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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by cgh on Friday December 23, 2016 @12:20PM (#13245882)
I think this is a myth that gets propogated online without any citations. Giger's "Necronom IV" painting from 1976[0] was the inspiration of the xenomorph in "Alien". Is there any evidence this painting was in turn inspired by deep undersea creatures?

[0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/H.R._Giger_-_...

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Re:A deep-sea fisherman in Russia has been posting his finds... by jghn on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:29PM (#13246736)
I believe the article I linked mentioned the thought being that it was the queen from Aliens, not the original xenomorph. I also wouldn't be surprised to find it to be untrue altogether, thus the "believed to be" phrasing.
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