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under six feet tall. The chief's body, which is at this moment lying at the according to the report, was covered with London and North-Western Railway "hideous paintings", and the fellow was Company's Broad-street goods depot, described as having a "fierce countenance". and a photograph of which is repro - He also had the skin of a wild animal duced here... thrown over one shoulder, which was prob- ably a symbol of office—and which is strongly reminiscent of those drawings of Hercules, portrayed in _ ancient Mediterannean paintings, where he is shown armed with a club and with the skin | These giants, say the Inca, of the Nemean lion draped over one shoul- der. Which is also probably similar to that were so huge that "from figure of a giant, which is carved into the | the knee down, they were chalk in the English countryside of Dorset. " Research in recent years shows that the as tall asa tall man. Dorset giant, bearing a club, was also once provided with something draped over the shoulder or upper arm. The giant teeth found in China and nown as "dragon's teeth" were found by the German-Dutch palaeontologist G. H. R. This monstrous figure is reputed to k von Koenigswald around 1935 in a Chinese have been dug up by a Mr Dyer whilst A erbal shop. They were studied by various prospecting for iron ore in County authorities who noticed that they bore a Antrim. The principal measurements Ri striking resemblance to human teeth, are: entire length, 12 ft 2 in.; girth of ° though around twice the size. chest, 6 ft 6 in.; and length of arms, 4 ° They calculated that the teeth belonged ft 6in. There are six toes on the right ul to a hominoid around 11.8 feet (3.6 metres) foot. The gross weight is 2 tons 15 ¢ tall, which would have weighed in at 694 cwt.; so that it took half a dozen men r, ounds (315 kilograms). and a powerful crane to place this ; Von Koenigswald named the creature article of lost property in position for A Gigantopithecus blacki. The close resem- the Strand magazine artist. . lance to human teeth had led some palaeo- Dyer, after showing the giant in d morphologists at the time to speculate that Dublin, came to England with his modern humans might have descended queer find and exhibited it in ( from "giant" ancestors. Modern science, Liverpool and Manchester at sixpence ¢ jowever, was adamant that the teeth are a head, attracting scientific men as g from "giant extinct apes". + As far as this writer knows, the only evi- a dence that science pos 's of these crea- SLIGHTLY Tea tures at the moment is a few teeth, some Deer A CEVES ower jawbones and possibly a piece of dis - OF MEDITATIONL,. tal humerus. (Isn't it laughable that, ever “ey a since Darwin's time, science has been try- ing to make a man out of a monkey? Now, . f faced with the possibility of giant humans, we they are trying to make monkeys out of a, men!) | ee, NF An extract and photograph from the ols ! aa British Strand magazine of December wee 1895, reprinted in W. G. Wood-Martin's a book Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland, a, mentions a fossilised giant that had been “_ 4 found during mining operations in County ag Antrim, Ireland: Pre-eminent among the most extraor - wo oa dinary articles ever held by a railway company is the fossilised Irish giant, which is at this moment lying at the London and North-Western Railway Company's Broad-street goods depot, and a photograph of which is repro - duced here... well as gaping sightseers. Business increased and the showman induced a man named Kershaw to purchase a share in the concern. In 1876, Dyer sent this giant from Manchester to London by rail; the sum of £4 2s 6d being charged for carriage by the company, but never paid. Evidently Kershaw knew nothing of the removal of the ‘show’, for when he discovered it he followed in hot haste, and, through a firm of London solici - tors, moved the Court of Chancery to issue an order restraining the compa - ny from parting with the giant, until the action between Dyer and himself to determine the ownership was dis - posed of. The action was never brought to an issue. Unfortunately (as far as this writer knows), nothing more was ever heard of the Antrim giant or its owners. oo This monstrous figure is reputed to have been dug up by a Mr Dyer whilst prospecting for iron ore in County Antrim. The principal measurements are: entire length, 12 ft 2 in.; girth of chest, 6 ft 6 in.; and length of arms, 4 ft 6in. There are six toes on the right foot. The gross weight is 2 tons 15 cwt.; so that it took half a dozen men and a powerful crane to place this article of lost property in position for the Strand magazine artist. Dyer, after showing the giant in Dublin, came to England with his queer find and exhibited it in Liverpool and Manchester at sixpence a head, attracting scientific men as References ¢ The Holy Bible (King James Version) ¢ W. G. Wood-Martin, MRIA, Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1902 ¢H. T. Wilkins, Mysteries of Ancient South America, Rider & Co., London, 1946 ¢H. T. Wilkins, Secret Cities of Old South America, Rider & Co., London, 1950 ¢G.H. Williamson, Road in the Sky, Neville Spearman, UK, 1959 (Source: Written by John Mount, Queensland, Australia, email jemount@ globalfreeway.com.au) 1 DEEF A CLEVES oF MEDITATION... i NEXUS 71 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2001 www.nexusmagazine.com