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Fossil that inspired Aliens
By Lee Kyung-min
A sci-fi (science fiction) film enthusiast stole a relic from a museum.
A 300 million-year-old, alien-movie-inspiring fossil was nowhere to be found.
Other sci-fi fans panicked.
The police were on the way to find the precious exhibit.
They were not able to locate the piece.
Rather, it got sent back. It was found in the museum's post box.
The police were relieved. So were sci-fi fans.
Although slightly damaged, it is now where it belongs.
This funny episode is now added at the Aathal dinosaur museum in Switzerland.
The movie, Alien, is a classic American sci-fi film.
The director, Ridley Scott, produced the extra-terrestrial antagonistic movie.
One scene featured an alien creature bursting out of the lead character’s chest.
That scene definitely impressed many.
People now found out that it actually did exist.
Imagine the surprise.
The real-life fossil sure did capture the public’s attention. It attracted plenty of visitors at the Aathal dinosaur museum in Switzerland.
The creator of Alien was Hans Rudolf Giger, a Swiss surrealist artist. Ridley Scott sought him after he saw his work Necronom IV.
He was onto Giger’s design for his next movie.
Giger based his designs on the fossils.
The design won his team an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects in the 1979 film.