![]() "Found some gigantic Human Remains", Raftsman’s Journal (Clearfield, PA): 3, 25 July 1860, , "Found some gigantic human remains, in Minnesota.There is no such clay found elsewhere in this vicinity." There are some four or five different layers of earth above the remains. The mound is some two hundred feet above the surface of the Mississippi, and is composed of clay immediately above the remains, two feet thick then comes a layer of black loam then another layer of clay six inches thick, all so closely packed that it was with difficulty that it could be penetrated. This hatchet was found stuck in the skull of the same skeleton. Also the blade of a copper hatchet, one and a half inches wide at the edge and two inches long. Patagonia, Kap Dwa, Giant-sized Human Skeleton in Port Desire The Beagle confirms giants in Patagonia. Also an arrow, five inches long, by one and a half wide, stuck through the back, near the backbone and one about eight inches inches long, stuck into the left breast. There were at the neck of one of these skeletons, teeth two inches in length by one-half to three-fourths of an inch in diameter, with holes drilled in the sides, and the end polished, with a crease around it. He also found clam shells, pieces of ivory or bone, rings, pieces of kettles made of earth and coarse sand. The under jaw was an inch wider than that of any other man in this city. One thigh bone measured three feet in length. Jenks, of this place, in prospecting in one of those mounds that are so common in this Western country, discovered at the depth of five or six feet the remains of seven or eight people of very large size. "Discovery of Large Human Skeletons", Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY): 3, 18 July 1860, , "Buck, of Driesbach City, six miles north of La Crosse, sends the following account of the discovery of large human skeletons to the Winona Republican: A. ![]() ![]() ![]() No further information has been found regarding the claim at this time. Some of the remains showed signs of being violently killed: two arrows were found, one lodged into the backbone (spine) and the other into a breastbone (sternum), while a skull had a copper hatchet stuck in it. Jenks from a burial mound at a depth of five or six feet in the region of Winona, Minnesota during 1860, described in a newspaper report of the Winona Republican as being of "very large size" with one femur said to measure 36 inches (91 cm.), suggesting the owner of such a thigh bone would be approximately 8 ft. Sad to say."īetter to have a world of wonder, of sea monsters and mermaids - and Patagonian giants.The Winona Giants were alleged giant skeletons, seven or eight in total, claimed to have been excavated by A. A sign in the store window shows a single eye crying and the words: "It shouldn't hurt to be a child." Area crime has forced Gerber to protect his shop with a Smith & Wesson. A smile is a good thing, a special thing in a world of too much pain. Admission would be a can of food for the needy.įor now, the shop is open from noon to 5 p.m. It would be one way to pass on a little joy, and you wouldn't need a dime to see the Fiji mermaid. Gerber often dreams of opening a small museum of curiosities with his partner. They don't want to quite believe it's true, but they want to check it out."Įven today, there are occasional reports of Bigfoot, or another sighting of the Loch Ness monster. "It's kind of catering to that gullibility people have. Not really duping the public with negative intent," says Dahlinger.
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