Giants_in_the_Bible

GIANTS IN THE BIBLE
PROF. M. M. NINAN
Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Ohio Area
Satterfield, a justice of the peace, said that three giant skeletons were found at the mouth of the Paw
Paw Creek. Jim Dean and others found the bones while digging a bridge foundation. She said it was
Dr. Kidwell, of Fairmont, who examined them and said they were very old, perhaps thousands of years
old. She said that when the skeletons were exposed to the weather for a few days, their bones turned
black and began to crumble. All these skeletons, she said, were measured and found to be about eight
Giant creatures that existed on earth
What is indeed significant is that many giant versions of other creatures existed in the past or still exist
today. To name just a few, these include the following:
1. spiders (e.g., the bird-eating spider, up to 12-inch legspan)
2. moths (e.g., the Atlas moth, with a wing span of 11 inches)
3. centipedes (up to 13 inches long)
4. snails (e.g., the African giant snail, up to 15½inches long)
5. frogs (e.g. Beelzebufo,16 inches high)
6. dragonflies (e.g., Meganeura,with a wing span of more than 2½feet)
7. rats (e.g., Josephoartigasia,with a conservatively estimated body mass of 750 pounds)
8. beavers (e.g., Trogontherium,about 7½feet long)
9. scorpions (e.g., the sea scorpion Jaekelopterus,estimated at more than 8 feet long)
10. crabs (e.g., the giant spider crab, with a claw span more than 12 feet)
11. armadillos (e.g., Glyptodon,up to 13 feet long)
12. turtles (e.g., Archelon,up to 16 feet long)
13. fish (e.g., Xiphactinus,19 feet long)
14.. sloths (e.g., Megatherium,which stood about 20 feet)
15. worms (e.g., the giant earthworm, up to 22 feet long)
16. sea cows (e.g., Hydrodamalis,25 feet or more in length)
17. crocodiles (e.g., Sarcosuchus,up to 40 feet long)
18.. snakes (e.g., Titanoboa,over 42 feet long)
19. crustaceans (e.g., supergiant amphipods 10 times larger than those previously discovered)
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