  We make a critical analysis on the theoretical calculations that lead to
predictions of deeply bound kaonic states in nuclei. The model set-up, after
dropping several important processes and channels, leads unavoidably to an
unrealistic deep potential with a very small imaginary part. We review also the
experimental results taken as reference for the claim of deeply bound kaons. We
suggest that the peaks of the proton spectra come from $K^-$ absorption on a
pair of nucleons, leaving the rest of the nucleons as spectators. Based on this
conjecture we predict what would happen in other nuclei.
