remains found in the mountains in Wyoming and in the attic of the Native American family were mummified because of post death religious practices enacted by the native people on the land at the time. The study of the question asking why these smaller humans were buried in different ways than it was previously believed is a common one when thinking over the findings of these mummies. See also Shoshone Nimerigar, small people in North American legends Atacama skeleton Alyoshenka Caroline Crachami, a person about tall Koro-pok-guru, small people in Ainu folklore References Photo of mummy External links Mummies Shoshone Archaeology of the United States Pseudoarchaeology Forteana History of Wyoming