Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00348)

Someone sent me this piece on an ancient Giant:


MOUND BUILDERS
        "A rare archeological discovery has been made near Reinersville, in
Morgan County, Ohio.  A small knoll which has always been supposed to be the
result of an uprooted tree was opened recently and discovered to be the work
of mound builders.  Just below the level of the surrounding surface a layer of
boulders and pebbles was found, and directly underneath this was found the
skeleton of a giant, which measured 8' 7" in height.  Surrounding the skeleton
were bone and stone implements, stone hatchets and other characteriestics of
the mound builders.  The discovery is considered by the local scientists as
one of the most important ever made in Ohio.  The skeleton is now in the
possession of a Reinersville collector."
               -  from "Vail's Annular World," Vol. III, #34, Second month,
1898, p. 30.