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Forbidden Archaeology: Lost Giants of America | The Smithsonian's Biggest Secret
In 1886, mining engineer John T. Reid was told the Paiute legend
of a giant people defeated by the natives near Lovelock, Nevada. The last of the giants met their fiery end deep within the bowels of a cave.
Reid’s belief in this legend stirred great interest in the secrets held within Lovelock Cave.
Official excavations were undertaken in both 1912 and 1924 by the University of California, with reports telling of thousands of artifacts being recovered. Of these artifacts, the most puzzling were human remains. Well, they were almost human.
Skeletons measuring between eight and ten feet tall were said to be found during the dig. Skeletons belonging to who are now known as “The Lovelock Giants.”
Legends of people of enormous size are told across a myriad of cultures, And despite what we’ve been told by mainstream science, there is evidence to suggest they really existed. The remains of giants have been found all over the United States; and all over the world.
So why aren’t these amazing finds on display in any museum? Or taught in any classes? Or mentioned in any history books?
Because the existence of giants, for some reason, has been covered up.
... the Paiute in general and Winnemucca in particular are best known among fringe historians for their red-haired cannibal giants, the result of the Lovelock Cave archaeological site, where normal-sized human skeletons found in 1911 were mythologized into those of giants because of roadside attractions promising glimpses of Bible giant bones in the 1920s—almost certainly mammoth bones from nearby fossil beds.
originally posted by: Hooke
a reply to: 727Sky
Wiki on Lovelock Cave.
This blog article states that:
... the Paiute in general and Winnemucca in particular are best known among fringe historians for their red-haired cannibal giants, the result of the Lovelock Cave archaeological site, where normal-sized human skeletons found in 1911 were mythologized into those of giants because of roadside attractions promising glimpses of Bible giant bones in the 1920s—almost certainly mammoth bones from nearby fossil beds.
originally posted by: mammothtank
a reply to: visitedbythem
As King Og's bed was made of iron could it still be in existence somewhere today?
Sorry...that's malarkey. Academe is rife with eager young scholars just ACHING to make their marks by shuffling their professors off into the land of last years' textbooks. In all and any fields.
originally posted by: cooperton
We ignore the historic record of all major cultures because a bunch of tenured professors get paid to convince us we're mutant ape progeny.