Near Kerman in Iran’s Lut Desert, a reported 18-meter skeleton with massive claws was found in a sediment crevice. Preserved by desert aridity, this relic raises questions: Was it a prehistoric predator linked to Zoroastrian myths of divs? Why the scholarly hush? This discovery suggests a lost giant erased from history.

Yet, the Lut’s geology, formed by tectonic shifts, lacks vertebrate fossils; Spinosaurus (100–94 Ma, Morocco) and other African dinosaurs are smaller and distant. No dinosaur reaches 18 meters tall; Patagotitan (31 meters long, 6 meters tall) is closer but insufficient. A 2025 X post about “Lut claws” was debunked as a manipulated Tarbosaurus image (web:0).