Giants in the Earth - v. 2.0

I'm opening this thread to continue the specific discussion of the truth or falsehood of the remains of giant humanoids that messanjah initiated. I consider the "horned skull" to be part and parcel of the discussion, so a legitimate subtopic. The original thread was closed by Adminmooseus - with justification - as being so far off-topic as to be unrecognizable.I wanted to thank messenjah for his efforts to track down the particular museum in France that allegedly holds the skull he is using as a avatar. I hope he can get the information, if so, j'ai l'intention de leur envoyer un message si l'on peut determiner de quel muse il s'agit.Another little piece of unverifiable information appears to center around the so-called "American Investigating Museum of Philadelphia" (or alternatively, "in" Philadelphia.) The only reference to this museum traces back to sites referencing the exact same - almost verbatim - claims about lost/stolen evidence. I emailed both the UPenn's Philadelphia Museum of Archeology and Anthropology (for any folkloriqe or cultural references) and also one of my favorites, the curator of the Unreal Museum, an on-line factual site covering topics as varied as cryptozoology and UFO's. We'll see if either of them come up with something.What I find interesting about the majority of claims messenjah references is that the first iteration of most of them occur during the late 19th Century. Apparently, this was a boom time for such tales, from the Cardiff Giant to the South Haven Giant, to petrified humans, etc. Even Mark Twain apparently got into the act, writing a hoax article for a San Francisco paper concerning an alleged petrified man found in a tree... I found a fascinating list of newspaper articles about the South Haven Giant hoax culled from the newspapers at the time. Quite interesting.I'm not saying that all of messenjah's information is spurious or questionable. Just that most of what I've been able to track down seems to so indicate.

Okay guys, I appreciate the technical debate concerning how to view computer images, etc. However, I'd prefer it if we could focus a bit more on validating or invalidating the various giant claims messenjah referenced on the original thread.For instance, useful information would be:1. existence or non-existence of the putative French museum2. existence or non-existence of the "American Investigating Museum" of Philadelphia3. Any reference or discussion of the Brown County, Ohio, 1883 mention of "giant skeletons"4. any references or discussion of the "Cumberland Giant" (c'mon you Brits, this one's your myth).5. The Lompock Giant, Crittenden Arizona Giant, etc. Any info is appreciated.I would consider that malachite man, moab man, Acambara giants to have been sufficiently debunked (they were only mentioned in passing by messanjah).We ought to be able to do better than this...{Note from Adminnemooseus - THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS MESSAGE. I wish more members would do such moderations of the topics they start.} Also, the side discussion could perhaps have best been taken to a "Short Term..." forum topic.}[This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 08-22-2003]