Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-24
SKELETON OF GIANT
UNEARTHED At JUNIPER
Rancher Discovers Remains of Man
One-Third larger than human
Beings of Our Race.

Was Arizona once inhabited by a
race Of Giants? Were the deserts
peopled by titanic monsters of human
intelligence before the coming Of the
mound builders?-or was the skele-
ton discovered at Juniper by Peter
Marx of Juniper that of a man whose
huge body made him a Goliath among
a race of ordinary mOrtals?
What will be generally acknowledge
ed to be one of the most wonderful
and important discoveries Of prehis-
toric life that has ever been made in
the United States has been reported
from Juniper. and the testimony Of
the original discoverer is corroborated
by responsible witnesses who have
seen the skeleton in the possession
of Mr.. 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
;eresting account:
THE bones of this monstrous hu
man may have represented race of
men or single individual At any
rate. the skeleton Of the man in my
possession, is sufficiently complete so
that the dimensions, which are as
founding. may be accurately ascer-
taired and so far as the present gen
Grafton is TO be considered from what
can learn. there is no comparison to
be formed. In the first place the
skull is of such an abnormal size
that If the average man Of this day
placed IL over his head. he still could
find room to move il backwards and
forwards or up and down with ease,
without disturbing his natural po-
sition. From measurements taken Of
this skull. n number 10 hat would
be required to fit il. The teeth, sew
eral of which are still imbedded in
the iawbone, substantiate the i'm
mense size Of the head. They are ful-
~ one third larger than those of the
men of today and present more the
appearance of tusks than Of molars
of the human family. Other dimen-
sions of the head reveal similar evil
dences in harmony with the above
As to the bones, there is no disputinG
the fact that the owner was symmet-
rically formed, of immense size and
herculean strength. The thigh and
| lower limbs indicate at least twice
| the size of the average man of today
81 made the discovery by mere ac-
cident NY attention some weeks ago
was directed to that part of the farm
by flood waters passing through. cut
ting ditch. A few bones were found
on the surface. bat my impression ri
the time was centered in the belief
that they were those OF some animal
that had been killed. I dug into the
bank that was exposed by the rush
| ing waters. and when distance OF
| about three feet in depth had been
reached. the skull was found. The
bones that were strewn around fol-
a few feet, with those found in the
ground. were put together with the
above result The skeleton is only
partially complete, but there is
| enough in evidence to show that II
| was that of giant.
after making this discovery. my
| observations were continued. wher
metallic arrowheads and spears, stone
hooks to hold garments together, z
| plumb bob Of stone, two inches II
| diameter and tapering to point
stone axes and butcher knives. pot
| terry of modern and primitive manu-
| facture and other articles were duf
up. Near by was evidently on ole