Lake Delevan Giant Skeletons
- This is a news paper from 1912[1].
- A book that mentions the skelotons on page 33[2].
- Not much connection to these skelotons. There used as evidence of find of giant remains (page 34)[3]
Lake Delavan Giant Skeletons
News of Lake Delavan Giant Skeletons first appeared on May 3rd, 1912 in The La Crosse Tribune, a local newspaper from La Crosse, Wisconsin.[1] This article stated that the skeletons provided evidence for Darwin's theory of evolution. They believed that these skeletons could be the species that humans descended from. The article claims that some of the skulls that they found were abnormally large and had abnormal physical characteristics when compared to a modern human skull. They said that the skulls would "slope straight back and the nasal bones protrude far above the cheek bones".[1] The article also remarks that the jaw bones of the skulls are long and pointed and that some people who examined them were reminded of the heads of monkeys.[1] Further information about these skeletons was published on May 4th, 1912 in the New York Times. The New York Times article is very similar to The La Crosse Tribune article. It differs in that the New York Times does not mention Darwin's theory of evolution but instead chooses to say that the skeletons belong to "an unknown race of men". [4] The New York Times article goes into more detail about the skeletons. It describes them as having rectangular molars in the front of the jaw. The article also described smaller skeletons that were found. The smaller skeletons were assumed to be female skeletons and "were embedded in charcoal clay to shed water from sepulchre".[4]
Context
The article stated that the Phillips brothers found 18 skeletons in a large mound on Lake Lawn Farm.
Pseudoarchaeological significance
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Find Skeletons at Lake Delavan?" The La Crosse Tribune Limited [La Crosse, Wisconsin], 03 May 1912, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49880207/giant-human-skeletons-found-at-lake/. Accessed 13 Now. 2021.
- ↑ Godfrey, Linda S., et al. Weird Wisconsin: Your Travel Guide to Wisconsin's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2005 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mnsGPoAglWgC&oi=fnd&pg=PR2&dq=%22Lake+Delavan%22+skeleton&ots=1Wd06irFqO&sig=SK9pTB2ajwje4oUhx6rgoX8K3mU#v=onepage&q=dela&f=false.
- ↑ Gray, Jonathan. "GIANTS." (2003) http://www.unariunwisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lost-World-of-Giants.pdf.,
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Strange Skeletons Found. (1912, May 4). New York Tomes, Page 13. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/05/04/100532982.html?pageNumber=13.