Happy Birthday, Cardiff Giant

He's 137 years old today (October 16). The Washington Post reports:
On Oct. 16, 1869, workers in Cardiff, New York, dug up what they thought was a 10-foot-tall petrified man. The Cardiff Giant was big, all right -- a big hoax. A year earlier, George Hull paid $2,600 to have the giant made, then buried on a farm. Even after Hull admitted the hoax, people wanted to see it. They still do: The Cardiff Giant has been displayed in Cooperstown, New York, since 1948.
Of course, I have much more info about "Old Hoaxy" in the Gallery of Hoaxes. I still think I must be the only person who's ever gone to Cooperstown, New York just to see the Cardiff Giant, without ever bothering to set foot in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

History

Posted on Mon Oct 16, 2006


Comments

I still think I must be the only person who's ever gone to Cooperstown, New York just to see the Cardiff Giant, without ever bothering to set foot in the Baseball Hall of Fame.


Yes Alex, but you're special
😉
Posted by Nettie  on  Mon Oct 16, 2006  at  04:16 AM
Ooh...I share my birthday with the Cardiff Giant! 😊
Posted by Smerk  on  Mon Oct 16, 2006  at  04:57 AM
You're much better preserved, though, Smerk! 😉
Posted by Accipiter  on  Mon Oct 16, 2006  at  06:47 AM
Happy Birthday to you too, Smerk!
Posted by The Curator  in  San Diego  on  Mon Oct 16, 2006  at  09:54 AM
"I still think I must be the only person who's ever gone to Cooperstown, New York just to see the Cardiff Giant, without ever bothering to set foot in the Baseball Hall of Fame."

Nope, you're not that unique, Alex (okay, that's improper english, but hey). I did a report on him back in high school, rode out there from where I lived then, the tip of Cayuga Lake. Couldn't care less about baseball, so just checked out the olde tyme village-e while I was there.

Might even have beaten you to it - I was there innnnn... 1981?
Posted by Just Al  on  Mon Oct 16, 2006  at  11:00 AM
Our family enjoyed Cooperstown without going to the Hall of Fame. There's a lot in that area to enjoy as tourists.
Posted by cvirtue  on  Mon Oct 16, 2006  at  11:03 AM
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