the manner of shoes. In his hand he carried a short, heavy bow, with a cord somewhat thicker than those of the lute, and made from the intestines of the same animal, and a bundle of rather short cane arrows feathered like ours, and with points of white and black flint stones in the manner of Turkish arrows, instead of iron. Those points were fashioned by means of another stone." (Diary of Pigafetta, pp. 51-52).
“It is significant to note that the above narrative is taken from the journal of the 'Official Chronicler' of Magellan's voyage of discovery. That is the one person above all others, who is tasked with recording and keeping the most accurate records of events, activities, etc. whether exotic or mundane. This person is not only responsible to the Commander of the voyage, but also to King and Country for his eye witness accounts as a complete, precise and accurate testimony of events that occurred during the voyage. Based on his position and responsibilities alone, his first hand eye witness testimony of encounters with 10' giants MUST be taken as factual information by an unimpeachable witness. To do otherwise, is to trivialize the importance of the Chronicler's fundamental accountability.”
It also gives foundation credit to other reports of giants in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East in other eras, particularly those from the early 12th and 13th century BC that follow in this narrative.
John Jensen 9-17-2012
Historical (Documented) Giants
Across the last (at least) 6,000 years, records indicate the presence of medium sized giant hominids up through the post Colombian period.
This section will look at the evidence of both oral and written records, as well as artifacts, bones and full skeletons that substantiate the actual existence of those post glacial mid or smaller sized giants. (Much larger than modern man, but not nearly as large as earlier Epoch Giants) The records and artifacts suggest current Epoch giant hominids up through the post Colombian era were the smaller of the giants, standing between 8' to 13' in height, and weighing between 850 and 3200 lbs.
In addition, this section will look at variations of hominids and hominin types, and their relationship to their antediluvian predecessors. Of particular interest are the Peruvian Coneheads, and other hominid types including the Starchild Skull.
This section will document the case that surviving giants and other (derivative) hominid types, and small to medium sized dinosaurs, particularly Sauropods, Triceratops, and Hadrosaurs lived in isolated (declining) small groups up into the Early Common Era. It is certainly likely that some aquatic forms may still exist.
In this section, I make reference to records contained in ancient 'religious texts', particularly the Talmud, Bible and some Apocryphal texts, such as 'The Book of Enoch'. I make reference to place names, events, people, and 'Giants', without supporting any claim of the nature, purpose, meaning or religious significance of such records. It is an important distinction. This inquiry is not taken to support or debunk Creationism or Evolution. I have tried to extract primary factual data from source material while not including any opinion or bias as to purpose or meaning of that particular data.
Historical Text References to Giants:
The Book of Giants: The Book of Giants was a work apparently composed in Syriac (an eastern dialect of Aramaic). The book was entirely lost until the twentieth century, although a few scant references to it survived in Latin, Greek, and Arabic, indicating that it involved battles of the ancient giants. Then about a century ago many highly fragmentary Manichean works written in Central Asian languages were recovered archaeologically at Turfan, in China (and much of the find remains unpublished even at present). The Dead Sea Scrolls contain fragments of the 'Book of Giants'.
The Epic of Gilgamesh: What is claimed as the oldest surviving epic-story in the world; 'The epic of Gilgamesh' also includes a references to giants. Gilgamesh and Enkidu go together to fight the evi