The clip that he shows of a giant Chinese man walking in a parade is not a real historical scene.
It's part of a movie that was made.
In other words, it's fake.
This is why you can't assume a documentary type video, such as this one, is factual.
I've seen a lot of these type videos that use proven photoshopped and fake pics as factual, and they keep getting spread around the internet.
I don't want that crap on my from, the fake stuff. I can delete this thread but the additional comments will be lost. One day soon I'm going to delete all of the anthroposophy crap that doesn't have comments. Reluctantly I will keep the threads
with comments. I do believe in ancient times there were real Nephilum and their giant children.
I learned about Robert Wadlow back in grade school. We took a field trip to his home town and we went to his museum of sorts, it wasn't big but we got the whole story of his life and how he died.
A life-size statue of Wadlow was erected opposite the
Alton Museum of History and Art in 1986.
[1][14]
en.wikipedia.org
Wadlow was born in
Alton, Illinois, on February 22, 1918, to Harold Franklin and Addie May (Johnson) Wadlow, and was the oldest of five children. He was taller than his father by age 8, and in elementary school a special desk was made for him. By the time of his graduation from
Alton High School in 1936, he was 8 ft 4 in (254 cm).
[1] He enrolled in
Shurtleff College with the intention of studying law.
Wadlow required leg
braces when walking and had
little feeling in his legs and feet. He never used a
wheelchair.
[5]
Wadlow became a
celebrity after his 1936 U.S. tour with the
Ringling Brothers Circus, appearing at
Madison Square Garden and the
Boston Garden in the center ring (never in the
sideshow).
[6] During his appearances, he dressed in his everyday clothes and refused the circus's request that he wear a
top hat and
tails.
[6]
In 1938, he began a promotional tour with the
International Shoe Company, which provided him shoes free of charge,
[7] again only in his everyday street clothes.
[8] Wadlow saw himself as working in advertising, not exhibiting as a
freak.
[6] He possessed great physical strength until the last few days of his life.
[9][
better source needed]
Wadlow belonged to the
Order of DeMolay, the Masonic-sponsored organization for young men, and was later a
Freemason. By November 1939,
[10] Wadlow was a Master Mason under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Illinois A.F. and A.M.
One year before his death, Wadlow passed
John Rogan as the tallest person ever. On June 27, 1940 (18 days before his death), he was measured by doctors at 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m).
[1]
On July 4, 1940, during a professional appearance at the
Manistee National Forest Festival, a faulty brace irritated his ankle, leading to
infection. He was treated with a
blood transfusion and surgery, but his condition worsened due to an
autoimmune disorder; he died in his sleep on July 15.
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His coffin measured 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) long by 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) wide by 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) deep, weighed over 1,000 lb (450 kg), and was carried by twelve pallbearers and eight assistants.
[1][12][13] He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in
Upper Alton,
Madison County, Illinois.
