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Hello – does anyone know any good books that cover the topic of giants? I'm reading John A Keel's Haunted Planet and he discusses the topic, but I'm after something more in depth…
This one was given a good review in Fortean Times issue 315 (June 2014) by Bob Ricardo.
I remember that now. Must track it down.
Incidentally, that mispelling of Bob Rickard's name wasn't just an artistic flourish. It was one of many little corrections recently made on my behalf by my new smart phone. Technology! Ya gotta love it!
Since I'm here, I don't give much credence to the idea of ancient giants myself. However, I kept that review because it was a positive one, suggesting at least a good read, and I like the idea that this near universal bit of mythology can persist in some forms in the modern world. So, perhaps I'll get it and read it some time.
Isn't this a problem with the Shroud of Turin? It shows a giant man. Either that or Christ was a huge, prehistoric, ape creature.
Isn't this a problem with the Shroud of Turin? It shows a giant man. Either that or Christ was a huge, prehistoric, ape creature.
Anyway, as that link says the shroud has been stretched over the years, so who knows how tall he really was?
Aye, he'll be played by Peter Dinklage in the next Easter TV miniseries...well, at a guess, shorter than whatever the current measurement?
well, at a guess, shorter than whatever the current measurement?
He could be taller, but lying down far away when the shroud pic was taken.
Has anyone else continued to follow this programme? I hadn't bothered after watching the first episode on this thread, because I couldn't find the other episodes at the time and then I just forgot. I'm far from convinced by the 'prehistoric giants' theory but I love the idea, and it would be great for real evidence to be found.I noticed that there is a new series about giants coming soon to the History Channel. I think it's goig to be a disappointment but you never know. I think I've found it already on Youtube.
I enjoyed the first episode, and it was heavy with the possibility of conclusions in future episodes. I think I'll be leaving the rest now I've read that review, though.From that description it doesn't just sound unscientific but also rather boring. Did they spend 6 episodes just looking at a tunnel in a mound?
Pretty much. I saw Eps 1, 3, 5 & 6, and to be honest they were largely indistinguishable: I stuck with the last two in the hope that it would have something revelatory to finish off, but no - but then, as with all such documentaries, if they turned up something truly astonishing we'd have heard about it by now. Overall this could easily have been a two-parter, and would have lost little but padding.From that description it doesn't just sound unscientific but also rather boring. Did they spend 6 episodes just looking at a tunnel in a mound?