Were giant skeletons really found here?

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There is no doubt in my mind that after reading numerous accounts of these gigantic skeletons being found throughout this area, that this is not a "legend," it is a fact. These Susquehannocks (Andastes) were GIANTS especially to the men of average height (4- 5.3 feet) of that time period, but also seemed "huge" to the people who dug them up over the past 100 years.  The Andaste's AVERAGE height seems to be between 6 and 7 feet, with some exceptional human specimens being recorded to be about 8 feet in height. 

Think about that for a minute -

That would be around at least TWO FEET TALLER THAN  MANY OTHER MEN  AT THAT TIME. And it would still be considered to be HUGE by our standards today. (Shaquille O'Neal is 7 feet 1 inch, and weighs 315 lbs.)

Use the following links to read more about the giant skeletons that were found:

• Towanda Daily Review - 1897 - "The Grave of a Giant"

• Aboriginal Sites in and  Near "Teoga," Now Athens, Pennsylvania, 1921

• History Of Waverly, Chapter IV, page 7

• Moorehead - Susquehanna River Expedition 1918 - page 49

• Louise Welles Murray -"History of Old Tioga Point and Early Athens -"1908.

• Pennsylvania Archeologist, Volume 61  No. 2  September 1991

• Captain John Smith's Account of the Susquehannocks

• 1882 - Sepulchre Discovered with Giant Skeleton

• Why do we care about these skeletons and the location of the burial sites?
• Author's Note Concerning the Giant Skeletons found in the Area of Tioga Point
• The Story and the TRUTH Surrounding  the "Horned Skeletons"