Mysterious Giant Desert Mummies

According to the August 5, 1947 edition of the San Diego Union clipping, explorers had unearthed, the mummified remains of strangely costumed giants which the discoverers dated to around 80,000 years ago near the Arizona-Nevada-California line. The Union reported that a Howard E. Hill of Los Angeles was recounting the work of Dr. F. Bruce Russell, a retired Cincinnati physician who had originally located the first of several tunnels near Death Valley in 1931, but had not been able to return to the area until 1947.

With the help of Dr. Daniel S. Bovee, who with Hill’s father had once helped open up New Mexico’s cliff dwellings, Russell had recovered the remains of several men of 8 to 9 feet in height. “These giants,” said Hill, “are clothed in garments consisting of a medium length jacket and trouser extending slightly below the knees. The texture of the material is said to resemble gray dyed sheepskin, but obviously it was taken from an animal unknown today.”

Hill also said, according to the Union, that in another cavern was found the ritual hall of the ancient people, together with devices and markings similar to those now used by the Masonic order. In a long tunnel were well-preserved remains of animals, including elephants and tigers. So far, Hill added, no women have been found. He said the explorers believe that what they found was the burial place of the tribe’s hierarchy. Hieroglyphics, he added, bear a resemblance to what is known of those from the lost continent of Atlantis. They are chiseled, he added, on carefully polished granite.



Sources:
Atlantis Rising Magazine Vol. 31: "Mysterious 1947 News Report of Giant Desert Mummies Surfaces";
http://www.rense.com/general15/hiss.htm

Pic Source:
Atlantis Rising Magazine Vol. 31: "Mysterious 1947 News Report of Giant Desert Mummies Surfaces" page 11