8 Foot Human Giant's Mummified Remains Purchased by the Smithsonian

An unlikely scenario is presented by the Smithsonian of the fraud of the giant mummified remains. First they sent their agents to view the mummy and then purchased it. It was only after it was shipped back to Washington D.C. that they disclosed that it was a fraud.  How likely is it that two prospectors would have had the expertise to assemble a 'life like' mummy that would fool the Smithsonian experts?  What was their motive? 

The Salt Lake Tribune., June 07, 1908

The San Diego Giant.

The mummy of the “tallest human giant who ever lived” was being shown by at the Atlantic exposition while., a number of these Smithsonian scientists were there. They asked
permission to examine It and when consent was given applied their tapes and found that It measured eight feet four Inches from crown to heel. The giant had been found in a cave near San Diego. Cal., by a party of prospectors, according to lo the exhibitor. Over the head were the remains of a leather hood which appeared to have been part of a shroud. Worn teeth were visible in the mouth and the outlines of the ribs were plainly seen through the skin. The elongated, emaciated body stood erect In a great, narrow coffin, ten feet long. The exhibitor agreed to sell it for $500 to the Smithsonian, which dispatched Mr. Lucas to the scene with, Prof. W. J. McKee. A piece of the giant’s dried skin was removed and when tested In the chemical laboratory of the Smithsonian was found to be gelatine. Professor McKee Is shown on the left of the giant, In the accompanying picture, and the exhibitor who was perfectly Innocent of the fraud, Is shown on Its right. 

Prof. Sutton, Head of Salem College, W.V. History Dept. Uncovers Skeletons 7 -9 Feet in Length

Prof. Sutton, Head of Salem College, W.V. History Dept. Uncovers Skeletons 7 -9 Feet in Length

The giant's tomb overlooks the ancient village who would look up on the mountain and know they are being watched by their ancestors.  The ancient giants believed the dead's souls were earth bound and their to guide them and protect them from evil.



Charleston Gazette, June 15, 1930

Salem Professor Discovers Huge Skeletons in Mounds

Dr. Sutton Believes Tribe of Giants Once Inhabited Doddridge County Section; Data on Exploration Will Go to Smithsonian Institution.

     SALEM, June 14-Excavation of two mounds near Morganville, in Doddridge county, about 11 miles west of here revealed what Prof. Ernest Sutton, head of the history department of Salem college, believes is valuable evidence of a race of giants who inhabited this section of West Virginia more than 1,000 years ago.

     Professor Sutton revealed tonight that he had been excavating the two mounds for the past several months. Skeletons of four mound builders indicating they were from seven to nine feet tall have been uncovered. Professor Sutton believes they were memebers of a race known in anthropology as Siouan Indians.

    The best preserved skeleton was found enclosed in a casting of clay. All the vertabrae and other bones excepting the skull were intact. Careful measurement of this specimen indicated it was a man seven and a half feet tall.

888 Historical Accounts of Giant Skeletons

Smithsonian Scientist Remove Large Human Skeleton from the Etowah, Georgia Mounds

Smithsonian Scientist Remove Large Human Skeleton from the Etowah, Georgia Mounds

A Standard History of Georgian and Georgians, Volume I, 1917

     Several years ago an Indian mound was opened near Cartersville, Ga., by a committee of scientists from Smithsonian. After removing the dirt for some distance a layer of large flag-stones was found, which had evidently been dressed by hand, showing that the men who quarried the rock understood the business. These stones were removed, and in a vault beneath them was found the skeleton of a giant, measuring seven feet and two inches. His hair was coarse and jet black, and hung to the waist, the brow being ornamented with a copper crown. The skeleton was remarkably well preserved and was taken from the vault intact. Nearby were found the bodies of several children of various sizes.  On the stones which covered the vault were carved inscriptions, and if deciphered will probably lift the veil which has enshrouded the history of the race of giants which undoubtedly at one time inhabited the continent.

Snopes Uses This Fake Photo To Debunk the Giants

Snopes Uses This Fake Photo To Debunk the Giants

Everyone knows this is a bogus photo that originated as part of a Photoshop contest. Snopes is using this picture as evidence that the ancient giant theories and evidence are a hoax.

Smithsonian Scientist Uncover Giant Human Skeleton in Illinois

Smithsonian Scientist Uncover Giant Human Skeleton in Illinois

Pictograph found on a bluff overlooking the Illinois River in Pike county, Illinois

12th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1890-1891

(Pike County, Illinois)

No. 11 is now 35 by 40 feet at the base and 4 feet High. In the center, 3 feet below the surface, was a vault 8 feet long and 3 feet wide. In the bottom of this, among the decayed fragments of bark wrappings, lay a skeleton fully seven feet long, extended at full length on the back, head west. Lying in a circle above the hips were fifty-two perforated shell disks about an inch in diameter and one-eighth of an inch thick.

Ten Foot Human Skeleton Discovered in an Idaho Cave

Ten Foot Human Skeleton Discovered in an Idaho Cave

Newport Miner, March 17, 1910
PREHISTORIC BONES FOUND
Skeleton Ten Feet Long Discovered in Southern Idaho Cave
   BOISE, Idaho, March 14. - Unmoved, unseen and untouched for hundreds of years and hidden in the recesses of a deep cave 25 miles north of Shoshone, Lincliln County in Southern Idaho, is the skeletons of a giant, ten feet tall evidently of prehistoric origin.  It was recently discovered by a hunting party from this city.
corroborated proof the members are now exhibiting the rusty and worn flint lock barrel of what appears to be an ancient gun weighing between 25  30 pounds, resembling a rifle.  This, they say, was picked up beside the skeleton.
   These bones will be taken out of the cave at the earliest possible date and carefully forewarckpa ded to the Smithsonian Institute.

Human Giants Skull Discovered on Vancouver Island B.C., is Donated to the Smithsonian Institution

Human Giants Skull Discovered on Vancouver Island, B.C.,  Donated to the Smithsonian

    Captain Newton H. Chittenden of Santa Barbara, California, yesterday presented to the Smithsonian Institution the skull of an aboriginal giant, which he found on the southern shore of Vancouver Island, B. C., about a week ago.  The specimen which is that of a Flathead Indians was obtained by the owner at great personal risk, and he has long treasured it as priceless.  It has been the object of great interest among the may European anthropologists who have  seen it and many have offered great sums to tempt Capt. Chittenden to part with it, but until yesterday he persistently declined.