Mysterious Giant Human Remains Found In Fiji

Times Of India ^ | 7-14-2002

[elli1]

Vikings had everything everybody else had. If it wasn't nailed down. And sometimes even if it was.

hehe...I read Stephen Lawhead's Byzantium a couple of months ago and those Vikings were quite the rascals. Supposedly the Viks had to go on those pillaging tours in order to raise enough cash to pay their taxes back home. Getting way off track here, but Byzantium is a good read if you're into epic historical fiction.

[blam]

"The Ra Expedition was a reed boat which sailed from Morocco to the Caribbean."

Yup. My #2 dog is named Ra. (#1 is named 'Tutt' and #3 is 'Nefertiti(Neff)'.

[Happy2BMe]

I think this is just another tall tale.

[ruoflaw]

Nah, you got it right the first time. It is all about jealousy...the official from the museum didn't find it but he wants it. The person that did find it is from the University and it sounds like he or she is an archaeologist and he or she turned the find over to the University (USP)...it is the universities that train anthropologists and archaeologists and the museums have anthropologists and archaeologists that have their Masters degree and they feel vastly superior. You should trust your instinct.

[RightWhale]

Quayle is seriously funny. One moment totally down to earth, next minute talking with giant space aliens. Might be Steve Martin's lost twin.

[DeFault User]

Are they sure it's not Jimmy Hoffa?

...It could be only if the height measured includes the concrete elevator shoes.

[elli1]

Isn't that a little tall for people who supposedly originated in the orient?

Native or aborignal Hawaiians were large statured, too. But then, they came to Hawaii from Polynesia, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised to find some tall skeletons on Fiji.

[Rebelbase]

"Little is known about the highly unusual find, which includes a skull bearing strange holes drilled into its cheekbones,"

She'll be glad to find her ancestors....

[TC Rider]

This official sounds like a snot, but I like the term, "parachute journalist."

I don't know what it means, but I like it.

Picture Dan Blather in a safari jacket.

[ruoflaw]

now that I finally noticed the date of this article, did they ever publish the findings on their find?

[Lucy Lake]

You asked blam, but may I add, Steve Quayle last night, Jan. 14, 2004, said the Australian government had, or is sending a group to investigate. May be more at www.stevequayle.com.

[blam]

"now that I finally noticed the date of this article, did they ever publish the findings on their find?"

Nope. Not a peep.

[ruoflaw]

Thanks!

[Lucy Lake]

Look what I just found:

THE GIANTS OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
http://www.thesolomongiants.com/

[elli1]

Here's another article from the same time frame as the original post, but no where near as imaginative as the one grizz picked up at Tinfoil HQ. ;->

http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/148227.htm

[blam]

"THE GIANTS
OF
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
AND
THEIR HIDDEN UFO BASES

That's enough. I'm outta here!

[blam]

"Here's another article from the same time frame as the original post."

No mention of the size of the skeleton.

[elli1]

Yes, it does, blam:

Discovered by 15 University of the South Pacific geography students at Moturiki Island, the two-metre skeleton is believed to be of Solomon Islands origin.

My thinking: The other article came from the Times of India. All things being relative, a 2 metre skeleton in India probably is considered a giant. But not so remarkable in Polynesia, maybe?

[CobaltBlue]

Heyerdahl's reed boat, the Ra II, sailed from Safi in Morocco to Barbados in 57 days in 1970, proving that reed boats could cross the Atlantic. He tried to sail a larger one, the Tigris, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, in 1978, but was stopped in the Red Sea and not allowed to continue.
http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/Expeditions/

[CobaltBlue]

You don't get to feel "vastly superior" until you have, not just a Ph.D., but a post-doc fellowship. With an MA, "snotty" is all you're allowed. ;^)