| − | The Cardiff Giant was one of many frauds perpetrated by promoters of the theory of evolution.{{fact}} | + | '''The Cardiff Giant''' was a fradulent statue, promoted as a [[fossil]] of a giant man. |
| − | George Hull, a New York atheist, perpetrated the fraud after arguing with a Minister about a passage in Genesis that claimed there were 'giants' on Earth in biblical times. After creating the fake out of a block of Gypsum quarried in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Hull transported it to his cousin's farm where it was buried for a year. The two men charged 25¢ to view the fake. | + | George Hull, a New York athiest, perpetrated the fraud after arguing with a minister about a passage in Genesis that claimed there were 'giants' on earth in biblical times. After creating the fake out of a block of gypsum quarried in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Hull transported it to his cousin's farm where it was buried for a year. The two men charged 25¢ to view the fake. When circus owner [[P.T. Barnum]] was unable to purchase the giant, he had another one carved and promoted it as the original. |