ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF THE SKELETON OF A GIANT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1657, 8 November 1887, Page 3

ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF THE SKELETON OF A GIANT.

The Oil City (Penn.) Times is re■ponsible for the following:—While \V illiam Thompson, assisted by Robert R. Smith, was engaged in making an excavation near the house of the former, about .half a mile north of West Hickory, preparatory to erecting a derrick, they exhumed an enormous helmet of iron, which was corroded with rust. Further digging brought to light a sword which measured nine feet in length, Curiosity incited them to enlarge the hole, and after some little time they discovered the bones of two enormous feet. Following up the “ lead ” they had so unexpectedly struck, in a few hours time they had unearthed a well-preserved skeleton of an enormous giant, belonging to a species of the human family which probably inhabited this and other parts of the world at the time of which the Bible speaks, when it says “And there were giants in those days.’’ The helmet is said to be in the shape of those found among the ruins of Nineveh. The bones of the skeleton are remarkably white. The teeth are all in their places, and all of them are double and of extraordinary size. These relics have been taken to Tionesta, where they are visited by large numbers of people daily. When his giantship was in the flesh, he must have stood eighteen feet in his' stockings. These remarkable relics will be forwarded to New York early next week. The joints of the skeleton are now being glued together. These remains were found about twelve feet below thss surface of a mound which had been thrown up probably centuries ago and which was not more than three feet above the level of the ground around it. Here is another nut for antiquarians to crack.