Murray's man is the second largest geoglyph in the world, but it is still unknown who painted him.
For 20 years, scientists have been unable to unravel the mystery of the appearance of a giant image of a person in central Australia. He was first spotted by a helicopter pilot. The huge geoglyph was named the man Murray, after the name of the town near which the figure was "drawn." Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith has pledged an Australian $ 5,000 reward for any information on the figure's origins, the BBC reported.
It is believed that the drawing depicts an aboriginal hunter. It can be seen only from a bird's eye view: the figure is more than four kilometers long, and the total length of its contours is about 28 kilometers.
Local resident Phil Turnet believes that whoever drew this was a professional and most likely used GPS technology.
“Whoever marked the contours, they pegged every ten meters. And if you didn’t have coordinates, you couldn’t know where you were standing - on your left toe or on your elbow. Considering that GPS technology was in its infancy at the time, this is a completely unique achievement,”the publication quotes him as saying.
It is believed that the Murray man was painted by local artists or Australian soldiers.
Gradually, the image began to fade, but with the support of the aborigines, the locals updated the geoglyph in 2016.
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