Giant Human Skull Uncovered and Photographed in a Clark County, Ohio Burial Mound
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County Ohio, 1922
Other
skeletons found in this lateral were those of little children, as
indicated by the size of the bones and the thickness of the skulls;
some of the bones were from persons of larger stature; at this point
the interment ranged in depth from one foot and a quarter to four
feet.
Mr
.Altick and Mr. Cusick began excavations at the summit of the mound,
where a perpendicular shaft was sunk eight feet square, and one foot
from the surface, in the black leaf mold, they found a complete
skeleton lying face downward, in the horizontal position; however, the
bones crumbled when they were lifted from the earth. They excavated
another six inches, carefully removing the sand and gravel in order
not to injure any deposit they might find; the material removed was
screened so that small objects would not escape their notice, and
here they came across another skeleton lying face upward, with only
six inches separating them. It lay in a sandy mixture and was in
better state of preservation than the first skeleton, and while due
precaution was taken in removing it, the bones crumbled as they
handled them.
The shaft was then sunk eighteen inches deeper when three more skeletons were unearthed; they were in excellent condition, the bones being firm and hard, due to the greater depth at which they found them. One of the skeletons of a female, one was a child and the other was a male of gigantic stature. As a matter of comparison, Altick held up the femur of the male skeleton by Cusick's leg, and it extended eight inches below his knee; he is six feet in height. The ribs of this skeleton had petrified to a grayish slate color, but none would withstand the contact with the air.
The shaft was then sunk eighteen inches deeper when three more skeletons were unearthed; they were in excellent condition, the bones being firm and hard, due to the greater depth at which they found them. One of the skeletons of a female, one was a child and the other was a male of gigantic stature. As a matter of comparison, Altick held up the femur of the male skeleton by Cusick's leg, and it extended eight inches below his knee; he is six feet in height. The ribs of this skeleton had petrified to a grayish slate color, but none would withstand the contact with the air.
