Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-26
GIANT SKELETON IS
 FOUND IN ARIZONA
Farmer Describes Great Size of Bones Dug Up on
 His Ranch

Was Arizona once inhabited by race of giaits? Were the deserts peopled by Titanic monsters of hu man ints igcaee before the runing of the mound builders?-o was the skeleton discovered at Juniper by Peter Marx of Juniper that of a man whose hage body made him Ga- Hath among s race of ordinary LaOr- tais
 What wi4i be generally acknOwl- edged to be one of the most won deTful aud important discoveries of prehistoric lits hat has ever been made in tie United States has been reported fr"Ii ImiYa-, and the tes- timony of the original discoyerer is corroborated by responsible witness es who have seen the skeleton in the possession Of Mir Marx
 He discovered it by accident on his farm early in the week. and when asked to give a description of the skeleton, he gave the following in- teresting account:
 The bones of this monstrous hu- man may have represented a race of men or a single individual At any rate, the skeleton of the man in my possession, is sufficiently con- plete so that the dimensions, which are astounding, may be accurately ascertained and so far as the pres ent generation is to be considered | from what l can learn, there is no comparison to be formed In the first place the skull is of such an ab- normal size that if the average man Of this day placed it over his head, | he still could find room to move lt | backwards and forwards or up and | down with ease, without disturbing his natural positions. From meas urements taken of this skull, a num- | Der 10 hat would be required to fit it. The teeth. several of which are ! still imbedded in the jawbo sub stantiate the immense size of the head. They are fully one-third larger than those of the men of today and | present more the appearance of | msks than Of molars of the human family. Other dimensions Of the head reveal similar evidences ln Iharmony with the above. As to the bones. there is no disputing the fact that the owner was symmetri. l calIy formed, of immense size and herculean strength. The thigh and | lower limbs indicate at least twice the size of the average man of to day.
 Discovery an Accident.
 T made the discovery by mere ac- leident. My attention some weeks aga was directed to that part of the farm by flood waters passing through cut ting a ditch. 4 few bones were found on the surface, but my i'm pTession at the time was centered in the belnef that they were those lOf some animal that had been killed IT dug into the bank that was eX posed by the rushing waters. anc when a distance of about three feet in depth had been reached, the skull was found The bones that were stTewn around for a few feet, with those found in the ground, were put together with the above result The skeleton is only partlally com plete, but there is enough in eyi dence to show that it was that oi giant.
 After making this discovery, my | observations were continued, wher metallic arrowheads and spears I sAOhN AODhb tD AOiu SaAuAtulS Iceeth CT, a plumb bob of stone, two inches in diameter and tapering to a point stone axes and butcher knives, pot tery of modern and primitive manu- facture and other articles were dug up. Near by was evidently an old fort. The walls were built of i'm mense boulders indicating that per sons of great strength performed the work.
 T have been the owner Of that tract of land for over forty-ont years and have resided there con tinuously. That section Of the farm has never been cultivated to my knowledge or that of any one elsS sn that country. No other humar frame has been found although intend to continue digging. The rel .cs will be kept in my possession, as consider it a great curiosity. MT Clark has seen the skeleton, visit ing the valley alter l made the 1 discovery"