8 foot mummy from Lexington, Kentucky
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Dug Out of a Cellar on Elkwell Creek. Kentucky Skeleton of a Man Eight Feet High
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 9. John Winter, of Bell county, last week, while digging a cellar at his home, on Elkwell Creek, excavated a giant mummy. The mummy was that of a man eight feet high, and wrapped in a winding cloth of skins. It was placed in a canoe-like coffin, and crumbled away upon being exposed to the air. At the head of the giant were a stone hatchet and a few cooking utensils and a large hollow stone, which presumably contained food. At his feet was a skin shield, which had also crumbled to dust. 8-foot mummy
- The climax., November 11, 1896, Image 4
- About The climax. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897
- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069161/1896-11-11/ed-1/seq-4/;words=mummy+giant?date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=giant+%2B+mummy&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=8
You would think after paying a visit to the “Tallest Man” website that an eight footer is quite common. However, today there is only 3 people living that are over eight feet tall. That’s 3 people out of 7 billion on our entire planet. The truth is eight foot people are very common, very common in the past.
~Chris L Lesley
Can’t recall if I mentioned it here earlier, but in about 1972 I was visiting Kentucky and in a bookstore looking at a reprinted history book on KY, first printed circa 1930s. Very photo-filled book, and it had a photo of a giant human in either skeletal or mummified form, as found in a cave, with people standing around it. My vague recollection is that it was described as an 8-foot-tall individual.
Jim, semd me a photocopy, email it and i will add it to the article.