Smithsonian Scientists Discovers a Giant Human Skeleton in Tennessee

Smithsonian Scientists Discovers a Giant Human 

Skeleton in Tennessee

Weekly Democratic Statesman, April 12, 1883
   
Mr. John W. Emmert, employed by the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution 

at Washington, has lately explored a mound at Bristol, Tenn., and secured some interesting 

and valuable Indian relics. Among other things in the mound was found the skeleton of a 

gigantic Indian.

Indiana Man Shares Mound Builder Artifacts and Giant Skeletons with Smithsonian

Indiana Man Shares Mound Builder Artifacts and 

Giant Skeletons with  Smithsonian

Evening Star, September 14, 1897, 

     M. G. Mock of Muncie Ind., who has a large collection of Indian and Moundbuilders relic 

and curiosities, was at the Smithsonian Institution yesterday. Mr. Mock has probably 

10,000 objects in his collection, which he has gotten together simply to gratify a taste of his 

own in this regard. He has been making the collection for thirteen years and is exceedingly 

proud of his acquisitions. Whenever Mr. Mock is in Washington he visits the Smithsonian 

to have a chat with the heads of the department of prehistoric anthropology, compare notes 

with them and examine any new objects of interest which have been secured by the 

the institution since his previous visit.  Mr. Mock has been in mounds in many of the states, 

delving for the relics of the mysterious race who buried their dead and then erected the 

mounds as monuments. The more prominent the persons are, too, the more relics are found 

about them.  Pottery is often found in the mounds but is generally in imperfect condition. 

Some of the skeletons found in the mounds have been those of men of gigantic proportions, 

seven feet or more in height." Mr. Mock is a prominent member of the Order of Red Men 

and was passing through Washington to attend the convention in Philadelphia.

Ancient Pygmy and Giant Remains Discovered Together in Northern Mexico

Pygmy and Giant Remains Discovered Together in 

Northern Mexico

Spokane Daily Chronicle, January 9, 1936 
      These crumbling ruins of a long-perished city, where mummified human forms revealed that seven-foot giants and three-foot pygmies apparently lived together, were found by Paxson C. Hayes ethnologist, who has spent the last seven years exploring the upland wastes of northern Mexico. The architecture is of a type never before discovered, resembling that of cliff dwellings but with distinct Mongolian features. The strange civilization is believed to antedate that of the Mayans. Hayes plans an expedition for a thorough search of the huge caves in Sonora, 400 miles from Hermosillo City."