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Who Made The Marree Man?

60 km out of the town of Marree in South Australia, there is the figure of a man etched into the ground that is more than 4 km long. This geoglyph, popularly known as the Marree Man, is not only Australia's but also the world's biggest geoglyph, and had been created by scouring out the vegetation from the land and exposing the bar earth underneath. The main reason for this being hyped so much is that no one knows who, or why made this astounding drawing on the earth. Although there are only a few clues, a local version says that the eccentric Bardius Goldberg made this using a GPS and a bulldozer.

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satellite image of the Marree Man

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Marree Man: aerial view


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a b
aliens
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a b at 09:23PM, Apr 1st 2010.
Coifox
Great hypothesis there A B.
Maybe you could give us some more detail on that fascinating idea.

Thank you.
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Coifox at 05:46PM, Apr 6th 2010.
violent dosage
Obviously it was made to be seen from above. Weather it was in the sky or from space. So whoever made it had to have knowledge of something from the sky that could be watching. Or.... it could have been a bunch of religious natives that thought it would please their "god." All in all, there is no real way to find out. With the earth being as old as it is I am sure that there is so much more that we do not know about.
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violent dosage at 10:48PM, Apr 21st 2010.
Paris
If the fact stated how old it was, I'd be able to make some sort of assumption, but no. I'm guessing similar ancient crop circle type things. However is it just me who seems to think it looks very egyptian?
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Paris at 12:34PM, Apr 26th 2010.
AUSSIE
Religious natives? Dont know too much about Australia?
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AUSSIE at 12:22PM, May 21st 2010.
Jeremiah
If you google Bardius Goldberg you can find the story behind it. Its no mystery. No aliens didnt do it or natives from thousands of years ago. It was done in 1996 by Goldberg with a bulldozer lol He was an artist that wanted to leave his mark on the earth. Well done Bardius
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Jeremiah at 08:11AM, May 25th 2010.

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