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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey guys, it's Mikey Chen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.34,0:00:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we think of giants, \Nmost people probably think of Goliath,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.26,0:00:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jack and the Beanstalk or Stay Puft Marshmallow Man \Nwho is both terrifying and delicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.48,0:00:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are many speculations \Nabout a race of giant humans
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.20,0:00:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lived before and alongside of modern man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.70,0:00:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mentions of giants can be found in historical \Ntexts like the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.99,0:00:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were talked about by \Nhistorians such has Pliny and Josephus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.06,0:00:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their images could be found \Npainted inside caves and tombs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.74,0:00:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if these giants did in fact exist,\Nit is unclear what eventually happened to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.38,0:00:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did they all disappear or perhaps there're still living\Nsomewhere in some unexplored part of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there were a lot of requests for this video
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.87,0:00:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this topic is something that \Nis super interesting to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.53,0:00:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so let's keep an open mind and take a look at \Nsome clues that may suggest giants were in fact real.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.15,0:01:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 1: the giants footprints of South Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.18,0:01:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amazing footprint in granite was first discover in 1912\Nnear the South African town of Mpaluzi,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.89,0:01:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close to the border with Swaziland \Nby a hunter named Stoffel Coetzee.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.83,0:01:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can actually see a pretty good video of \Nthis footprint on Explorer Michael Tellinger's channel,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.16,0:01:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have that for you in the Description Box.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.94,0:01:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The footprint known to locals \Nas 'the footprint of God'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.67,0:01:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or 'Goliath's footprint' is about \N4 feet or 1.2 meters in length,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.70,0:01:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and based on that, the hypothetical
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.94,0:01:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,owner of this footprints would have been \N24 to 27 feet or 7.5 to 8 meters in height.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.44,0:01:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to our current understanding \Nof the formation of granite in Earth's history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.26,0:01:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this footprint is estimated to be between \N200 million and 3 billion years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.61,0:01:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has proved to be a brain teaser for \Ngeologists who have trouble explaining it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.72,0:01:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for locals, the explanation is pretty simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.38,0:02:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the footprint left behind by a \Nginormous being in the distant mythical past.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.02,0:02:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But skeptics reject the 'Giant footprint' theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.11,0:02:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some say the footprint could \Nhave been formed by naturally erosion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.81,0:02:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or carved by regular sized humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.35,0:02:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, doctor Jay Wile, a nuclear chemist, \Npointed out that the rock is intrusive granite.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.86,0:02:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that it was formed underground.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.25,0:02:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, the only time a foot could have sunk into it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.27,0:02:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and left behind a print was when it was several \Nhundred degrees hot deep below the Earth's surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.76,0:02:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However supporters of the \N'Giant footprint' theory say that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.24,0:02:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skeptics take the current scientific consensus \Nabout how granite rocks were formed for granted,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they argue that developments in \Nunderstanding of the geological process that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.56,0:02:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led to the formation of the outcrop could show that \Nwarm molten magma was exposed on the Earth's surface,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.95,0:02:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thus allowing a potential 27-foot giant \Nweighing several tons to sink his foot into it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.21,0:02:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in regards to the theory that \Nthe footprint could be formed by natural erosion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.74,0:03:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,professor Pieter Wagener from the University \Nof Port Elizabetht, South Africa suggests that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.92,0:03:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"there is a higher probability of little \Ngreen men arriving from space
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.20,0:03:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and licking it out with their tongues \Nthan being created by natural erosion.”
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.05,0:03:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 2: the mummified finger
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.94,0:03:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregory Spoerri, a well known entrepreneur from\NSwitzerland, used to work as a private investigator.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.62,0:03:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1988, he contacted and met with an old man
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.26,0:03:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a grave robber dynasty in a farmhouse \Nabout a 100 kilometers northeast of Cairo
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.39,0:03:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take a look at the family treasure which \Nwas wrapped in old rags.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.42,0:03:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's was a giant finger and it appeared rather grotesque,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.26,0:03:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chalked ....the bone with a fingernail still attached to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.23,0:03:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was also accompanied by a X. ray photo.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.63,0:03:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spoerri said "I was totally flabbergasted \Nwhen I saw the dark brown giant finger.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.07,0:03:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was allowed to take it in hand and also to take pictures."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.30,0:03:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A bill was put next to it's to get a size comparison.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.38,0:03:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bent finger was split open \Nand covered with fried mold."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.22,0:04:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old man said the finger was found in \Nthe grave of a giants mummy somewhere near the Giza Pyramids.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.68,0:04:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a finger to belong to a human being, \Nthat human would be some 16 feet or nearly 5 meters tall.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.93,0:04:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spoerri tried to compel the old man to sell the finger
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.90,0:04:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the old man would not, saying it was too \Nimportant to his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.06,0:04:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 3: historical mentions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.62,0:04:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout history there were many records \Nthat seem to indicate the presence of giant humanoids.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.33,0:04:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example explorer John Smith wrote in 1608 \N"The Sasquesahanougs are a Gyant-like people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.15,0:04:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They measured the calf of the largest man’s leg, \Nand found it 3 quarters of a yard about,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.73,0:04:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the rest of his limbs were in proportion;"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.46,0:04:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flavius Josephus, a first centuary Jewish scholar \Nand historian wrote in his antiquities of the Jews
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.17,0:04:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"for which reason they removed their camp to Herron;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.96,0:04:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they had taken it, \Nthey slew all the inhabitants."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.90,0:04:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There were till then left the race of giants, \Nwho had body so large,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.32,0:04:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and countenances so entirely different from other men,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.82,0:05:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were surprising to the sight, \Nand terrible to the hearing."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.95,0:05:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The bones of these men are still shown to this very day,\Nunlike to incredible relations of other men."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.94,0:05:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally Roman historian Pliny also mentions \Nthat in the reign of Claudius from 41 to 54 A.D,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.38,0:05:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a nine-foot-nine-inch giant named Gabbaras \Nwas brought to Rome from Arabia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.70,0:05:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Claudius placed him at the head\Nof the famed Adiutrix legions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.41,0:05:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The giant so awed his troops that \Nsome worshipped him as a god.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.58,0:05:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number 4: the mystery of Lovelock cave.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.60,0:05:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many native American tribes tell stories \Nabout the long forgotten existence of a race of humans
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.14,0:05:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I were much taller and stronger than ordinary men.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.02,0:05:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Paiute, a tribe that settled in the \NNevada region thousands of years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.22,0:05:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a legend about a race of red-haired \Ngiants which were described as savages and cannibals.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.49,0:05:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Legend tells that the giants waged war \Non the Paiute and all neighboring tribes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.50,0:05:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally, the tribes united against them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.56,0:06:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the last remaining red-haired giants \Nwere chased off and hid in a cave.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.91,0:06:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tribes then started a fire at the cave, \Nsuffocating and burning them alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.92,0:06:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The entrance of the cave was sealed \Nbut after the cave was discovered again in 1886
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.78,0:06:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a mining engineer named John T. Reid,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.29,0:06:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the large amounts of guano deposit inside the cave
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.03,0:06:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attracting attention of a mining company \Nthat began excavating the precious resource in 1911.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.70,0:06:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the surface layer of the guano had been minded,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.28,0:06:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strange objects started to surface which led to \Nan official excavation performed in 1912
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.69,0:06:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again in 1924 by the university of California.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.89,0:06:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In an intriguing find was a pair of 15 inch-long \Nsandals that showed signs of having been worn.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.09,0:06:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Allegedly, other unusually large items were recovered
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.02,0:06:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have since been locked away in museum\Nwarehouses..... and private collection.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.06,0:06:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A piece of evidence that remains on-site \Nuntil this day is a giant hand print,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.05,0:06:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,double the size of a normal man's hand \Nimprinted on the boulder inside the cave.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.25,0:07:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also according to a 1931 article \Npublished in the Nevada Review-Miner,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.98,0:07:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two giant skeletons had been found buried \Nin a dry lake bed close to Lovelock, Nevada.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.72,0:07:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The over-sized remains measured 8.5 \Nand 10 feet in height
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.14,0:07:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were mummified in a manner similar \Nto the one employed by ancient Egyptians.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.52,0:07:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's interesting is that these mummified \Ngiants remains had red hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.78,0:07:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While some scientists believe the reddish color
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.70,0:07:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a result of the interaction with \Nthe environment in which they were buried,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.55,0:07:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mummies sort of verified the legends \Nwhich spoke of red-haired giants.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.28,0:07:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally number 5: giants bones \Ndiscovered around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.27,0:07:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the biggest arguments against \Nthe existence of giants is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.69,0:07:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, if they did exist where their bones at?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.64,0:07:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to reports from around the world, \Nmany of these bones were actually found.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.04,0:07:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the New York Times \Nreported on December 20th, 1897
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.45,0:07:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the skeleton of a man of gigantic \Nsize with a skull as large as half a bushel
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.96,0:07:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was found buried in a mount in Wisconsin.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.89,0:08:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another story from the London Globe \Ntalked about the discovery of human bones that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.94,0:08:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are twice the size of that of regular people in the Bronze\NAge cemetery of Castelnau-le-Lez, France in the winter of 1890.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.32,0:08:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a look of three bone fragments found.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.41,0:08:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The humorus, tibia and phemeral mid \Nshaft compared to a normal size humorus.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.74,0:08:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bones were discovered by \Nanthropologist Georges Vacher de Lapouge
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.98,0:08:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were dated to the Neolithic period.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.30,0:08:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lapouge estimated from the bones found that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.34,0:08:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these humans may have been about \N3.5 meters or 11 feet 6 inches tall.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.35,0:08:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there is the rarely seen part of \Nthe upper leg bone with hip joint of a giant
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.10,0:08:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would have stood about 12 feet or 3.6 meters tall.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.72,0:08:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This bone has been in the vaults of the medical school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.20,0:08:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the university of Witwatersrand \Nin Johannesburg since the early 1960s
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.78,0:08:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it was found by miners \Nin a mine in northern Namibia.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.06,0:08:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I have been wanted to make this video \Nfor a long time and when I sat down to make it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.14,0:08:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found so much really interesting information \Nabout the possible existence of giants,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.82,0:09:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there was no way I could put all \Nthat information into one video
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.98,0:09:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I encourage all of you who are interested \Nin this topic to go and explore for yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.85,0:09:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think about it, if this was all true
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.02,0:09:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giants who were 12 feet or 25 feet \Nor maybe even bigger did exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.08,0:09:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this will actually solve a lot of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.37,0:09:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how many of the world's ancient megalithic\Nstructures like the pyramids were created.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.13,0:09:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And speaking of the pyramids, \NI know every year there's a new report of someone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.25,0:09:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who figured out how the pyramids \Nwere built but let's be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.04,0:09:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's still a lot of unanswered \Nquestions in any of these theories.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.38,0:09:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna make a video \Nabout the creation of the pyramids later.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.27,0:09:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All I'm saying is that there's still \Nso much we don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.28,0:09:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's good to keep an open mind \Nabout all the possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.03,0:09:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really like this saying from \Na geologist named Nitish Priyadarshi who said
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.34,0:09:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"we live in a highly advanced, technical world,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.04,0:09:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are nevertheless a \Ngreat many mysteries all around us."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.12,0:09:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ancient places and the mysterious beings, \Nsunken worlds and cultures,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.14,0:09:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,landscapes imbued with symbolism, \Nunexplained apparitions
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.87,0:10:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unbelievable finds from ancient times."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.71,0:10:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these remain mysteries for humankind, \Ndespite intense investigations."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.38,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But guys love to hear your thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you believe that giants once existed?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.30,0:10:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do you believe that giants are still out there\Nsomewhere today and I'm not talking about Shark.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.48,0:10:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright guys thank you so much for watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.93,0:10:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like this video please hit the like \Nand share button I would really appreciate that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.84,0:10:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of my social media information \Nis in the Description box below.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.10,0:10:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See you all alter.