The origin of thephotograph of the excavation of a giant's skeleton that is contained in The Gallery of this site is driving me crazy! Does ANYONE know if this photo is real and / or the story behind it? I have spent HOURS on search engines trying to locate a story that accompanies it. Someone PLEASE help. Thanks so much
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Gallery Photo of Excavation of Giant Skeleton
What is the source of the photo?
Started by cbuch1114 , Apr 04 2004 10:00 PM
Started by cbuch1114 , Apr 04 2004 10:00 PM
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Posted 04 April 2004 - 10:00 PM
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Posted 04 April 2004 - 10:02 PM
Hi there - do you have a photo of it. Where was it found.
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Posted 04 April 2004 - 10:22 PM
Thanks for helping. If you click on the Image Gallery icon above, it is shown under "Human Enigmas."
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Posted 04 April 2004 - 11:10 PM
chuch,
Yes, it is a hoax. HERE'S a link to the original discussion of the photo, the initial picture is not on the first page, but there is a repost of it on the third page of the thread.
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Yes, it is a hoax. HERE'S a link to the original discussion of the photo, the initial picture is not on the first page, but there is a repost of it on the third page of the thread.
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Posted 05 April 2004 - 02:14 AM
Magikman,
Thank you VERY MUCH for your response. FINALLY, I can relax knowing that my suspicions were validated.
Thank you VERY MUCH for your response. FINALLY, I can relax knowing that my suspicions were validated.
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 08:57 PM
| QUOTE (Magikman @ Apr 5 2004, 12:10 AM) |
| chuch, Yes, it is a hoax. HERE'S a link to the original discussion of the photo, the initial picture is not on the first page, but there is a repost of it on the third page of the thread. Magikman |
Hmmm....I'm new here so I hate to cause a ripple, but it's my understanding that this is actually a cast of a bone ande can be found at Mt. Blanco Museum in Texas. Website is http://www.mtblanco.com/MtBlancoTour.htm There aren't a lot of details so I suppose anything is possible....
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 09:18 PM
I was actually there and picked my teeth with one of the bones. It was interesting. Just kidding. Looks too big, but anything is possible.
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 02:02 AM
| QUOTE (nothingcreativehere @ May 19 2004, 09:57 PM) | ||
Hmmm....I'm new here so I hate to cause a ripple, but it's my understanding that this is actually a cast of a bone ande can be found at Mt. Blanco Museum in Texas. Website is http://www.mtblanco.com/MtBlancoTour.htm There aren't a lot of details so I suppose anything is possible.... |
No... that 'cast' made there (and I don't know what they base that off anyway) is nowhere near the size of this 'skeleton' in this hoax photo. The scale is on a literal giant size. The 'giants' in that museum are maybe 12' tall, assuming everything falls into place there. This giant is mastadon size... literally.
This is the Entry.
It was made using images here of a mastadon excavation.
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 05:54 AM
If that photo in the previous post was for real (though it is a known fake), that giant human would be considerably taller than 12 feet.
The human head is roughly 1/7 the length of the body in total. That skull, assuming the guy alongside is 6 foot tall, is about 5 to 5 1/2 foot long. That would make the person a giant indeed.......35-40 feet high!!!
The human head is roughly 1/7 the length of the body in total. That skull, assuming the guy alongside is 6 foot tall, is about 5 to 5 1/2 foot long. That would make the person a giant indeed.......35-40 feet high!!!
Edited by Ozmeister, 20 May 2004 - 05:55 AM.
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 05:47 PM
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 06:22 PM
Although shown to be fake, I was looking at a site earlier that did claim that 36 foot tall skeletons were found between 200 and 600 B.C. If true, a picture like this could one day be a reality.
http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/charts/charts.html
http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/charts/charts.html
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Posted 20 May 2004 - 06:47 PM
There is a mastadon excavation a few miles from my house. It's open to students so I might go have a look. Should be interesting.
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Posted 22 May 2004 - 03:57 AM
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| There is a mastadon excavation a few miles from my house. It's open to students so I might go have a look. Should be interesting. |
You should take some pics for us Kellalor, it would be neat for everyone to see the dig.
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