Alyoshenka

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Alyoshenka (Russian: Алёшенька, diminutive of the Russian male first name Alexey) or the Kyshtym Dwarf is an infant whose unusual mummified remains were discovered in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia in mid-1996. The remains were medically examined and identified by investigators as representing the body of a prematurely born female baby with various congenital anomalies, although some medical examiners disputed this initial determination. A DNA test was subsequently conducted that strongly supported the initial conclusion, but a minor amount of controversy lingered as the original corpse itself was unavailable for sampling, having since been lost. As such, only photos and videos survive. Alternate prosaic and paranormal explanations were variously proposed.

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