Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith has offered a reward of $5000 Australian dollars (£2,800; $3,700) for information that might lead to the solution to the Marree Man mystery.
Marree Man is the figure of a man drawn in a remote area in southern Australia. It was spotted 20 years ago by a helicopter pilot. The mystery lies in the fact that the figure is 4.2 kilometers (2.5 miles) high.
No one seems to know where the artwork came from, and who could possibly have drawn what is one of the world’s biggest designs to be drawn on the earth.
Situated about 700 kilometers north of Adelaide, Marree Man has been the subject of much debate and speculation since its discovery in 1998.
Because of its size, it cannot be seen from the ground. You have to fly over it to make out the figure, which is rumored to be that of an Aboriginal hunter with a woomera (throwing stick) in his hand.
The figure looks professionally created and measures 28 kilometers around. There are many theories as to who created the figure, but mystery still surrounds its origins.
Smith believes the artwork was a complicated and expensive job that required a degree of scientific knowledge.
“After two years meeting people, I’m realizing that probably one or two weren’t telling me the truth,” Smith told The Australian. “I believe it’s quite a few people who did it. I reckon some blokes were standing around in a university or a government department and said, ‘Hey, we want to test this software, let’s go and put a giant like Cerne Abbas in the desert’.”
So, do you have any clues that can help?
