Man Who ‘Sleeps’ With ‘Girlfriend’ Mummy Arrested, Gets Shocking Surprise: ‘It’s Not A Juanita, It’s A Juan’

A man was caught with an 800-year-old mum he called his own “girlfriend” Not only were they arrested but also shocked to discover that the male gender of the corpse had been kept secret.

Julio Cesar Bermejo (26-year-old) was the man police claim had the mummy in his food delivery bag. He called it his “spiritual girlfriend” Who was it? “Juanita.” He claimed that the mummy, believed to be 600-800 years of age, was in his possession from his father’s passing and that it has been with his family for at minimum 30 years. He did not explain how his father got the corpse.

“It sleeps in my bedroom, with me,” Bermejo Submitted Interview with a local news outlet “There’s my bed, the TV set and next to it, there’s Juanita. I take care of it. It’s like, if you’ll pardon the expression, as if it were my spiritual girlfriend.” 

Officials claim that “Juanita” He is actually the he. According to legend, the mummy was an approximately 45-year-old-male, who measured in at 4 feet, 11 inch tall and died somewhere between 600 and 800 centuries ago. “It’s not a Juanita, it’s a Juan,” Expert with Peru’s Culture Ministry .

Authorities claim that Bermejo brought his mummy with him to Puno in Peru, where he was able to enjoy drinks with two of his friends. He reportedly Bringed “Juanita” To show off to his friends. The police were called to the scene and found the mummy inside a red food delivery bag in fetal position. The Ministry of Culture has taken custody of the mummy. Labeling It is “cultural asset,” Promising to “protect and preserve the heritage.”

Bermejo was also taken into arrest over the weekend. Authorities are investigating Potential crimes against Peru’s cultural heritage

“At home, she’s in my room, she sleeps with me. I take care of her”

Peru 🇵🇪 police find pre-Hispanic mummy in ex-delivery man’s bag

The mummy was found in an isothermal bag that the man used to once deliver food to people’s homes.https://t.co/Fax78C9eo3 pic.twitter.com/7aOcBxmlGn

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The way the mummy was found — in a fetal position and wrapped in bandages — is consistent with pre-Hispanic mummies, according to BBC News. Mummification in Peru was common before the Spanish arrived and practiced by multiple cultures over 7,000 years ago, the American Museum of Natural History notes. They also say that it was common to keep mummies at home and bring them to festivals at the time.

A group of people who lived in today’s Peru and Chile — the Chinchorros — were the first group to practice mummification, thousands of years before the Egyptians, the museum states. In late 2021, a mummy dating between 800 to 1,200 years ago was unearthed in Lima, the country’s capital. According to CNN, it was wrapped in rope and had its hands covering its face. In February of last year, archeologists discovered the mummies of six children and eight adults in Lima.

Under national heritage laws, “Juanita” is now the property of the state. In its press release, the culture ministry asked citizens to “actively collaborate in the defense and protection of our precious heritage, notifying our entity of any finding or attack on movable or immovable cultural heritage.”

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