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117: Forbidden Archaeology: Lost Giants of America | The Smithsonian's Biggest Secret

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The History of the Serpent Mound

In 1891, anthropologist Frederick Ward Putnam found large skeletons in the same area that measured 7 feet or taller with skulls twice as thick as a human. In 1959, Dr. Donald Dragoo, curator for the Carnegie Museum unearthed a 7 foot 2 inch skeleton during the excavation of the Creesap mound in West Virginia. Some believe these Midwest Giants traveled west and occupied all of North America, that perhaps they made it all the way to the Pacific. San Diego, California has reports of enormous remains found all over the area. An ancient Ozark giant dug up near Steelville is believed to have been an eight foot tall man.

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