Rumors, Myths and Reality Page 001 Genesis 6:4 "There
were giants in the earth in those days;
and also after that, when the sons of God
came in unto the daughters of men, and
they bare children to them, the same
became mighty men which were of old, men
of renown." - King James Bible
(Cambridge Ed.)
We have all heard the story of the Nephelim, the stories of Giants in the Bible like David and Goliath. But in Genesis 6-4 were these truly giants or just famous men "men of renown" like Bill Gates is a corporate Giant today? Perhaps we will never know. This thread will explore the Rumors, Myths and Reality of the Giants. There are many stories found in ancient tomes and many more on the modern internet. To be sure many hoaxes also exist out there... So lets begin with the stories and see if we can follow in the footsteps of Giants. We make no claim that any of the stories are the truth. Afghan giant challenges US forces Thu, 29 Jul 2010 Quote
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Angus
Macaskill Let us not forget the Cape
Breton Giant, Angus Macaskill: Pulled boats
ashore with his bare hands and a rope, and could
lift a ton over his head (reportedly without too
much great difficulty).
Angus MacAskill in Uniform beside a (6 feet 5 inces tall) canadian friend - Public Domain By
BigFatFurryTexan
I am fascinated with
stories of giants in human history. I
was first captured by stories of the
Philistines in the bible. When I came
across stories of “The Leopard People” of
indian lore, it seemed very similar to the
stories of the Philistines.
But these are all stories, poorly documented and seemingly further on the side of “tall tales” than historical fact. This is what really intrigues me about Angus Macaskill. He was a true giant, not one of the ones with a faulty pituitary. He grew to nearly 8 feet tall, and was strong like the Gods of old. From Wiki: MacAskill was born on the Isle of Berneray in the Sound of Harris, Scotland. His father was Norman MacAskill, who stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall, and his mother was Christina Campbell. Angus had twelve siblings, several of whom died young. Apparently Angus was an ordinary-sized baby. After several years in Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, the family settled in the fishing community of Englishtown, Cape Breton Island around 1831.This man was truly a mountain. Being 450-500 lbs is nothing special (especially in modern America). But the fact that he was so strong…this is what surprises me. This is what is noteworthy. I am a former weightlifter. I understand the difficulty in getting just 1 barrell that weighs 300 lbs hoisted. It is unwieldy, at best. This is a gentleman that I surely would have loved to have met. The “Cape Breton Giant” is among the largest and strongest men in recorded history. Angus Macaskill - bigfatfurrytexan.wordpress.com Angus MacAskill - Wikipedia |
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"Skeleton
of Giant" Is Internet Photo Hoax
James Owen for National Geographic News December 14, 2007 Image originated on Worth1000.com Quote
The hoax began with a doctored photo and later found a receptive online audience—thanks perhaps to the image's unintended religious connotations. The
following video contains some other images I
have not found yet
RACE OF GIANTS found in India
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Canadian artist IronKite used this mastodon-excavation phototaken in 2000 in Hyde Park, New York as the basis for his entry in an online photo-manipulation contest. National Geographic |
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Nephilim
Found? Giants found in Greece? Image source: Unknown, circulating via email. Story covered on Urban Legends. These images are of unknown source and circulated via email. Quote
So far I've only been able to locate the original of one of them, but it serves as clear proof that Photoshopping took place. Image #4 was created by inserting an outsized human skull into a photo of a 1993 University of Chicago dinosaur dig in Niger, Africa (see the original here). If you look at a blow-up of the doctored image, the skull appears flattened and unnatural (and one of the workers actually appears to be standing on it!). Snopes.com says;
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In any case, we don't need to know the specific origins of these photos to definitively determine that they're fakes. The square-cube law makes it a physical impossibility that humanoids of the size represented by these bones could ever have existed. The Email Photos India Desert Skull Found In The Empty Quarters Another fake folks
from you guessed it worth1000. This one is an obvious fake though. The
skull is in too good of condition and too bright in colors. It was
created for a Photoshop contest at worth1000 a couple of years ago.
Although Internet
sleuths have been unable to track down where the photo of the original
human skeleton Ironkite used may have come from, it does show up in
another photo-shopped picture that has made the rounds with emails about
Giant Discoveries. You might not recognize him at first, but take a
look at a side-by-side photo. That’s an unmistakable smile!
So what about the photo and email about the Greek discoveries, described in the beginning of this article? As you may have guessed by now, it too was photo-shopped. Here’s the original
photo, on the left, which was taken of a 1993 University of Chicago
dinosaur dig in Niger in Africa. On the right is the photo-shopped
version with the skull inserted.
Notice that, except for the skull, both are almost identical …except the shop-artist has narrowed and elongated the long bone at the bottom of the picture! He evidently decided that this would make the bone look more like a human bone than the original stubby dino bone. SOURCE: Isitso I did not know
Nevada had an ocean? That looks like it was at a beach. To me it looks
like the men are uncovering a sunken ship or something else. That skull
is way too bright to be real. SOURCE: BlankExit
18 Giant Human Skeletons Found In Wisconsin, 1912There is a great story below in the “SOURCE” link, about 18 skeletons that were found in a Wisconsin, burial ground in 1912. The photo above supposedly is an enhanced colored version of one of those skeletons found. I believe it’s fake. The skeleton to me does not look like it’s laying correctly, since the man is standing on flat ground. This one is up for debate :D. What do you think real or fake? - SOURCE: Giant Human Skeletons Discovered in Wisconsin? By Kimberly Ruble on February 4, 2014 |
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"Giant
Skeletons" Fuel Web Hoax This is one from the above video... identified as another image from Worth1000 Quote
This digitally altered picture has been featured widely on blogs debating the existence of ancient giantsspeculation fueled in part by false reports of huge skeletons unearthed in India, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere. Quote As if one fake giant skeleton weren't enough, other images across the Internet have bolstered claims of massive human remains |
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David and Goliath Osmar Schindler (1869-1927): David und Goliath, 1888 Quote
Goliath or Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament). Described as a giant Philistine warrior, he is famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel. The fight between them is described in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and, more briefly, in the Qur'an. Quote
Goliath's height So this tale of a Giant transcends all three major religions, but it seems, like the tales of fisherman, he grew as time went on |
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The
following image and story is from a Christian
Origins website and gives us an interesting
slant on one of these Giant stories... the age
old battle between Creationists and
Evolutionists. I have posted the entire entry to
ensure that there is no mis-representaion of
this article.
Though the images are faked, the stories around these photos seems to indicate that there really was a discovery made where the original photos disappeared and the fakes added to discredit the find. In this case, I will just post the evidence as I find it and let the reader dig deeper and make up their own minds Arabian
Giant Skeleton Update: Hoax Warning And New
Developments
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Skeletal remains of a giant found already partially uncovered in the South East of Saudi Arabia by an oil company (ARAMCO geological team). The government covered up the incident and seized all evidence and 99.9% of photographs. It was combated on the internet by releasing a series of fake giant photos to dumb down the find. Quote
8/2/2004 Despite an obviously biased view point, there are some interesting oopart articles there well worth a look :D Now the Muslim Article mentioned above is gone but I retrieved it via the Wayback Machine. As you can see below the image they use is the one we have already found to be a hoax for a photo contest... Giant
human skeleton found in Saudi Arabia
By Saalim Alvi from Riyadh Apr 22, 2004, 12:04 Quote
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Giant
human femur bone. Found in Turkey Giant
human femur bone. Found in Turkey - Flickr
From the Flickr image site the caption reads; "This is a giant femur bone from a Nephilim skeleton found in Turkey in the 90's. A casting of this femur bone is currently on exhibit in a South Texas museum. This man would have been around 20 feet tall." This is another picture that is all over the internet but lets trace it via a few sites. First the Christian site mentioned above: Quote
Welcome to Mt.
Blanco Fossil Museum
Digging up the facts of God's Creation: One fossil at a time 24 W. Main, P.O. Box 550, Crosbyton, TX 79322 - SOURCE Okay so
that leads us to the model of this bone... but
no trace of the original fossil
Source:
Steven Quayle
Caption: "This model, sculpted by Joe Taylor, of a giant human femur (leg bone) is a popular exhibit at Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum. The sculpture is mounted over a drawing to scale to show how large this person was. There really were giant humans!" Sculpted Giant Human
Femur (cast) 47 in. (120 cms) sculpted by Joe
Taylor
The size of one found by construction crew in Turkey - Source So
the question remains...
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«There has been a major cover up by western archaeological institutions since the early 1900?s to make us believe that America was first colonized by Asian peoples migrating through the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago, when in fact, there are hundreds of thousands of burial mounds all over America which the Natives claim were there a long time before them, and that show traces of a highly developed civilization, complex use of metal alloys and where giant human skeleton remains are frequently found but still go unreported in the media and news outlets» he explains. A giant human femur
uncovered in Ohio in 2011 by the American
Association for
Alternative Archeology, similar to the evidence presented in court Quote
«It is a terrible thing that is being done to the American people» he wrote in the letter. «We are hiding the truth about the forefathers of humanity, our ancestors, the giants who roamed the earth as recalled in the Bible and ancient texts of the world Quote
«The public release of these documents will help archaeologists and historians to reevaluate current theories about human evolution and help us greater our understanding of the mound builder culture in America and around the world» explains AIAA director, Hans Guttenberg. «Finally, after over a century of lies, the truth about our giant ancestors shall be revealed to the world» he acknowledges, visibly satisfied by the court ruling. Quote
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