--- title: "Man Busted With 600 Year Old Mummified “Girlfriend”" description: "A man in Peru was caught lugging around the mummified remains of a woman, who likely died well over 600 years ago, tucked inside a food delivery cooler bad." date: "2023-03-02" modified: "2023-03-02" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/man-busted-mummified-girlfriend" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "mummy" - "the digest" --- # Man Busted With 600 Year Old Mummified “Girlfriend” ![A man in Peru was caught lugging around the mummified remains of a woman, who likely died well over 600 years ago, tucked inside a food delivery cooler bad.]() *\Image: Puno TV\* ## Spiritual Girlfriend It's a truly macabre story of love *long* after death. A 26-year-old man in Peru was just caught lugging around the mummified remains of a person who died many centuries ago, tucked inside a food delivery cooler bag. According [to *Agence France-Presse*](), the mummy is between 600 and 800 years old, dating back to the ancient Inca civilization. Police initially approached the man, Julio Cesar Bermejo, for drinking in public with his friends. But the mummified remains of what Bermejo referred to as "Juanita," his "spiritual girlfriend," quickly caught their attention. ## Mummy Waifu As it turns out, the body, wrapped in blankets and unceremoniously tucked into the small delivery bag, was meant to keep him and his friends' company. "At home, she’s in my room," he told the press in a video, as quoted by *AFP*. "She sleeps with me. I take care of her." According to Bermejo, the mummy was in his family's possession for almost 30 years. The artifact is now in possession of the Ministry of Culture, where it will hopefully be better taken care of. In fact, "Juanita" isn't even a woman. "It’s not a Juanita, it’s a Juan," a ministry official told *AFP*, explaining that the mummy appears to be the remains of a 45-year-old man. **READ MORE:** [Peru’s police arrest man carrying a mummy in food delivery bag]() \[*AFP*\] **More on mummies:** *[Scientists Found a Dinosaur's Face, Complete With Its Skin]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()