The Inhumanoids

by Barton M Nunnelly

  In 1911, several red-haired mummies ranging from 6 and a half feet to 8 feet tall were discovered in a cave in Lovelock, Nevada. No mention is made as to the possible origins of the remains. In February and June of 1931, more large skeletons were discovered in the Humboldt lake bed near Lovelock, Nevada. The first of two skeletons found measured 8 1/2 feet tall and appeared to have been wrapped in a gum-covered fabric in a manner similar to the mummification techniques of the Egyptians. The second skeleton was, incredibly, nearly 10 feet long (Review – Miner, June 19, 1931)!

  Arizona:

  A group of workmen accidentally discovered a gigantic stone coffin of granite while digging in Crittenden, Arizona in 1891. Though empty, it had apparently once held the remains of a twelve-foot-tall man. Carvings on the stone indicated that he had possessed six toes.

  Tennessee:

  Gigantic, fossilized human footprints were found impressed in a rock in Brayton, Tennessee. The heel alone measured thirteen inches across. In his book, ‘The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee,’ author John Haywood relates how “very large” bones were found in stone graves in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1821. In White County, Tennessee, an “ancient fortification” was allegedly discovered to contain skeletons of gigantic stature averaging at least seven feet tall.

  Shemya, Aleutian Islands:

  While building an airstrip on the eastern end of the island in 1940, American engineers discovered that the bulldozers had unearthed large human bones which must have belonged to entities about twenty feet tall. The bones, according to the late Ivan T. Sanderson, were found at a depth of six feet below Mastodon remains and consisted of human crania and leg bones. All the skulls had been neatly trepanned.

  Other curious artifacts of both a large and small nature were also found. What happened to the remains? On landing upon the Island, the 1081st Company, Maintenance Engineers found the remains of one dead Japanese soldier; and neat signs posted all about the island claiming that it and anything found on it was the property of the Smithsonian Institution!

  Terracina, Italy:

  In the spring of 1969, workmen excavating a factory site discovered the remains of fifty men from six to seven feet tall; very tall for Roman standards. The bodies had been buried naked in tiled coffins which bore no markings, designs or writing at all. Likewise, the coffins contained no artifacts or clothing of any kind; only bones. A state archeologist examined the remains and stated that all the skeletons were between the ages of thirty-five to forty. Their teeth, he also noted, were in unusually good condition with little sign of decay. The date of the mass burial could not be determined.

  Minnesota:

  Giant bones and artifacts have been found in “Indian” mounds throughout the state. “Bones of men of large stature” and a large copper skillet were found in one in La Crescent. Mounds situated seven miles southwest of Chatfield contained six skeletons of “men of enormous size.” The St. Paul Pioneer Press of June 29th, 1888, reported that the remains of several persons standing seven or eight feet tall were found in another mound. The skulls had receding foreheads and “teeth (that) were double all the way around, not like those of the present race of men.” The St. Paul Globe, August 12th, 1896 mentions that the skeleton of a huge man was excavated on the Beckley farm at Lake Koronis.

  Similar skeletons were found at Moose Island Lake and Pine City. The mound outside Warren, Minnesota yielded ten more bodies, both men and women, of gigantic stature, when it was opened in 1883. The Grand Mound in Itascawas was also found to contain large human skulls and bones; along with sea-shells from either California or the Gulf of Mexico (St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 23, 1883). The nearby McKinstry Mounds were found to contain one hundred skeletons, some of them from men which stood over ten-foot-tall in life.

  New York:

  From, A History of Western New York, 1804:

  “Human bones of gigantic proportion were discovered in such a state of preservation as to be accurately described and measured. The cavities of the skulls were large enough in their dimensions to receive the entire head of a man of modern times, and could be put on one’s head with as much ease as a hat or cap. The jawbones were sufficiently large to admit to being placed so as to match or fit outside of a modern man’s face. The other bones so far discovered appear to be of equal proportions with the skulls and jawbones, several of which have been preserved in the cabinets of antiquarians, where they still may be seen.”

  From, Notes on the Iroquois, by Henry R. Schoolcraft, 1847:

  “Skeletons found about Fort Hill (Auburn, New York) and its vicinity, sustained the impression that the former occupants of their military station, were of a larger and more powerful race of men than ourselves. I learned that the skeletons generally indicated and larger and stouter frame. A humerus, or shoulder bone, of which one has been preserved, may safely be said to be one-third larger or stouter than any now swung by the living. A resident of Batavia, Thomas T. Everett, MD., has in his cabinet a portion of a lower jaw bone fully one-third larger than any possessed by the present race of men, which was found in a hill near Le Roy, some two years since.”

  More giant humanoid skeletal remains were found in New York in 1811, 1853, 1876 and 1878.

  Wisconsin:

  One J.N. DeHart, M.D., allegedly found vertebrae “larger than those of the present type (of human)” in Wisconsin earth mounds in 1876. As usual the mounds had invariably been attributed to the Native Americans of ancient times before the discovery. Not so much afterwards. Another Wisconsin mound was found to contain a truly gigantic stone axe-head weighing over 300 pounds!

  From, The History of Winona County, 1883:

  “Indian mounds and relics are found in various parts of this township. Not long since, while some men were digging in Mineral Bluff, some one hundred and fifty feet above the river, a skeleton of unusual size was unearthed.

  On measuring, the skeleton was found to be ten feet in length, with other parts in proper proportion. Inside the skull was found a copper hatchet and a dart, or arrowhead, nine inches long. Another skeleton, nine feet long, was found in the village of Dresbach, while some men were digging a road or trench. These skeletons were of an unusual size to those generally taken from Indian mounds. Their size, form and structure would lead those well-versed in paleontology to believe they belonged to a race prior to the Indian. In many mounds have also been found copper hatchets, chisels and various kinds of tomahawks and other weapons of war; also, these antique races seemed to have had some process for hardening copper unknown to any modern process. Where they came from, when they lived and from whence they have gone, is only conjecture and speculation. That they were mighty races, skilled in the mode of warfare, understanding the mechanical arts, for all these we have conclusive evidence. But of their final end we know nothing.”

  From the Fond Du Lac Banner, June 6th, 1899:

  “An Indian skeleton was dug up on the farm of Matt and Joseph Leon, one mile south of St, Cloud on Saturday. There is nothing strange about finding an Indian skeleton, but this one was a giant in size, his frame measuring seven feet. He must have been a man of note among his people, for he was buried in a large mound, sixteen handsome arrows surrounding his body. The skull was brought to this city and is on exhibition in one of the Main Street windows.”

  Missouri:

  A man named W.H.R. Lykins reportedly uncovered skull bones “of great size and thickness” in the earthen mounds of the Kansas City area in 1877. More giant bones would be found, this time in western Missouri, over a decade later.

  From, A History of Clay County, Missouri, 1888:

  “In his researches among the forests of western Missouri, Judge E. P. West has discovered a number of conical-shaped mounds similar in construction to those found in Ohio and Kentucky. As yet only one of these mounds has been opened.

  Judge West discovered a skeleton about two weeks ago and made a report to other members of the society. They accompanied him to the mound, and not far fr
om the surface excavated and took out the remains of two skeletons. The bones were very large; so large, in fact, that when compared with an ordinary skeleton of modern date, they appear to have formed part of a giant.

  The head bones, such as have not rotted away, are monstrous in size. The lower jaw of one skeleton is in a state of preservation, and is double the size of the jaw of a civilized person. The thigh bone, when compared to that of an ordinary modern skeleton, looks like that of a horse. The length, thickness and muscular development are remarkable.

  The bodies were discovered in a sitting posture in the mounds, and among the bones were found stone weapons different in shape from the tools and weapons known to be in use by the aboriginal Indians of this land.”

  West Virginia:

  The Charleston area is known to contain at least fifty prominent mounds presumed to be of “Native American” construction. An armored skeleton 7 feet 6 inches long, however, may argue to the contrary. It was found wrapped in elm bark in a massive stone structure which was likened to a “temple chamber” inside a mound in Kanawha County, West Virginia, in 1884. (American Antiquarian, v6, 1884 133f. Cyrus Thomas, Report on Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology, 12th Annual Report, Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology, 1890-91).

  So far as is known, no Native American tribes ever constructed underground burial chambers such as this one, which was said to be 12-foot square and covered in a type of unknown ‘cement’ which gave the workmen much difficulty in breaching the chamber. The burial vault was 19 feet below the surface of the mound, with three subsequent burials above it at intervals of three feet.

  Four other skeletons were found in the vault, one at each corner in an upright position as if eternally standing guard over the prostrate giant. There were six heavy copper bracelets around each of his arms, a polished, copper breastplate. Both his shoulders were adorned with various shells and beads and on one shoulder he bore three thick plates of mica stone. In each hand were three spearheads of black flint.

  More mounds in the area were subsequently opened, exposing more seven-foot-tall skeletons, one even wearing a thin plate of hammered copper about his brow. A crown? Other vaults were also found to be covered in the strange ‘cement,’ which was so hard that pick-axes had to be used in order to continue the excavations.

  Saudi Arabia:

  This photograph is alleged to show a giant skeleton discovered in Saudi Arabia in 2004.

  Pennsylvania:

  From, ‘History of Crawford County Pennsylvania,’ 1850:

  “When first visited by the whites, in the valley of French Creek were old meadows, destitute of trees and covered by long wild grass and herbage resembling the prairies. By whom these lands were originally cleared will probably forever remain a matter of uncertainty. The Indians alleged that the work had not been done by them. A tradition among them attributed it to a larger and more powerful race of inhabitants who had pre-occupied the country.”

  A large mound near Gasterville, Pennsylvania, contained another “vault” in which was found a skeleton measuring 7 feet 2 inches long. Inscriptions of unknown origins were found to be carved on the vault. (American Antiquarian, v7, 1885). So far as is known, the inscriptions were never deciphered.

  From the Philadelphia Times, June 22, 1885:

  “Why, this man was ten or twelve feet high. Thunder and lightning!” exclaimed Mr. Porter in astonishment. The first speaker, who has won local distinction as a scientist, reiterated his assertion. J. H. Porter has a farm near Northeast, not many miles from where the lake Shore Railroad crosses the New York state boundary line.

  Early this week some workmen in Mr. Porter’s employ came upon the entrance to a cave and on entering it found heaps of human bones within. Many skeletons were complete and specimens of the find were brought out and exhibited to the naturalists and archeologists of the neighborhood. They informed the wondering bystanders that the remains were unmistakably those of giants. The entire village of Northeast was aroused by the discovery and today hundreds of people from this city took advantage of their holiday to visit the scene.

  So far, about 150 giant skeletons of powerful proportions have been exhumed and indications point to a second cave eastward, which may probably contain as many more. Scientists who have exhumed skeletons and made careful measurements of the bones say that they are the remains of a race of giant creatures, compared with which our tallest men would appear pygmies.”

  Georgia:

  From the Athens, Georgia, Banner-Watchman, May 6, 1884:

  “Athens Georgia; Mr. J. B. Toomer yesterday received a letter from Mr. Hazelton, who is on a visit to Cartersville. The letter contained several beads made of stone, and gave an interesting account of the opening of a large Indian mound near that town by a committee of scientists sent out from the Smithsonian Institution. After removing the dirt for some distance, a layer of large flag stones was found, which had evidently been dressed by hand, and showed that the men who quarried this rock understood their business.

  The stones were removed when, in a kind of vault beneath them, the skeleton of a giant, who measured seven feet two inches, was found. His hair was coarse and jet black and hung to his waist, the brow being ornamented with a copper crown. The skeleton was remarkably well-preserved and taken from the vault intact. Near this skeleton were found the bodies of several small children of various sizes. The remains of the latter were covered with beads, made of bone of some kind. Upon removing these, the bodies were found to be encased in a network made of straw or reed, and beneath this was the covering of an animal of some kind.

  In fact, the bodies had been prepared somewhat after the manner of mummies, and will doubtless throw new light on the history of the people who raised the mounds. Upon the stones that covered the vault were carved inscriptions which, if deciphered, will probably lift the veil that has enshrouded the history of the race of giants that undoubtedly at one time inhabited this continent. All the relics were carefully packed and sent to the Smithsonian Institution, and are said to be the most interesting collection ever found in America.

  The explorers are now at work on a mound in Barlow County, and before their return home will visit various sections of Georgia where antiquities are found. On the Oconee River, in Greene County, just above Powell’s Mills, are several mounds; one of them very tall and precipitous.”

  Ohio:

  A skeleton described as being “of enormous dimensions” was reportedly found inside a clay coffin topped with a heavy sandstone slab bearing strange “hieroglyphics,” during excavations by a Dr. Everhart near Zanesville, Ohio. (American Antiquarian, v3, 1880, pg.61). A mound near Toledo, Ohio, held 20 skeletons, seated and facing east with jaws and teeth “twice as large as those of present day people,” Beside each skeleton was a large bowl with “curiously wrought hieroglyphic figures.” (Chicago Record, Oct. 24, 1895; cited by Ron G. Dobbins, NEARA Journal, v13, fall 1978).

  Indiana:

  In 1879, a nine-foot, eight-inch tall (!) skeleton was dug from a mound near Brewersville, Indiana (Indianapolis News, Nov 10, 1975).

  Kentucky:

  According to author Lewis Collins, an early settler, Gen. John Payne, made a startling discovery in 1792 while building his house along the Ohio River in Augusta, Kentucky, Bracken County.

  “The bottom on which Augusta is situated is a large burying ground of the ancients. They have been found in great numbers, and of all sizes, everywhere between the mouths of Bracken and Locust Creeks, a distance of about a mile and a half. From the cellar under my (Payne’s) dwelling, 60 by 70 feet, over a hundred and ten skeletons were taken.

  I measured them by skulls, and there might have been more, whose skulls had crumbled into dust. The skeletons were of all sizes, from seven feet to infant. David Kilgour (who was a tall and very large man) passed our village at the time I was excavating my cellar, and we took him down and applied a thigh bone to his. The man, if well-proportioned, must have been 10 to 12 inches taller than Kilgour, an
d the lower jaw bone would slip on over his, skin and all.

  Who were they? How came their bones here? When I was in the army, I inquired of old Crane, a Wyandot and of Anglerson, A Delaware, both intelligent old chiefs, and they could give me no information in reference to these remains of antiquity. Some of the largest trees of the forest were growing over the remains when the land was cleared in 1792.”

  In his 1806 work, ‘Travels in America,’ author Thomas Ashe spoke of his experience with an enormous underground chamber, originally discovered in 1783, beneath the bustling city of Lexington, Kentucky. He described it as being 300 feet long, 100 feet wide and nineteen feet high. According to Ashe, the chamber contained exotic artifacts and in the center of the room was a large stone altar, apparently used for the purpose of human sacrifice, as human skulls and bones were strewn about everywhere. Among them were the strange looking mummified remains of white-skinned Caucasians with red hair.

  The local Native Americans claimed that these were not the remains of their people, but the remnants of an ancient race that had died out long ago. Other mummies of huge, red-haired Caucasians have also been found in Mammoth Cave in nearby Edmonson County.