Palermo Giant
A Monster Skull
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Oni· Thai Was Said to Bp Bigger Than i
a Bushel Basket.
< Mit· oj ιln>· most remarkable find* <»f
giganil human remains of which we
htivt ins rcord was thai sail] to have
hoc·»ι nwjde nt Palermo. Siefiv jr the
vein i.Mii. when an entire skeleton of
nnli·’nl of proportions h’iis unearthed
hy sour* marble quarry men Thes«
niauunoth remains measured exactly
thirty fmir fe. t from heail to foot anil
nine loot seven inches from point t<
point of Th’ shoulders
\ vfone as buried with this «>)<i lime
glnnl may -«till be seen at Palermo in
section ··//’ of the Si lsorent museum
It Ν made of a bluish looking, tine
grained bowlder and appears to t*
a bon ι two feel eight inches long by oni
foot broad and nil) inches through in
the thickest place. Λ musty, rusty look
ing lag attached to the relie informs
the visitor that it weighs fifty-two
pounds, but the general verdict, is that
if enulil not weigh over thirty or thir
ty-five pounds.
The skeleton was burned by « mob
in the ypnr ltMI’J (hiring the prevalence
(if the blink «loath at Palermo. th>
Ignorant. superstitions people bebev
Ins that It w as connected In sum· m.vs
tarions wa\ with the death dealing di- |
temper The skull of this giant. a< j
>·<ιΐ·(|ίι:ι: in \bbe Perregus. “‘was large
ly · \cessiv f of the baskets sa yd t<
hold the bushel, being fitted above and
bt’loue wilhp teeth to file number o1
sixt y f ‘lire, ! lie end’, of whleli would
have weighed two ounces.”
Cavalier Seroy ‘ lalined to lave fount, ;
a skull on Tenerife that bad sixty !
teeth Westminster (îa/.elte
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume], August 04, 1909, Image 3
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A Skull as Big as a Bushel Basket
A Monster Skull
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume], August 04, 1909, Image 3
http://chronologiesbookofgiants.blogspot.ca/