Ancient Giant Skeletons Discovered Near Santa Monica Beach, California

The San Francisco Call, July 9, 1908

DISCOVER SKELETON OF 14 PREHISTORIC INDIANS

Remains of Giant Race Are Found Near Santa Monica Beach

LOS ANGELES, July 8. - Fourteen skeletons of giant Indians supposed to have roved this section centuries ago, have just been dug from the sands of the beach on Malibu ranch just north of Santa Monica. The smallest skeleton indicates a stature of seven feet, while several of the Indians must have been been at least eight feet tall.

The discovery was made by three Santa Monica men camping at the mouth of Malibu canyon. The skulls teeth and bones are in an excellent state of preservation. Many relics of an extinct race have been found in the same locality, but no skeletons of such size ever before have been unearthed.

Ancient Race of Giant Indians Discovered Near Stockton,California

Ancient Race of Giant Indians Discovered Near Stockton, California 

At least 500 skeletons of what College of Pacific archaeologists declare were giant Indians- figuring in many ancient legends - were uncovered along with ancient Indian ceramics, by workmen excavating dirt near Stockton California. 


1932 article  described one of the giant skeletons unearthed in a burial mound near Stockton at 7 foot. The man on the right is holding a very large femur bone. I copied the bone, placed it where is back foot is, and stacked them 4 deep to get an idea of the size of the man that this belonged to. The femur's length is about 25% of the height of a person. Guessing that this man was 5 feet, 8 inches or 68 inches, and the femurs add to about 3 ¼ of that height. At 7 feet, each femur would be 21 inches in length. 3 ¼ femurs would be 68 inches. Looking at the size of the lower femur, it obviously belonged to a pretty robust individual.