, London, UK
Definitely a strange looking rock. Very strange. On the other hand the image could be a fake. Photoshop can work wonders.
- S Todd, London
Found on a Chinese website? Another case of Made in China or it could be Gordon Brown on walkabout.
- Steve Evans, Malta
God created the Earth and the planets and stars in the universe so it is not inconceivable that there is life out there, which this picture could prove.
- Arthur Lincoln, UK
Oh grow up!
- Bongo, NYC
It's clearly Elvis checking his watch outside the local branch of Northern Rock.
- Mike, London
Doesn't look like a rock to me! Really.
- Dave, Perigueux, France
Gordon will go anywhere, when there is bad news...and he might be blamed.
- Nigel, Wimbledon
Looks like the 'bigfoot' captured on film at Bluff Creek in the 50's!
Still, if you look at enough rocks for long enough I'm sure you'll finally find one which 'fits' your requirements.
- Sasquatch, London, UK
Is it 1st of April yet?
- Weddigen, London
It looks like Lord Lucan to me.
- Peter Sparkling, London, UK
