The Giant at Cardiff #6 LbNA #18635 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 12, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | LaFayette |
| County: | Onondaga |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | the gypsy travelers  |
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| Found by: | peace & balance |
| Last found: | Mar 11, 2006 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 12, 2005 |
The giant has been report missing as of 6/17/2006.
10/08/2006 - checked on the giant and it is definately missing, Looks like there was a bit of a wash out plus someone is cleaning up behind the basket ball court. There are no plans to replace the giant at this time.
A drive by located just west of Lafayette. The Cardiff giant is a fake fossil of an antediluvian giant some ten feet high with 21 inch feet. The "fossil" is actually a carved slab of gypsum, sculpted a year or two before its "discovery" in 1869. The fake was the idea of George Hull, a cigar manufacturer and atheist, and a distant relation Stubb Newell, who owned the farm in Cardiff, New York, where the hoax was perpetrated. Experts almost immediately suspected the "fossil" was not a fossil, but their warnings went unheeded. Scientists declaring the fake a fake did not deter visitors, who shelled out 50 cents each to see the "Goliath." Rumor had it that the "fossil" was proof of the Bible's accuracy about giants such as Goliath. The curious came in the hundreds per day to the remote upstate New York farm for a view of Biblical history. I first saw "the Giant" in Cooperstown when I was in 7th grade and was duly impressed. Directions: Cardiff is located on Route 20 West of LaFayette. Coming from the East turn right onto Field Lane and then take a right onto Route 11A. Pass under Route 20 and you will see a white church on the left and an old playground on the right complete with a merry go round (don't see those much any more) Clue: Locate the park and pull off the road - there is no designated parking area. Find the basketball court and then look at the basketball hoop with the chain link fence behind it. Go around the fence to your right (easiest way) and proceed to the large pole holding the fence up. To the right of the pole tucked under the concrete and covered by rocks and leaves is your giant. This looks like it might be an active "hang out" for the local teens so be sure to cover the box well.
10/08/2006 - checked on the giant and it is definately missing, Looks like there was a bit of a wash out plus someone is cleaning up behind the basket ball court. There are no plans to replace the giant at this time.
A drive by located just west of Lafayette. The Cardiff giant is a fake fossil of an antediluvian giant some ten feet high with 21 inch feet. The "fossil" is actually a carved slab of gypsum, sculpted a year or two before its "discovery" in 1869. The fake was the idea of George Hull, a cigar manufacturer and atheist, and a distant relation Stubb Newell, who owned the farm in Cardiff, New York, where the hoax was perpetrated. Experts almost immediately suspected the "fossil" was not a fossil, but their warnings went unheeded. Scientists declaring the fake a fake did not deter visitors, who shelled out 50 cents each to see the "Goliath." Rumor had it that the "fossil" was proof of the Bible's accuracy about giants such as Goliath. The curious came in the hundreds per day to the remote upstate New York farm for a view of Biblical history. I first saw "the Giant" in Cooperstown when I was in 7th grade and was duly impressed. Directions: Cardiff is located on Route 20 West of LaFayette. Coming from the East turn right onto Field Lane and then take a right onto Route 11A. Pass under Route 20 and you will see a white church on the left and an old playground on the right complete with a merry go round (don't see those much any more) Clue: Locate the park and pull off the road - there is no designated parking area. Find the basketball court and then look at the basketball hoop with the chain link fence behind it. Go around the fence to your right (easiest way) and proceed to the large pole holding the fence up. To the right of the pole tucked under the concrete and covered by rocks and leaves is your giant. This looks like it might be an active "hang out" for the local teens so be sure to cover the box well.