Cardiff Giant - Wikipedia
The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m), roughly 3,000 pound [1] purported " petrified man", uncovered on October 16, 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell, in Cardiff, New York.
The Cardiff Giant Fools the Nation, 145 Years Ago - HISTORY
2014年10月16日 · The Cardiff Giant Fools the Nation, 145 Years Ago. In 1869, trickster George Hull masterminded one of the 19th century’s most sensational hoaxes: the discovery of a 10-foot-tall giant. By:...
The Cardiff Giant, The Massive Stone Man That Fooled America
2022年2月11日 · Perhaps the most famous hoax in American history, the Cardiff Giant is a 10-foot-tall stone man that was unearthed by workers in Cardiff, New York on October 16, 1869. In 1869, thousands of Americans believed that the Cardiff Giant was a …
Cardiff Giant | Fraud, P.T. Barnum, Scam | Britannica
2024年10月7日 · Cardiff Giant, famous hoax perpetrated by George Hall (or Hull) of Binghamton, New York, U.S. A block of gypsum was quarried near Fort Dodge, Iowa, and shipped to Chicago, Illinois. There it was carved (1868) in the shape of a human figure and then buried on a farm near Cardiff, New York.
The Cardiff Giant – Cooperstown, New York - Atlas Obscura
2009年6月21日 · The Cardiff Giant, a gigantic ten-foot tall stone man, emerged out of the ground and into American life on October 16, 1869, when he was discovered by some workers digging a well behind...
Cardiff Giant: 'America's Biggest Hoax' - Live Science
2016年8月17日 · The Cardiff Giant, sometimes referred to as “America’s Biggest Hoax,” is a 10-foot-long stone figure that was touted as a petrified giant. It was created during the 1860s by George Hull, a...
The Cardiff Giant Was Just a Big Hoax | Smithsonian
2017年10月16日 · The Cardiff Giant remains one of nineteenth-century America’s most famous hoaxes, writes scholar Michael Pettit. The story, which began on this day in 1869, was classic fake news–it...
The Cardiff Giant: The Biggest Hoax of the 19th Century
2015年11月5日 · Also known as the American Goliath and the Onondaga Giant, this was a supposedly petrified ten-foot tall man, unearthed on Stub Newell’s farm outside Cardiff, New York in October of 1869. It was the hoax of 19th century hoaxes.
The Greatest Showman: The story of Cardiff's giant - BBC News
2020年8月7日 · America's most celebrated and oldest circus ran for 146 years. 'Captain George Auger, the Cardiff Giant, the tallest man on earth', screamed the billboards promoting the self-anointed and...
This Month in History: The Cardiff Giant - Onondaga Historical …
The Cardiff Giant, a gigantic ten-foot tall stone man, emerged out of the ground and into American life on October 16, 1869, when he was discovered by some workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. “Stub” Newell in Cardiff, New York.