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1%, ® Ae a aA AND THERE WERE GIANTS... by John Mount © 2001 In one of his books, Harold T. Wilkins quotes excerpts from the publication American Antiquities regarding the finding of giant human footprints in solid rock at the headwaters of the Tennessee River near Braystown. The prints are unique in that they contain six toes! One print more pro- nounced than the rest is of a heel ball mea- suring 13 inches (33 centimetres) across! AND THERE WERE GIANTS... In one of his books, Harold T. Wilkins _ sured 8 by 10 inches (20 by 25 centime- by John Mount © 2001 quotes excerpts from the publication tres)! American Antiquities regarding the finding According to G. H. Williamson in his \ ), J hat of the fossilised giant men- _ of giant human footprints in solid rock at book, Road in the Sky, Talmudic and tioned in the Strand magazine of _ the headwaters of the Tennessee River near Midrashic literature contains several refer- 1895, whose 12-foot-2-inch body Braystown. The prints are unique in that ences to giants with double rows of teeth. was propped up for viewing against a 19th- they contain six toes! One print more pro- In fact, in the many worldwide references century railroad carriage, totally dwarfing nounced than the rest is of a heel ball mea- to giants, one often comes across these it? It's funny how these "finds" often dis- suring 13 inches (33 centimetres) across! strange traits of six fingers and toes with appear and never again see the light of the occasional double row of teeth day. Thankfully, a reporter took a pho- thrown in. Perhaps these are the tograph... "hallmarks" of true giants. During a stormy BC military cam- Abnormally oversized humans are paign, the Israelite commander David nearly always recognisable as such, (already of giant-killing fame and later in the many worldwide because their height is often gained at to become king of the Israelites), with the expense of their build (as in the help of his army, fought a decisive references to giants, one often giantism). Apparently, true giants battle with a Philistine army that con- comes across these strange were also easily distinguishable by tained a number of men of gigantic their build, which (like normal stature, eventually killing several of traits of six fingers and toes ... humans) was in balanced proportion them. The biblical commentator men- to their height. tions that while examining one of the There were several battles reported bodies of these giants, David's men between the early Israelites and for- noticed some unusual characteris! oS! eign armies containing giants. It was And there was...a battle in Gath, a as though these giant men were used city of the Philistines also known as It appears that these giant men in the dis- as mercenaries by early Middle Eastern the City of Giants, where was [found tant, prehistoric past were leading their civilisations. the body of] a man of great stature, horses along a muddy or clay track when At least one early Israelite account that had on every hand six fingers and one of the horses must have slipped several describes the size of one of these giants as on every foot six toes... inches, causing a more pronounced imprint well as the weight of some of their cap- (2 Sam 21:20) of a hoof. This particular hoofprint mea- tured armour and weapons: "Goliath of .. in the many worldwide references to giants, one often comes across these strange ata. ff ot an a eee NEXUS + 69 traits of six fingers and toes ... AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2001 www.nexusmagazine.com