CASPER, Wyo. -- A $10,000 reward offer has not resulted in the recovery of a so-called mummy that has been missing since 1950.

John Aldolfi, of Syracuse, New York, announced the reward last February in hopes of locating the Pedro Mountain Mummy that found in a cave near Pathfinder Reservoir in 1932. He also offered $1,000 for an original X-ray of the mummy.

Several photos and many descriptions of the artifact remain. In its seated position, the mummy stands 7 inches tall. If it were to stand up, it would only measure about 17 inches.

Adolfi hypothesizes that modern science would prove that Pedro was an adult at the time of his death, perhaps one of the "little people" spoken of in Arapaho and Shoshone tales.

But George Gill, an anthropology professor at the University of Wyoming, has a different theory. After reviewing X-rays taken of the mummy in the 1950s, Gill concluded that it was an infant with anencephaly, a birth defect in which only the brain stem develops. However, Adolfi said the mummy had pubic hair, which disproves the infant theory.

The mummy was displayed for a while at a Wyoming drug store. In the mid-1940s, a Casper used car salesman, Ivan Goodman, bought Pedro for several thousand dollars and used it to attract people to his lot and as part of his advertising.

It was while the mummy belonged to Goodman that it underwent examination.

Goodman died later that year and the mummy passed into the hands of Leonard Wadler of New York. Wadler moved to Florida and died there in the 1980s, according to Adolfi.

Adolfi believes if the mummy resurfaces, it will turn up in Florida.

Despite the failure to turn up the mummy, Aldolfi is not giving up his quest and the $10,000 reward stands.