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Cardiff Giant Research Paper

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The Cardiff Giant was a 10-foot tall man made of wood. George Hull decided to hire people to cut a 10-foot block of wood. After that, he hired a stonecutter to carve the wood into the shape of a 10-foot man and made the stonecutter swear to keep quite. The stonecutter also added chemicals to make it look aged. Hull then hired two men to dig a well; he was really paying them to dig up his hoax of a 10-foot tall man but they were not aware. The hoax ended when P.T. Barnum created a replica of the giant and put it on display as the original.

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