The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine

INSIDE SKEPTIC

in this issue

The Colossal Case of the Cardiff Giant

• discovery of the Cardiff Giant statue
• giants loom large
• American giants
• The Mastadon
• George Hull, a dastardly scoundrel
• hatching a giant scheme
• carving a giant, secret burial, creating a giant sensation
• cash and controversy; the giant on tour
• the truth comes out
• aftermath and lessons learned.

This issue’s cover features a digital painting by Daniel Loxton, based upon a c.1870–1908 drawing of the Cardiff Giant (artist unknown).

from the Introduction

Hello!

In this issue of Junior Skeptic we’ll tell a story of gigantic proportions! Once upon a time, America buzzed with claims that the remains of a giant had been dug up from a field in New York state. It was over ten feet tall and made entirely of stone. Amazed onlookers said this was the fossilized body of a colossal human being. Could this be true? Was America once home to a lost race of giants? Or was this a whopper too big to swallow? Let’s find out!