A man claims to have found an alien-like species in a meteorite, causing a stir on social media.
An individual who identifies himself as Relatives online said he discovered a small, silver-colored space rock in Panama on August 29.
He has since shared a series of videos on TikTok, showing what he described as a meteorite hitting a burning leaf and a strange, tactile organism emerging from its surface.
Just a week after his original post, Kin claimed that the crater “glows at night,” which is a misnomer for a dark spot that glows mysteriously.
Subsequent videos appeared to show a mass of key-like growths rapidly spreading from cracks in the rock, eventually enveloping the object.
The videos have gone viral on social media, with some viewers claiming they show “alien breeding” while others dismiss them as a hoax.
“There are people who want to believe, but in reality it looks like a potato,” one user shared on X.
“This metallic sheen smells like paint, and the camera cuts before touching it is suspicious. By the way, iron meteorites do not photosynthesize. It is a potato. ‘
Days after posting about finding a meteorite in Panama, relatives shared videos of the object, which appears to be growing plant-like tentacles
A meteorite appears to burn tree leaves in a TikTok video posted by a relative
Kin said the tentacle-covered creature is now kept in a large safe, but some have cast doubt on his story, claiming the organism is a normal plant and that the meteorite scene was staged.
Although his videos have been viewed millions of times, there has been no independent confirmation that the object is a meteorite, nor has there been any scientific verification of the formation of an organism around it.
Meteorite trackers also have not confirmed that a space rock fell in the Pedregal area of Panama.
Regardless, KIN has claimed to have sent samples of the tentacles to friends, but no analysis has been publicly reported.
Skeptics online have pointed out that a picture of the apparent crater where relatives pulled the meteorite from appears to have multiple matches, suggesting the hole was deliberately lit.
Others have noted that Kin was able to pick up the meteorite with his bare hand without any problems, despite the object simply burning through several tree leaves.
“There are people who want to believe, but it actually looks like a potato. That metallic sheen smells like paint, and the camera cuts before touching it is suspicious,” one person said on X.
Critics have raised concerns about Kin’s handling of the sample, noting that he appeared to be touching the strange tentacles with his bare hands, which could have contaminated the samples he claimed to be sending for study.
According to a man named Kin in Panama, the organism seen on the supposed meteorite detached and hid in his locked safe.
Kin added in his videos that some have contacted him claiming that the object he found is not a meteorite at all, but a plant “egg” sprouting an organism called Clathrus Archeri, or devil’s finger fungus.
However, KIN’s mystery organism seems to look different from this mushroom. The touching substance in his wallet has many tentacles that have a black, tar-like sheen.
When it comes to devil’s finger fungus, the plant is usually red with much less tar-like mucus covering the tentacles.
The substance has continued to grow, now taking up almost the entire safe with black, tar-like tentacles that move when they sense light.
The viral sensation only became more terrifying in the last four days, as relatives discovered how the organism had likely detached itself from the silver rock and moved to hide itself in Kin’s locked safe.
“Today I was scared and I felt scared, I thought it had run away,” the man said in a translated Tiktok Post from Spanish on September 11.
According to his subsequent posts, the organism continued to grow whenever it was exposed to light and was observed pulsing and moving in Kin’s kitchen, which he kept undisturbed except by shining flashlights at the object.
“When night comes, I feel at peace, I know it won’t grow. Every time I show it to them, every time I light it, it grows and puts me in danger,” Kin wrote in a new video posted on Sunday.
Panama claimed that some people had approached him and asked him to hand over the strange substance out of “concern for his safety.”
Meanwhile, those on social media have warned relatives that they fear government authorities may try to take a secret sample from him and erase his evidence from the internet.
In a message that was translated into several languages, the relatives asked their followers: ‘Save the videos. They are our evidence. They will probably all be deleted.’
While Kin’s videos are a social media sensation, many have also claimed that the entire story is a hoax.
If the story of a creature growing from a small meteorite is proven to be legitimate, the classified documents noted, which researcher John Greenewald Jr. commented on, it could be evidence of panspermia, the concept that life on Earth was deposited here by meteorites from space.
