A friend of mine who is part Navaho not cherokee wants to know this:
The first is about skeletons of giants that were dug up
here in the USA in the 1880's somewhere on the east
coast. They were measured at 10' high of more and
well porpotioned. I read about them and heard of them
on TV and on a western TV show "Alias Smith and
Jones" they were even used as a quest for the
characters. Does anyone have any info on this.

The second is the mummified Faery folk that was found
here in the SW of the USA. From what I saw on TV
years ago, The mummy was only about a foot high and
well perserved, found in a cave. Everyone said it was
just a mummy of a still born babe but it was also well
proportions and did not have the features of a child but
an adult (adult teeth, full head of hair and all) Any
word on the conclusion of that?

Thanks Mike

Elves, Do They Exist?
by Davy Russell, Editor
POSTED: 18 December 98

Some would rather let elves live in the fantastical world of Middle Earth
and Tolkien's imagination or in the holiday dreams of children imagining
Santa's little helpers. But do these magical little people have any bearing
in reality?

Legends of dwarves, elves, and faeries are found worldwide. There are
the famed trolls of Scandinavian folklore, the wealthy leprechauns of Irish
lore, and other mischievous elves who mainly live in (fiction) literature,
but numerous sightings are actually reported by surprised individuals
throughout the world. Native Americans of the United States and Canada
have similar legends as well.

The majority of "evidence" of these miniature humanoid beings are the
numerous eye-witness testimonies. Encounters with elf-entities usually
occur when the elf approaches a home and requests food or shelter. If
the resident refuses to comply with the elf's demands, they would bring
misfortune upon the greedy person. Unless harrassed, elves are said to
generally avoid contact with humans. The majority of elven legends
throughout the world confine these beings to the deep forest, where
they lead a reclusive, mysterious life.

Although the sworn testimonies of those who claim to have encountered
elves on occasion or spotted them in the forest are easy to dismiss as
fantasy or hallucination, scientific, archaeological discoveries cause one
to think twice...at least for a minute or two.

In 1932, a 14-inch tall mummy was found by gold prospectors in the
Pedro Mountains 60 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming (USA). The tiny
mummy was found sitting on a ledge in a small granite cave. Its legs
were crossed and arms folded on its lap. It had a flat nose, low forehead,
and a broad, thin-lipped mouth. The mummy was x-rayed and analysed.
The Anthropology Department of Harvard University certified the mummy
as genuine and believed by some to be of a 65-year old man. A more
skeptical Dr. George Gill speculated that the mummy could have been an
infant afflicted with anencephaly, a congenital abnormality which causes
tiny adult proportions. Since its discovery, the mummy changed hands
several times and, unfortunately, disappeared.
It is interesting to note that Shoshone and Crow natives that inhabited
the area where the mummy was found had legends of "little people" in
their ancient folklore.

Perhaps the most spectacular and baffling find was in the later 1800s.
Hundreds of tiny flint tools were found in the Pennine hills of east
Lancashire, all of which were no larger than half an inch long. The tiny
tools included scrapers, borers, and crescent shaped knives. The
craftsmanship of such tools were extremely fine, and in many cases, a
magnifying glass needed to be used to detect the evidence of flaking
used to bring them to a sharp point. None of these tiny tools were
practical for perfoming the tasks that the regular sized ones were
intended for. Because of this, some speculated they were ritualistic
replicas...but why, and why so small? Were these tools made by similarly
small people?

As with the elf legends, tiny tools similar to the ones found in Lancashire
have been found worldwide including Devon and Suffolk, England, Egypt,
Africa, Australia, France, Italy, and India.

It would seem that if elves did/do exist, more evidence or contact with
these strange miniature people would be collected or reported. However,
if giant 6-8 foot tall bipedal hominids such as Sasquatch and Yeti can
keep their existence unknown, how much easier it would be for elves to
do the same, being just inches tall!

Source: http://www.xproject.net/archives/cryptozoology/elves.html

Mastodonic remains are occasionally unearthed, and, from
time to time, discoveries of the remains of Indian settlements
are indicated by the appearance of gigantic skeletons, with
the high cheek bones, powerful jaws and massive frames
peculiar of the red man, who left these as the only record
with which to form a clew to the history of past ages.

She said also that three skeletons were found at the mouth
of the Paw Paw Creek many years later, while Nim
(Nimrod) Satterfield was justice of the peace. Jim Dean and
some men were digging for a bridge foundation and found
these bones at the lower end of the old buffalo wallow. She
thought 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, that Squire Satterfield had them buried in
the Joliffe graveyard (Rivesville). All these skeletons, she
said, were measured, and found to be about eight feet long.

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