Ohio Giants

While many of us are on the topic of archeology, digging

bones, and ghosts, I'm reminded of a website that

I have kept in my favorites for a couple of years.

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I was fascinated to know that there must have been a

large population of giants living in my state of Ohio

and in all parts of the United States

several hundreds of years ago. Interesting that I never

heard about any of it before!

It seems that this area was occupied before the "red-skinned

Indians and before the white race."

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Here are some parts of recorded history of the findings~~

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Marion County, Ohio (1883)

In removing the gravel bluffs, which are numerous and deep,

for the construction and repairs of roads,

and in excavating cellars, hundreds of human skeletons,

some of them giant form have been found.

A citizen of Marion County estimates that there

were about as many human skeletons

in the knolls of Marion County as there

are white inhabitants at present.

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The History of Brown County, Ohio (1883) Mastodonic remains are occasionally unearthed

and from time to time, discoveries of the remains

of Indian settlements are indicated by the appearance

of gigantic skeletons with high cheek bones,

powerful jaws and massive frames peculiar

to that of the Red man who left these as the only record

with which to form a clue to the history of past ages.

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Editor: Henry Howe, L.L.D. (1888) There were mounds situated in the eastern part of the village

of Conneaut and an extensive burying-ground

near the Presbyterian Church, which appear to have had

no connection with the burying places of the Indians.

Among the human bones found in the mounds were

some belonging to men of gigantic structure.

Some of the skulls were of sufficient capacity to admit

the head of an ordinary man, and jaw bones that

might have been fitted on over the face with equal facility.

The other bones were proportionately large.

The burying-ground referred to, contained about four acres.

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The Firelands Pioneer (1858) In this connection I would say that Mr. Jonathan Brooks,

now living in town, stated to me that his father,

Benjamin Brooks, who lived with the Indians fourteen years,

and was well acquainted with their language and traditions,

told him and others that it was a tradition of the

Indians that the first tribe occupying this whole country,

was a black-bearded race, very large in size and subsequently

a red-bearded race or tribe came and killed

or drove off all the black-beards, as they called them.

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Noble County, Ohio In Seneca township was opened, in 1872,

one of the numerous Indian mounds that abound

in the neighborhood. This particular one was locally

known as the "Bates" mound. Upon being dug into it was

found to contain a few broken pieces of earthenware,

a lot fo flint-heads and one or two stone implements

and the remains of three skeletons, whose size would indicate

they measured in life at least eight feet in height.

The remarkable feature of these remains was they had

double teeth in front as well as in back of the mouth

and in both upper and lower jaws. Upon exposure to the atmosphere

the skeletons crumbled back to Mother Earth.

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A History of Ashtabula County, Ohio (1878) In cultivating the soil in the vicinity, implements have been found,

and in excavating the ground for graves

it is said that bones have been exhumed

which seemed to have belonged to a race of giants.

This land at one time belonged to a Mr. Pegleg Sweet,

who was a man of large size and full features;

and it is narrated at one time he, in digging,

came upon a skull and jaw which were of such size

that the skull would cover his head and the jaw

could be easily slipped over his face, as though the head

of a giant were enveloping his...

The graves were distinguished by slight

depressions in the surface of the earth,

disposed in straight rows, which, with intervening spaces

or valleys, covered the entire area.

The number of these graves has been estimated

at being between two and three thousand.

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Aaron Wright, Esq., in 1800,

made a careful examination of these depressions,

and found them invariably to contain human bones blackened

with time, which upon exposure to the

air soon crumbled to dust. Some of these bones

were of unusual size, and evidently belonged

to a race allied to giants. Skulls were taken

from these mounds, the cavities of which were

of sufficient capacity to admit the head of an ordinary man,

and jaw-bone that might be fitted over the face with equal facility.

Thye bones of the upper and lower extremities

were of corresponding size.

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In Ohio and other states....

1856 West Virginia, Wheeling: A human skeleton was discovered

by labourers while ploughing a vineyard measuring almost 11 feet tall.

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1858 Ohio, Vermillion Township: Skeletons of a race of beings

much larger than the local inhabitants were discovered.

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1870 Ohio: In Brush Creek Township a large mound contained

skeltal remains of several humans up to nine feet tall.

A large stone tablet with unknown insriptions

similiar to Greek writing was also found.

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1872 Ohio, Seneca Township: When the "Bates" mound was opened

the remains of three skeletons, whose size would

indicate they measured in life, at least, eight feet in height,

were found. A remarkable feature of these remains

was they had double teeth in front as well as in

back of mouth and in both upper and lower jaws.

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1873 Ohio, Seville: An Ohio Bicentennial Commission historical

marker serves as a reminder that the Giants of Seville,

Captain Martin Van Buren Bates and his wife,

Anna Swan Bates, lived in the village of Seville in Medina County.

Anna stood 7 feet 11 1/2 inches tall and weighed 413 pounds.

Martin was 7 feet 9 inches tall and weighed 480 pounds.

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In this graph, the smallest skeleton on the left is the

height of an average man, around 6 feet tall.

The others are of giants found all over the world

ranging from 9 to 36 feet tall.

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Isn't it interesting that in history class we are told

that the American Indians were the first to inhabit

this land! I wonder why! This is so interesting!

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