Nine Foot Giant Modeled From a Dig in 1874 in Cattaraugus County New York
The Dimensions of the Giant Skeleton were confirmed by the Assistant State Geologists of New York.
The bust in the background is from the Grave Creek Mound in West Virginia.
Randolph Regester September 21, 1936
"The full-length model was preceded by three bust-length models, two of them being reproductions based upon Skeletons of a man and woman found at Moundsville, West Virginia, and the third based upon the skeletons found at the Cowan farm brought back from the obscurity of untold ages, a giant, nine-foot man has been modeled in wood by Charles Huntington of East Randolph.
The model is based upon an image which has been formed in Mr. Huntington’s mind since the day, 62 years ago, when he witnessed the exhuming of the skeletons of pre-historic mound builders at the N. E. G. Cowan farm on the Conewango Road. Measurements which he secured at that time form the basis upon which the model was constructed.
The full-length model was preceded by three bust-length models, two of them being reproductions based upon skeletons of a man and woman found at Moundsville, West Virginia, and the third based upon the skeletons found at the Cowan farm
When several of the persons who saw these earlier figures expressed disbelief that such large human beings had ever roamed the woods and fields of this vicinity, Mr. Huntington wrote to Albany for verification. He received a letter from C. A. Hartnagel, assistant state geologist, giving figures reported by T. Apoleon Cheney, a Randolph man, who was present at the time the mound was opened. Mr. Cheney’s figures checked with those which Mr. Huntington had used. As an example of the remarkable size of the skeletons, the measurements of the os-femur, or bone between the ankle and knee, was 28 inches in length. The facial angle of 73 degrees and the high forehead would indicate a large degree of intelligence."
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