Art, guardians of time, manfred kielnhofer, aliens

Hooded Aliens from Another Dimension Control Your Every Move

1000 years ago, guardians of time were a part of every advanced civilization. These hooded visitors from another realm were deemed responsible for myriad disappearances, damnations, and behavioral changes in entire groups of people. Scientists and students of the paranormal alike studied them in great depth, but found out nothing. Over time, interest died out, as did credibility, and people stopped thinking about them. At least so the story goes...

Today, Austrian artist Manfred Kielhnhofer forces us to rethink the existence of these real-life grim reapers with his surreal depictions of them. Were they the first aliens to ever land on earth? Messengers sent back in history from the present to teach the ancient man how to create the future?

Whatever they are, the images of them are stunning. Images by Manfred Kielnhofer

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3:00 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
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MercuryPDX at 03:23 PM on 02/20/08
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Bevor Sie aller "Notwendigkeit einen Übersetzer" erhalten, gibt es Taste gekennzeichnetes Englisch zum Übersetzen den Aufstellungsort für Sie.

[Before you get all "need a translator", there's a button marked English to translate the site for you.]
92BuickLeSabre at 03:37 PM on 02/20/08
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Do I wish I knew what they know?

I don't know.
Xanthur at 03:42 PM on 02/20/08
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I wonder if these are the guys Erich von Daniken was talking about?

-"boy do I hate godlike aliens. I would take a critter over a godlike alien anyday" -John Crighton, Farscape
Plague at 03:45 PM on 02/20/08
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Just looks like a SUNNO))) practice session to me.
DangerousDac at 04:13 PM on 02/20/08
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Am I the only one getting a very Battlestar Galactica'ish Final Five vibe from those pics? Either way, theyre beautiful photos - if a fair bit haunting.
Ghede at 04:22 PM on 02/20/08
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Those last two would make a good halloween costume...
MercuryPDX at 04:30 PM on 02/20/08
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@DangerousDac: I saw that, also got a Logan's Run vibe.
tetracycloide at 05:09 PM on 02/20/08
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hallowed be the ori?
RocktheDebit at 09:08 PM on 02/20/08
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Conservative Muslim women on holiday?
dOk at 12:23 AM on 02/21/08
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Theres nothing New about that....
go back and read the original Micronauts comics... they have Hooded Alien Religious beings throughout the story, that lead to one of the central plot twists.
Cantonkid at 01:46 AM on 02/21/08
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Hey, aren't those the elders from the 'Bot' planet? 0_o
strider_mt2k at 03:52 AM on 02/21/08
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Just say no to the Shadows.
Jeff-Minor at 05:00 AM on 02/21/08
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What were the "alien" priests called in 300? The ones with bad skin and a taste for beautiful virgins.
Ed Grabianowski at 06:38 AM on 02/21/08
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@Jeff-Minor: Oh, that was just me at age 15.
cloudhunter at 06:45 AM on 02/21/08
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All I can think of are the Terry Pratchett's Auditors. Heh.
superbryant at 10:13 AM on 02/21/08
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this reminds me of a certain marvel comic sorta "The Watcher"
[en.wikipedia.org])
parvax at 02:02 PM on 02/21/08
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Reminds me of the book Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones...