1882 NYT Report: Giant Skull Found in Minnesota Mound

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Key Details:

  • “Heroic” sized skull discovered in a Minnesota mound.
  • The mound measured 60 feet in diameter and 12 feet high.
  • The bones of about a dozen humans were also found.
  • Some of the  human bones were “abnormally large.”
  • Discovery was published in the New York Times May 25th, 1882