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Post by mealoaf on Sept 24, 2008 9:33:17 GMT -6
there has been a discovery in saudi arabia they have found huge giant skeletons could they be real or fake
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Post by bradc1014 on Sept 25, 2008 13:47:43 GMT -6
Were they discovered by the same 2 guys who discovered bigfoot in Georgia??
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Post by spookymike on Sept 25, 2008 19:06:08 GMT -6
Nah - it's just a web hoax. Apparently some kind of a contest for digital artists. You can "google" giant-skeletons, and Arabia. Some of the images look darn good, though!
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Post by souldrifter on Oct 4, 2008 22:16:55 GMT -6
There have been real skeletons found that exceed 10 feet in length though. A couple were found in a stone tomb in Minnesota back in the 1880s.
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Post by katybear21 on Aug 15, 2009 0:18:29 GMT -6
Well there are people with growth problems, and there is or was a full grown man living in China who was 9 feet tall. There are children who are 12 in other countries who are 6-7 feet tall and still growing. So I wouldn't be to surprised.
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Post by Jen Depsycho on Aug 22, 2009 10:34:45 GMT -6
Here's something I think needs to be said in regards to "Giants". People with extensive growth problems is not as uncommon as you may think. It's not necessarily a "Giant" sort of thing, it's actually a bit more scientific, relating to the brain; you know, that little thing that helps us humans grow and develope? That's right, the Pituitary Gland. Normally the Pituitary Gland controls our growth, but unfortunately in some cases, some people are born with a hypertrophy of the pituitary gland. This is fancy science talk for an enlarged pituitary. Robert Pershing Wadlow, the tallest man in history thus far, was discovered to have this condition. He grew to be 8' 11" and died at the ripe young age of 22, and continued to grow even as an adult before he passed away. The Pituitary gland is normally pea-sized, but in other cases, it's swollen to above-average size; in most cases, it's caused by a Pituitary Tumor that often goes undetected in one's lifetime if they have it and, sadly, can cause their death. Pituitary hypertrophy can have a number of conditions, and one of them include gigantism, meaning abnormal growth of the human body, thus resulting in abnormally tall heights that breech even 8 ft. The cause of this condition is unknown, but it continues to affect people to this day. Not just in height, but in general size as well, such as hands, bone width, foot size, skull size, etc., making them seem like giants, when really, they're just people with a health condition. Not like they can help it, right? Go ahead and google it, or you can check out this link here, it's pretty informative on Pituitary Tumors: www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/000704.htmI'm not demanding that you believe me, just thought I'd provide a few facts before everyone jumps to conclusions.
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Post by katybear21 on Aug 24, 2009 0:08:12 GMT -6
Depsycho, you are undoubtedly a......*suspense*.......*antici.....................pation ).....................genius! Point made and proven!
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Post by Nikki on Aug 24, 2009 13:45:25 GMT -6
There are two disease that could completly explain the giants. Gaintism and Dworphtism, sorry can't spell that. But anyway it's basically people who suffer from these disease are unable to control growth and grow to be over 6 feet and people that are under 4 feet. It doesn't make them giants in nature.
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