Giant Skeleton with Infant Uncovered in Iowa by Road Crew
The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.) August 17, 1897 WORKMEN UNEARTH SKELETONS An Indian Giant and Infant Turned Up at Burlington Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 17 - A remarkable find was made by workman excavating for the road around North Main street bluff yesterday. They turned up the complete skeleton of an Indian and an infant. The former was a giant at least seven feet tall. With the skeleton were found a silver armlet, a spear head, pipe, knives, beads, a bridle bit and a quantity of silver and copper ornaments.
Ancient Giant Human measuring Over 7 Feet, Uncovered in England
The Columbian (Bloomsburg, Pa.) February 9, 1905 AN ANCIENT GIANT The complete skeleton of a human giant has been found at Holbech, England, a little Lincolnshire fen town between Lynn and Spaulding, during excavations for the foundation of two new houses. Every bone was in perfect condition, and not a tooth was missing. The skeleton measured 7 feet 2 inches in length. A curious key, five inches long, with a triangular handle, was found near the bones. Stuckely, the famous antiquary who was born at the spot where the discovery has just been made, records a Roman Catholic chapel, dedicated to St. Peter, formerly stood. other human remains have been previously unearthed on the same spot.
Ancient 8 Foot Giant Humans Uncovered in Henry County, Indiana
Phillipsburg Herald, Jan. 8 1903 DIGS UP BONES OF GIANTS Indiana Farmer Finds Skeleton of Men Eight Feet Tall La Grange, Ind. - A prehistoric graveyard has been unearthed on the farm of Solomon Hedrick in Henry County. a large number of human skeletons have been found, and all are eight feet and more in height. Hedrick bought the farm some years ago, and covering four acres was a mound thirty feet high, resembling a loaf of bread. The mound was built of gravel and sand, although the surrounding land is low and shows no trace of either gravel or sand. A roadway twenty feet in width led up to the top of the mound. When about twelve feet of the surface had been removed the skeletons were found. The bones are large in size and the teeth are highly polished asnd well-preserved. Trinkets, ivory beads, a shiled made of bone, and other articles were found in the4 graves. hedrick will dig up the entire filed in hopes of finding valuable articles.
