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John Carpenter Confirms He Knows Who Was Human at the End of 1982's The Thing (www.syfy.com)

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"Yes, I know. I know who's the Thing and who's not in the very end," he said during an interview with ComicBook.com. But if you were hoping for any elaboration, then keep on hoping. "Nope," Carpenter added when probed for more information. "Cannot tell you. Sorry,"

It was pretty much the same answer he gave SYFY WIRE last summer: "I know, but I'm not telling you ... I just feel like it's a secret that must be kept. The gods came down and swore me to secrecy."

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[–] Bytemeister 1 points 1 year ago

...since all of the autopsied organisms we see are largely alien inside.

The only time you see the innards of a thing is when it has already revealed itself to be a thing, and they people have killed it, or it is the frozen one that was an incomplete transformation. It copies at a cellular level, and can change its structures at will. Palmer didn't walk around with an alien set of jaws in his head and chest, just underneath his skin. If he had been "killed" and examined before being caught and transforming, his innards would appear to be completely human.