VASHON ISLAND – 7 FEET 6 INCHES

DIGS UP A GIANT 

TACOMA, June 18. – While digging a pothole on the premises of S. S. Heath at Burton, Vashon Island, Charles Christman found the skeleton of a giant. It measured seven feet six inches in height and all the bones are large in proportion to their length, showing the person to have been a man of great weight. The skull has a transverse diameter of 7 1/2 inches and is 21 inches in circumference. The skeleton was but 18 inches below the surface.