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	Cardiff Giant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in American history, was a 10-foot-tall stone man discovered October 16, 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York.
		Eventually it turned out that the Giant was the creation of a New York tobacconist named George Hull who spent $2,600 having the Giant carved and buried but who sold the creation for $37,500 to a syndicate of five men headed by David Hannum.
		The Cardiff Giant is still on display at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cardiff_Giant (353 words)

	Welcome to the LaFayette Apple Festival
		On October 16, 1869 workmen "discovered" the Cardiff Giant, a ten and one half foot stone statue, on a farm outside Cardiff, New York.
		Cardiff residents capitalized on the discovery by providing hospitality, food, and drink for the visitors and their horses.
		In 1948 the Giant was purchased and laid to rest at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
	www.lafayetteapplefest.org /giant.html (355 words)

	Cardiff Giant, Cooperstown, New York
		The Cardiff Giant was conceived by George Hull, a cigar manufacturer and atheist, after he'd spent an evening arguing with a fundamentalist minister.
		It was only when both giants appeared in New York City at the same time that the hoax was finally acknowledged by everyone (The false giant can be seen today at Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum, Farmington Hills, Michigan).
		The giant, bereft of supporters, was reduced to a sideshow freak and eventually wound up in the rumpus room of a private home in Des Moines, IA.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/NYCOOgiant.html (494 words)

	Cardiff Giant -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in American history, was a 10-foot-tall stone man discovered October 16, 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in (Click link for more info and facts about Cardiff, New York) Cardiff, New York.
		The Cardiff Giant is still on display at the Farmer's Museum in (Click link for more info and facts about Cooperstown, New York) Cooperstown, New York.
		The gypsum used to create the Cardiff Giant was mined at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cardiff_giant.htm (322 words)

	The Farmers' Museum - Do You Believe in Giants? The Great Cardiff Giant Hoax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		On October 16, 1869, workmen digging a well in Cardiff, New York, unearthed a giant, fossilized man. They ran to alert the owner of the farm, William C. "Stub" Newell, thinking that they had discovered the remains of an ancient race.
		On December 10, 1869, George Hull, a cigar manufacturer from Binghamton, New York, admitted that the Cardiff Giant was a giant hoax.
		The Cardiff Giant, America’s Greatest Hoax, was stored for long periods of time, sold several times and only occasionally exhibited.
	www.farmersmuseum.org /exhibitions/cardiff.htm (434 words)

	Cardiff Giant - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Eventually it turned out that the Giant was the creation of a New York tobacconist named George Hull who spent $2,600 having the Giant carved and buried but who sold the creation for $37,500.
		It was moved to Syracuse, New York for exhibition, where it was revealed to be a fake on February 2, 1870.
		When he was turned down he made a plaster replica and put it on display, which led the Giant's owners to sue him.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Cardiff_Giant (193 words)

	Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		FINANCIAL services giant Zurich has let part of its former offices in Cardiff - vacated after its move to new headquarters at Fusion Point.
		The giant crown that adorns the outside of Fauxâs luxurious storefront alerts you...
		Eventually it turned out that the Giant was creation of an New York tobacconist named George Hull, who spent $2,600 having the Giant carved and buried, but who sold the creation for $37,500.
	www.wikiverse.org /cardiff-giant (310 words)

	The Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Cardiff Giant on display in the Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
		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.
		This competition prompted the owners of the giant to file a lawsuit against Barnum, but the judge refused to hear their case unless the 'genuineness' of the orignal could be proven.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /cardiff.html (671 words)

	Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The giant was then packed in an iron box and shipped to Union, New York, where it was claimed by the owner, loaded on a large wagon, and drawn with four horses fifty miles to a farm near Cardiff, a post village in Onondaga County.
		The giant was buried and remained until October 16, 1869, nearly a year, when it was "accidentally" discovered by men who were pretending to dig a well.
		The Cardiff giant was the most successful hoax ever perpetrated upon the American people.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol1/cardiff-giant.htm (253 words)

	History of Iowa - Vol 3 Chapter 3
		P. Barnum sent an agent to purchase the giant which was becoming a serious competitor to his museum but a local syndicate had been organized which had made a contract for the giant at a price which was reported to be $40,000.
		Martin of Marshalltown, Iowa, had recently appeared at Cardiff and it soon developed that he was one of the owners of the petrified man. A pamphlet was now issued by the owners showing a portrait of the giant at full length, prostrate, as he was discovered.
		Newell retained a quarter interest in the "Giant," and some weeks later after thousands of people came and gazed with awe upon the wonder, and the receipts were reported to be reaching fabulous amounts, the value of the "Giant" was estimated at $240,000.
	iagenweb.org /history/hoi/HOI3Chp3.htm (3347 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cardiff Giant
		Cardiff, New York is a small hamlet located south of Syracuse, New York.
		Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
		Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, situated on the Des Moines River.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cardiff-Giant (620 words)

	The Cardiff Giant
		That it was intended to be taken as a fossilized giant was indicated by the fact that it was made as nearly like a human being as the limited powers of the stone-carver permitted, and that it was covered with minute imitations of pores.
		This new statue was also exhibited as "the Cardiff Giant," and thenceforward the credit of the discovery waned.
		Finally, in 1889, twenty years after "the Cardiff Giant" was devised, a "petrified man" was found near Bathurst in Australia, brought to Sydney, and exhibited.
	www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/cardiff.htm (4046 words)

	Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in American history, was a 10-foot-tall stone man discovered October 16, 1869 by workers digging awell behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, NewYork.
		Eventually it turned out that the Giant was creation of an New York tobacconist namedGeorge Hull, who spent $2,600 having the Giant carved and buried, but who sold the creation for $37,500.
		It was moved to Syracuse, New York for exhibition, where it was revealed to be a fakeon February 2, 1870.
	www.therfcc.org /cardiff-giant-48858.html (195 words)

	Cardiff Giant -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Cardiff constitutes a separate county, which is part of the historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg).
		Cardiff is located on the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the River Taff, about 150 miles (240 km) west of London.
		Monet's giant paintings of water lilies are on display in a circular room at the Orangerie in Paris.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9020290 (808 words)

	The Cardiff Giant: A Monumental Hoax - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Parker pointed out that sulfuric acid was used to ‘‘age’’ the giant, and that needles were used to simulate skin pores in order to make the giant as realistic as possible.
		Along with the Cardiff Giant, they had the famous bigfoot video, which they also said was a hoax...
		Cardiff Giant: I don't know why anyone would believe this was real, he11 we already said it was a hoax a year after it was 'discovered'
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=14202 (811 words)

	Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Cardiff Giant was the brainchild of George Hull of Binghamton, New York in 1866.
		Even after the giant was exposed as a fraud, one Alexander McWhorter, a resident graduate of Yale Divinity School turned his attention to the Cardiff Giant.
		The Cardiff Giant being laid to rest at The Farmer’s Museum in Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1948.
	home.new.rr.com /bmarx/The%20Cardiff%20Giant.htm (1645 words)

	Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Cardiff Giant one of the most famous hoaxes American history was a 10-foot-tall stone man October 16 1869 by workers digging a well behind barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff New York.
		Eventually turned out that the Giant was creation an New York tobacconist named George Hull spent $2 600 having the Giant carved buried but who sold the creation for 500.
		Surprisingly the revelation didn't reduce the Giant's It drew such crowds that showman P.T. Barnum offered $60 000 for a three-month of it.
	www.freeglossary.com /Cardiff_Giant (390 words)

	the Cardiff Giant at Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The statue was immediately denounced as a fraud but, as Hull had guessed, it was feverently defended by Christian fundamentalists and also by civic boosters in whatever city happened to be exhibiting it.
		he Cardiff Giant was so successful at making money that P.T. Barnum had his own giant sculpted -- a fake of the fake -- and given its own tour.
		It was only when both giants appeared in New York City at the same time that the hoax was finally acknowledged by everyone.
	marvin3m.com /cardiff.htm (321 words)

	HistoryBuff.com -- P. T. Barnum Never Did Say "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute"
		The instructions were to carve the giant as if it had died in great pain, and the final result was an eerie figure, slightly twisted in apparent agony, with his right hand clutching his stomach.
		The giant finished, Hull then had the figure shipped by rail to the farm of William Newell, his cousin, located near the town of Cardiff, New York.
		About ten days after the discovery, and about the time the Cardiff Giant, as the papers had named it, started receiving national attention, Hull sold two-thirds interest in the giant for $30,000 to a five-man syndicate in Syracuse, the head of which was a banker named David Hannum.
	www.historybuff.com /library/refbarnum.html (1037 words)

	THE CARDIFF GIANT
		In 1869, George Hull had a huge block of gypsum secretly shipped from Iowa to Upstate New York, carved it into the shape of a 10 foot tall man, and buried it on a farm.
		When it was discovered a year later, it caused a social and scientific uproar, touring the nation for three months as a petrified giant before it was proved to be a hoax.
		Beau Jest has also woven into the Cardiff Giant story the 1950's TV game show scandals, The Gulf War, politicians, the Charles Stuart case, and other contemporary illustrations of people "being had".
	www.beaujest.com /cardiff.html (229 words)

	Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		It was claimed this ten and a half foot tall statue was a fossilized man who had been buried for many years, and the giant quickly became a tourist attraction.
		It eventually came to light that the Cardiff Giant had been created by George Hull, a New York tobacconist who hired a stonemason to carve the statue and treat it to appear aged, then transported it to Cardiff and buried it.
		P.T. Barnum offered to purchase the giant and was turned down; Barnum then created a copy of the giant and displayed that.
	www.rotten.com /library/hoaxes/cardiff-giant (180 words)

	Cardiff Giants Battle. Roadside America
		The giant turned out to be an elaborate hoax, but not before he was trotted around the country on display.
		That's why the modern world is gifted with more than one Cardiff Giant.
		The authentic Cardiff Giant resides at the New York Historical Society's Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, NY.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /set/cardiff.html (176 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The giant was secretly moved to Cardiff, already famous for fossils and Indian lore, in November 1868.
		He directed the excavators to dig where he knew exactly where the giant lay, and three feet down they uncovered the giant of what they thought was a very large American Indian.
		Interest in the Giant soon dropped and he was brought out of storage only periodically (the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, and in Syracuse and Ft. Dodge between 1913 and the mid-1930s).
	www.themesh.com /his237.html (696 words)

	Natural History \| Editor’s Pick from the Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Cardiff Giant was the brainchild of George Hull, a cigar manufacturer (and general rogue) from Binghamton, New York.
		The common analogy of the Cardiff Giant with Piltdown Man works only to a point (both were frauds passed off as human fossils) and fails in one crucial respect.
		But since the Cardiff Giant was so crudely done, we can only attribute its fame to the deep issue, the raw nerve, touched by the subject of its fakery—human origins.
	www.naturalhistorymag.com /editors_pick/1989_11_pick.html (4537 words)

	NYSHA/TFM Press Room - Cardiff Giant Celebrates 135th Birthday: Birthday Cake Contest and Party Held at The Farmers' ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Cooperstown, NY, 8/10/2004—The Cardiff Giant, a one hundred and thirty-five year old attraction, will celebrate a birthday on Saturday, September 18, at The Farmers' Museum.
		Resting in his brightly striped tent, The Cardiff Giant is known as America's greatest hoax.
		This year's 26th Annual Harvest Festival, held September 18 and 19, will feature a birthday cake contest and party in honor of the Cardiff Giant's 135th birthday.
	www.nysha.org /pressroom/entry_detail.asp?id=185 (389 words)

	The Cardiff Giant Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Cardiff is just a word right now, but tomorrow, and for many tomorrows after, Cardiff will be an idea.
		We here at Cardiff don't know whether to be flattered or just plain pissed that Sullivan has decided to rip off a Cardiff Giant original regular feature which has been running here since we began.
		Cardiff Giant is today issuing a correction on a story we posted Friday, in which we quoted "Punk'd" creator Ashton Kutcher as saying Demi Moore "was the hottest actress in Hollywood when I was growing up.
	anyglenn.blogspot.com /2003_07_01_anyglenn_archive.html (16742 words)

	Sciencegate » Poor science, lousy religion, and the circus in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Of particular interest, toward the back of the fort at the end of a long plank walkway was a small hut in which lay a replica of the Cardiff Giant.
		Unperturbed by the competition, the purveyors of the original giant revised their sign with an exaggerated version of the story: "P.T. Meanwhile, Barnum’s giant, which benefited from his renowned sense of showmanship, began raking in the cash, drawing even larger crowds than the original.
		The Barnum replica (a fake of a fake of a fake) resides in Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin, while the Cardiff replica (which is merely a fake of a fake) sells tickets at the Fort Museum I visited in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
	scienceg8.com /poor-science-lousy-religion-and-the-circus-in-america (1734 words)

	Edwin Burkhart, sculptor of the Cardiff Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		It was my great great grandfather who carved the Cardiff Giant and here is what my mother says about it: Hi,...
		He was hired to carve the giant for someone in Maine.
		His widow had about 7 sons and a daughter to support, and kept trying to get some of the Cardiff Giant money, but in the end she got only $10.
	www.lhup.edu /~dsimanek/carver.htm (268 words)

	Cardiff giant
		He offered to rent the giant for just three months to take on the road with his circus, but Newell and the syndicate wouldn't deal.
		Trained observers such as professional scientists had viewed the Giant and pronounced it be an impossibility, a statue, a clumsy fraud, and just plain silly.
		Their acceptance of the validity of the giant was based on their desire...to believe it.
	www.skepdic.com /cardiff.html (429 words)

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