Does This Wild West Mummy Have a Secret?
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2015
- The mummified body of Sylvester the gunslinger is in remarkable condition with every minor detail preserved. The same, however, can’t be said for his origins.
From: MUMMIES ALIVE: The Gunslinger Mummy
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Imagine dominating the Wild West and dying just to become a display in some store
Another reason why life is actually meaningless
@@MrKillerfreak1 if its meaningless than why did god made us?
@@torcha8
flashnews, god is a lie
Goku_BlackTheEvilGod ROBLOX make* please learn how to use make and made correctly.
It's hard to get more American than that
his moustache is still amazing
Dr.Sindhura Pothineni さ/
Ikr
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For those wondering, Sylvester wasn't actually killed in a gunfight, he died of tuberculosis, and was embalmed soon after his death
Very wild west thing
@@Literallyryangosling777 lol TB is probably the most Wild Western way to die.
@@Trollamite i think dysentery wins
@@Literallyryangosling777 haha true
But why he was sold?
"He's great for business"
America in a nutshell.
Exactly
Hey..Lenin's dusty old corpse is packin' them in Moscow! A tourist draw since 1924!
Do they sell snowglobes and t-shirts at the mausoleum though?
He is
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Still has that fabulous mustache tho 😂
Well hello
1:47 BUT THEY FUCKING TOOK OUT THE BRAINS BEFORE THEY MUMMIFIED EM SO I THINK THAT PAD IS FAKE!!
Adrian Mzyk Mummification can happen naturally, it just depends on the climate and conditions the body is left in.
Hello 😏
@@adrianmzyk7105 he wasnt mummified by the egyptians mate
I saw him in the museum in Seattle. It was extremely unsettling but powerful. I could stare into the eyes of a man that lived way before me.
He had a childhood, he grew up, he laughed, cried, lived. This is someone who had an entire life long ago in a country that would be unrecognizable to me today. And I’m now standing face to face with that man.
I felt kind of gross, almost like I was invading his privacy. But I also felt reverence for him.
For those who are curious, Sylvester was so well preserved because he was injected with an arsenic based fluid by an embalmer immediately following his death. Arsenic was used to stop the decomposition by killing bacteria and insects that invaded the body. This caused his body to dry out and subsequently, be mummified.
This is the reason why Elmer McCurdy's preserved corpse was still quite intact and recognizable 65yrs after his death;
Embalming with arsenic-based liquid
People here are talking about how bad it is that he's on display, but when everyone's forgotten me, I feel like it's a happy thought that people would still want to see me standing there
if i were to die i dont preferred to be buried, i want me on display on full clothes. but if it were my loved one. id choose one and would prefer it also on display.. i had chose one, but i let him buried under ground. but i would like to see his body once again..
Using a dead guy as a curiosity to attract people to your store... that's just pretty messed up.
endorbr
there's a lady mummy there too
endorbr
lots of dead animals too
calamitasCorvus shhiiiittt I'll look at a mummy lol
Isn't that what some museums do aswell, animals and humans, same shit. Immoral...
endorbr Not really
He still has a freaking mustache
Vlogs Pets and more yeah and don't look bad
Ok weeb with ahegao
@Maxxson Jaxxson Cowboys in those days took care of there grooming & there mustache ✌️
I hope Sylvester is laid to permanent rest soon. Every one deserves eternal rest and peace.
Is not like Silvester knows what happened to his body and not getting any sleep because of this.
No...no they dont. In case you forgot, a bunch of REALLY horrible people exist.
Only faith in Jesus can give someone that
Nah, I think it’s too precious to be just « laid to rest ». These corpses need to be treasured and preserved well in the hands of people that know how to do so.
If we sacrifice scientific knowledge in favour or spiritual or religious sentiments, then we won’t be going far.
@@tenor-haute-contre why u think it took so long for medical science to advance for centuries especially during the Middle Ages it was illegal to dissect a human so for hundreds of years we never near how the human body even worked
His secret is his
*GOOD OL’ .357 MAGNUM REVOLVER*
Is this what our dead bodies will be used for by future people? 😦
Simon The Great hopefully not.
That's why I want to be buried vertically, facing down in the 'superman pose'. Surrounded with lots of random plastic and glass objects. Just to fuck with future archaeologist's minds.
if any future scientists get the internet working then I'm volunteering to have my body used
Hopefully, better to be put to use than waste away underground
i really dont mind
He's the inventor of beef jerky
To be honest that cgi was pretty good, even by 2015 video game standards
Morbidcrab which is why he invented it lol
His skin reminds me of rotisserie chicken
@@stoffelvlogs4306 just wanna take a bite out of him lol
That’s not Sylvester that’s Micah
Yes it is
That's all I was thinking after I saw the 'stache.
"Hey there Black Lung"
That aint Micah 'cause Micahs a rat, not human..
How ya doin there black lung
This is sick. This man was a real human being. Doesn't he deserve more dignity than this?
I mean... he was a criminal who killed people. Diogenes'd be proud
Hopely we won't be put on display sitting on a toilet with a smartphone
in our hand in some 200 years. That would be an interesting discussion for future
generations.
'According to archeologists, cellphones were frecuently dropped in toilets on early XXI century. This mummy, carefuly placed on display, shows exactly one of the most belived scenarios of why'
Eduardo González, that would be great! I would like to be mummified. put me on display smoking a bong hit.
Eduardo González Futurama!
Eduardo González I'm literally doing this rn
Foing it now
i am literally on a toilet rn
Wow, Red Dead 2 is looking great!
Kyle Deel emphasis on the dead.
The dead part was right on the mummy
That's Micah Bell
The guy at 2:57 kinda looks like Dutch and the mummy kinda looks like that piece of shit Micah Bell.
@@dickpenisman7326 It's the sheriff from Valentine.
At least he’s not forgotten 6 ft under all alone. He’s being cared for and admired
& life as a sideshow attraction has " job security ", I guess.
@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq absolutely. Someone will be admiring your corpse in a year or two…. Unless you get cremated.
these smithsonian video titles are getting really clickbaitey.
"Does this Wild West mummy have a secret?"
I don't know, does it?
The secret: he was the one who took the last cookie.
Looks at camera
Idk? *Does it*?
This is the BEST half of a story I've EVER heard!! Where's the expert forensic analysis? (clues to his life/death, diseases, diet, gunshot wounds? etc) How was this guy mummified? How did the curiosity shop acquire the mummy?
Right??? Clickbait to the max
preserved eyeballs as well ....now thats' amazing ha ha ha ha
I can't understand how it's ok to have human remains on display in a shop. Especially if they are not family. Some kind of odd lack of common sense going on here.
susanht67 it should be illegal to that. it's so wrong.
susanht67 I enjoyed it as a kid, I even touched his mustache, back before they put him behind plexiglass.
It's not wrong or immoral. I wish I could put this in nicer words but you were raised so sheltered from the world I don't think you have an idea of what death is. People die, everyone dies, it's just human fucking anatomy. It shouldn't be illegal or wrong because it's interesting and useful. People see cool mummy preserved well, shop makes money. It's not exploitation or a horrible thing. It's just some random guy who might have been a gunslinger in the "Wild West" who died.
Aidan Morgan "I wish I could pit this in nicer words", you could. You didn't have to say fucking you fucking idiot. And humans do alot of shit that's unnecessary just out of respect. And there's something called respect for the dead. Which you're apparently unaware of. I personally dont care what happens to bodies. But some people do and there's noting wrong with it.
Catty Cattington Also, do you play Starcraft or did you just think that profile picture was cool?
Tombstone, Arizona... I was in the Birdcage Theater. All around, I got to see bullet holes and blood stains. The scariest thing ever was I went under the stage with a group of people. I looked under the main floor. I turn around and the crowd vanished. Scared of of my shoes, I ran back upstairs and the they were. It was silent down there. An uncomfortable silence...
When I die, I'd much rather my corpse be on display so I can give at least something to this world, showing history and answering possible questions people have. I'm absolutely not worried whatsoever where my body goes, because that's our temporary home, our home will be wherever we end up when we die, "respect" has lost it's meaning in our culture, and now has over 1000 ways of interpreting it. You'd be showing respect to a corpse if it had something to offer, showing it's true potential, even in death. Who cares if it makes publicity/income, you should honor the corpse for giving you that blessing, and preserve as long as you can.
I have a PHD in Moisture what if your corpse just added unexplainable things rather answer questions.
hey you remember that one spongebob episode with the Dutchman being mad he was on display
To a gangster and mobster respect is taking a life so you have a point there
Not me
amen
Well that was very uninformative. Didn't say how he was mummified, we have to assume that it was the desert. Didn't say how he was killed, we have to assume it was a gun fight although they did not show any gunshot wounds.
cplcabs that's what I thought, very sensationalistic, with a hint or two at the possibilities they have to work him out, then giving no real information whatsoever.
Unworthy of the Smithsonian!!!
The guy was probably an accountant or something.
cplcabs - There was a visible bullet wound when I saw him.
They dont even know who he really was they made the story up its a john doe
Could also have been a heart attack or he could have died of thirst if it was in the desert.
"This guy is in amazing condition " looks at guy that looks like a wood carving
2:39 here we go again to the old wild west😂
"it starts with a dead body" well damn I thought we were talking about living things, eh?
I still find it hilarious how just because he's preserved means it's okay to just keep a dead body out and even make money off of it
But he's dead. He can't feel it. Grow up
Have some respect for the dead, shitass.
Aidan Morgan I don't give a shit what they do I just think it's funny how we draw the line between what's okay and what's not okay
Ya Boi 0
Ya Boi, I don't see why not, it's not hurting anybody. The only part I was disappointed that they had to cover his mummified genitals. let's not all pretend to have morals here I want to see that shriveled pecker.
Wow!! It looks almost fake!! This is super cool
Tina2tu a dead man is cool XD
It's not
That fake lol
When I went to Seattle, I spent almost 30 minutes just staring at him and examining him.
Edit: Also, why didn't they mention that he had previously been in a fight where he was shot with pellets in the head but refused to have them removed even though that was a fairly safe procedure even back then?
Top Hatted Creature I did the same...I was 7 years old at the time. There was a shrunken head collection that showed up much later...that place had some stuff that gave me the heebie jeebies!
I was wondering if he had cysts growing in the side if his face but that makes sense!
"HE IS absolutely THE coolest THING we have".
The guy seems to be a real cowboy of the day, in the wild west. I easily imagine him galloping on a horse with his Winchester... amazing!
This must be the reason why mummies in movies want to destroy humanity, because their dead bodies end up on display for people to look at.
Poor man. I hope his soul moved on somewhere else. He had such an amazing body inside and out. I wish they could put him somewhere else. Maybe a better museum such as the ones in DC.
Regardless it's great to see that his body isn't rotting away and had been forgotten. He is famous, and loved by many people. Something I think anyone would wish for.
2:57 One more score Arthur. We need money, and noise, and faith.
That looks like wood...
Alfie's Football Cards and Gaming clearly you are a stupid fuck
Bob's reviews In a nutshell
Ik
1:01 bruh his moustache is moving look closely when it pans across. Want to know why he's so well preserved, motherfuckers he's still alive.
Ya Matty where
Luis Palacios 0:57
LOL :-D
Wtf you talking about?
Salty Steven dont feed the troll
great idea to display this mummy. would love to go see that, since the old west is my favorite time period.
You better hope William Munney doesn’t stop by and see how you decorated that saloon with his friend ...
One of the best looking moustaches I've seen, and it's on a mummy. Amazing
"This guy is in perfect condition"
Excuse me, WHAT?
Wow the fact that he still has his eyes is amazing. By the way. Why is it ok to have a mummy in your shop?
I've been visiting him since I was a toddler! (: last time I saw him was last year. Pretty cool they did a documentary on him!
Respect the wild west citizens and give the mummy a proper burial
I recognized him instantly! I always loved visiting the Ye Old Curiosity Shop on the pier in Seattle when I was a kid.
Seen him a bunch of times, love that shop. How funny that this video would just pop up.
2:57 RDR2 Micah. Haha
Why is it things like this only appear on my recommended when I'm about to go to sleep?
Run DNA test so family can come sue you
Kajun Means Seasoned Not Hot! first of all if he had any family he probably wouldn't be there. Second of all why does everybody in America want to sue everybody? is that mommy ruining your life? Is he hurting you somehow? If you're offended by it don't go to the shop. simple.
Kajun Means Seasoned Not Hot! A lawsuit requires that the family demonstrate injury.
They would not win.
sev7n west calm down, it was a hilarious comment
I appreciate your work thank you......
Was Sylvester just playing poker with Dutch-
@Shawn Hernandez LENNNNYYYYYY
Hi Clarkson
Always wondered what happened to Landon Ricketts from red dead redemption. Rip Ricketts ⚰
I went to Seattle in the early summer… And I didn’t even realize that this was him until I watch this video and when it said that he was located in the Ye Old Curiosity Shop, I was like wowowowow sksksksksk
The technology to see inside his body is INCREDIBLE!
I can't believe even his eyes are still perfectly preserved. Unreal.
3:27 yoooo is that Red Dead Redemption
My dad found out that were related to Doc Holliday
I was ringing a customer at work a few months ago and his last name was Swearengen, I told him it would be cool if he was related to Al Swearengen of Deadwood and he said he had conducted some genealogy research and he was!
That's as funky, in a good way, as me finding out I'm related to Davy Crockett, and the person who started Webster's Dictionary. Haha!
I'm related to Sherlock Holmes and Jesus
My wife has family in Wales related to Elvis Presley which is cool, where as I myself am related to Cliff Richard, which isn't as cool. Why couldn't it be the other way around ffs?
Wooow that's amazing ty for sharing !
At least say “Rest In Peace” or apologize to the guy before you treat him like property. Honestly he was probably a nice gentleman before he died.
I've seen Sylvester many times at Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle.
Me too!
dude this is a real person, its sick to have him on display. i mean its creepy. this is a human being man
I remember seeing him when I was a kid. I was gripped with fear but at the same time I couldn't look away. Something about his moustache...
3:00 this man looks like Dutch Van Der Line
Looks like a mix of Dutch and Trelawny
Ohh shoot
? Who is that and it looked like he just put down an uno reverse card
Sylvester’s last thoughts 💭
I hope no one will ever see me in this pitiful state killed by a sunburn
*imagine oneday you walk in the store & you see the glass shattered and see him standing at the counter* 💀
Rugrat
Instant heart attack
This reminds me of that episode of Spongebob where The Flying Dutchman’s origin story was shown. He died and his body was used by a department store as an attraction so he haunts the seven seas because he was never laid to rest 😂
He does have a bad ass mustache
The animators should have been working at Rockstar for Red Dead
Its great love hereing storys that happened about the wild west
2:41 You know he’s legit when he’s wearing a cowboy hat
1:13 “looks like he was holding something.” Haha probably beatin his meat before He kicked the bucket
?
Will Saacke haha facts dude??
Lol.
How come he is so well preserved though? I imagine it was the desert if that’s where he did die and just dried up before he decayed
"They got a sign on him, in front of Greeley's..."
I worked at YOCS back in the late 1980s. During the move to pier 54 in April 1988 the top of Sylvester's case came off and for a time, the whole shop stunk of a Limburger cheese type of smell.. I have no idea how those guys were not choking..
I hate when they point the camera at his eyes he has blue pyupils it's terrifying fealing being watched
When I die, I want to be a mummy.
I'm An Actual Cancer Cell My Mother Should've Aborted ☺️
yes me too
“It starts with a dead body”
That’s how it all starts -0-
A thousand years later and he still keeps the moustache well groomed
what's with the weird-ass uncanny valley animation? Why
A method of presenting the audience with an imagination of what happened to the guy before he died and became a mummy
@Ironclaw XIIWhat animation? Dont tell me that gunfight scene wasnt real??
@@geyotepilkington2892 nope it wasnt real lol
@@horrormovielover6037 looks like PS4 graphics tho.
"State of the art technology.. Zooms on ipad..
If he did have a secret he's "knot" telling 😭😂
Everytime i watch those two get close to the mummy I just imagine it suddenly sitting up and yell
My dad was thin when he was young. My dad died of pancreas cancer at about 62 years old. I always visualized my dad as big and strong 💪 brawn. Cancer ate my dad alive. When my dad died he was skinny, that's when I seen his nose was alkaline. Like the picture you showed on thumbnail. That's how my dad looked when he died on his birthday April 29.
Quetzalcoatl maybe your dad should have been mummified
Quetzalcoatl I’m sorry.
So when will he recover?
“This man is in perfect condition”
My sarcastic ass “obviously not he’s fucking dead”
I grew up with that mummy. I remember going to the curiosity shop when I was a kid and was just there a few years ago.
People always have to complain or give their opinion. Just enjoy the video.
Susie Nunya You're complaining and giving your opinion right now
Why do I always have to enjoy the video more after complaining about it at the bottom?
I watched this last night on the Smithsonian Channel. Did they ever do a DNA test on him? Would be interesting to know something about him through that.
"you callin me a liar!?"
I remember seeing this mummy next door to Ivars down at the pier in Seattle when I was a pup,,,long time ago,
West kills,
Even today.
It's Arthur Morgan, the shop started in 1899 😂😂😂
(Sorry I've been binge playing Red Dead II for a few days now 😂😂😂)
Holy cow. That is well preserved mummy.
Amazing, Thank you
I love jerry
1 question then I could careless is there bullet in him?
No, they stuck a tiny camera in the 'bullet' hole, it looks like it was made by a wood drill, after his dried out corpse had been found in the desert.
Those lumps on his forehead are rabbit-shot, used for pest control rather than in gun fights.
So he's more likely to have been shot at by a farmer for stealing vegetables, and died of starvation in the desert, than have been some dangerous, poker playing gunfighter.
I'd say give him a nice classy appropriate hat for him as a commerative piece
Coolest visual in the whole video...the footage of the computer doing it's scans....yea let's camera back to the guy talking??!
I'm no whining liberal. But displaying a dead body at a hokey desert tourist shop for profit is pretty F'ed up.
Stanley Potter how do you feel about Egyptian mummies in museums
+ DcodeReload
Egyptian mummies are thousands of years old and usually important hysterical figures like pharaohs and displayed in museums this guy died relatively recently 100 to 200 years ago as a victim of a crime this is like digging your grandfather and putting him on display.
Stanley Potter also, many museums have strict codes on displaying the body with respect and in context as far as historians know of, and are often better cared for than would have been in where they were found. but it is a controversial and interesting debate 😊
I am a whining liberal and I think it's awesome. Science and history.
It would be fucked up if displaying bodies for profit was unheard of, but it's not museums do it all the time.