The Bible, Vedas and myths of various nations mention the race of giants, who once inhabited our planet. Ancient legends say that these were Atlantean giants who relied on their physical strength and challenged higher beings or God. For which heaven punished this race, erasing it from the face of the Earth. Many “grammarians” who wish to interpret the sacred texts literally constantly searched for evidence for these quotes. From time to time, people come across huge vertebrae or fragments of other remains of large prehistoric animals. These findings provided food for speculation, as if they were giant skeletons of people.
Adherents of the hypothesis of an extraterrestrial (alien)
origin of life on Earth also contributed
to this. But public interest in the ancient giants was fueled by near-scientific publications, from time to time posting articles about allegedly sensational discoveries. In order not to be considered unfounded, they published pictures from the place of finds, which clearly show the skeletons of giant people. The photos were shown by the resting remains of a well-preserved giant, and next to it were small figures of archaeologists. Based on the average height of modern
people, a person looking at such a picture can easily imagine the deceased's growth - about 20 meters.
However, a strange trend is alarming. Despite the various regions in which the skeletons of giant people were allegedly made - India, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Greece, South Africa, Portugal and Kenya - everything happened according to one pattern. They stumbled upon the remains by chance, during geological exploration or when laying roads. Immediately at the excavation site were the military, who cordoned off the region and hid the find from the eyes of the general public. And therefore, in the hands of scientists there was no other evidence left, except for a picture taken from a helicopter.
At the same time, both articles and photos allegedly confirming the findings multiplied. The giant skeletons of people were sometimes three meters, then eight, then a record 24. Moreover, as if (it seemed like little photos) clay tablets began to be found at the burial place - in Sanskrit, then in Arabic - that the giants belong to one or another the ethnic group mentioned in the Vedas or the Bible. The inscriptions, of course, were also confiscated by the evil military, for some reason interested in hiding the historical truth.
Finally, National Geographic in 2007 conducted its investigation of one of the images. It turned out that the background for the excavations, during which giant human skeletons were found, was the archaeological expedition of Cornell University. However, in fact, in the town of Hyde Park, New York State on September 16, 2000, scientists did not find the remains of an ancient giant, but fragments of the skeleton ... of a mastodon who lived 13 thousand years ago.
Soon, the author of the "sensational shot" was discovered. It turned out to be a certain Iron Kite. Moreover, this man did not want to mislead anyone. He simply sent his photo montage to a graphic design contest held by one of the sites. Moreover, he even won an award there - third place. A variety of Photoshop masters took part in the competition, who submitted their works to the jury - from frankly funny to such “almost serious” ones. In 2007, the National Geographic Society issued a statement that no remains of giants were found, that the giant skeletons of people are a myth and falsification of esotericists.