Last Saturday, February 25 afternoon,
Peruvian police made an unexpected discovery in an abandoned park in the city of Puno.
Julio César Bermejo, a 26-year-old man, was drinking in the park with two male friends.
This lively scene attracted the attention of the patrol police.
When the police came forward to investigate, they saw a food delivery box next to Bermejo with the words "Pedidos Ya" printed on the local takeaway platform.
After opening, the police were surprised to find a mummy inside.
The mummy was curled up in a box like a fetus in its belly, wrapped in a bandage.
Questioned by police, Bermejo said the mummy was left to him by his father.
About 30 years ago, my father brought the mummy home.
But Bermejo did not specify how his father got the mummy in the first place.
The family had intended to donate it to the museum.
However, the follow-up was unsuccessful, and the mummy was kept.
Bermejo said he named the mummy Juanita.
He regards "Juanita" as his "spiritual girlfriend" and is in the same room on weekdays.
"At home, she slept in my bedroom.
There was a bed in the bedroom, a TV and she slept with me.
I took care of her and she was like my spiritual girlfriend. ”
"If I don't behave well, she'll punish me."
However, after an expert from the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, he said that
Judging by the skeletal structure of the skull, etc., the mummy was actually an adult male who was over 45 years old when he died.
The mummy, about 151 centimeters tall, is presumed to have come from the eastern region of Puno and is 600 to 800 years old.
In Peru, some mummies are buried, while others are brought out for processions during important festivals.
Bermejo said he did not intend to sell the mummy.
The reason why the mummy was brought out in a food delivery box this time was because friends were curious to see it.
Bermejo also wants to satisfy his show-off mentality.
He had planned to show the mummy to a friend before donating it to a local museum.
Since the mummy is listed as a cultural heritage in Peru,
The police seized the mummy in the food delivery box and handed it over to the Peruvian Ministry of Culture for safekeeping.
At present, Bermejo and two friends who were traveling with him have been taken under police control.
Bermejo will remain in custody while the police investigate the case.
I don't know if he knows,
The mummy who has always regarded herself as a "spiritual girlfriend" is actually a man before his death...