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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 characteristics: 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