University Professor Reports on Giant Human Skeleton is Uncovered in Doddridge County, West Virginia

University Professor Reports on  Giant Human Skeleton is Uncovered in Doddridge County, West Virginia

Doddridge County

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.

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

9 Foot Ancient Giant Examined by San Bernardino, California Coroner

9 Foot Ancient Giant Examined by San Bernardino, California Coroner

Los Angeles Times, July 21, 1936

     Suspension of work in a Lytle Creek gravel pit, where Saturday the skull of an ancient giant was unearthed by a contracting company's steam shovel, today constituted the county's contribution to science. There will be no further digging in the pit until scientists have had an opportunity to examine the gravel and excavate with more precision for possible additional information on the early inhabitants of California.

Find On Exhibition       


Meanwhile, the skull of the giant, together with several small bones, today rested on an improvised table in the County Coroner's office while hundreds of curious filed past. The skull, far larger than that of the present-day man, has characteristics that, to the layman, seem to classify it with the Mongolian race. High cheekbones, powerful jaws, and teeth that would not be amiss on a carnivorous animal immediately attract attention. Local amateur scientists have expressed the opinion that if the remainder of the skeleton were of the corresponding size with a skull, a man of eight or nine feet in height could easily be visioned. Coroner Williams is satisfied that clues to early life on this continent have been uncovered.

Bears Out Theory  

Several vertebrae, a leg bone, and several finger bones bear out his contention. They are on the same enormous scale as the skull. 

Giant's Remains Discovered in Georgia and Alabama

Giant's Remains Discovered in Georgia and Alabama

The Witchita Daily Eagle (Witchita, Kansas) May 26, 1894
   In an old burying ground in St. Simon, Georgia, the remains of a warrior over eight feet lon\g were excavated recently.
   A prehistoric human skull found at Anniston, Alabama, in 1890 measured thirty-four inches in circumference just above the ears.