Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Giant Human Skeleton Photographed on Catalina Island, California

Giant Human Skeleton Photographed on Catalina Island, California 


Photo of the giant skeleton unearthed on Catalina Island.  The article stated that the skeleton was 7 feet four inches.  Giant human skeletons were discovered across California.  For a partial list from "The Encyclopedia of Ancient Giant in North America," see this post https://www.theencyclopediaofancientgiantsnephiliminnorthamerica.com/2020/07/california-ancient-land-of-giants.html
Oakland Tribune, June 10, 1912
Bones of Giant Found in South
Best Preserved Skeleton of Extinct Tribe Hauled from Channel
   San Francisco, June 10- Up to three hundred years ago, a giant race of Indians inhabited the coastal regions of California. Remains of these have been discovered in the islands of the Santa Barbara Channel. To William Altman, assistant curator of the Golden Gate Park Museum belongs the honor of discovering one of the tallest and best-preserved skeletons of this extinct tribe
The giant skeleton found was ten feet from the surface, and around it was a large number of mortars and pestles, charm stones and obsidian arrowheads. One of the skeletons measured seven feet four inches.”
Many of the large skeletal remains were found in the Channel Islands or near the coast.  

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