The mummified remains still remain to be a mystery to onlookers today. Persons who have seen the mummy up-close are apparently unambiguous in their description of. In the 1590s, Anthony Knivet claimed he had seen dead bodies 12 feet (3.7 m) long in Patagonia. Either way, Bob’s Side Show does certainly exist, as does the monstrosity he possesses which bears the name Kap Dwa, though according to some, it may no longer be on display. In 1579, Francis Drakes ship chaplain, Francis Fletcher, wrote about meeting very tall Patagonians, of '7 foote and a halfe'. After he ended up with the Kap-Dwa, it would later pass several more times-before making its way to Bob’s Side Show at The Antique Man Ltd in Baltimore, owned by Robert Gerber and his wife. Kap Dwa promotional sign outside The Antique Man Ltd storefront in Maryland. It was there, it stayed for the next 45 years, until it was purchased by Lord Thomas Howard in 1959. A traveling show known as the Edwardian Horror Circuit ended up with the corpse and over time it was passed between different showmen over time.Įventually, the two-headed oddity ended up at Weston’s Birnbeck Pier in 1914, located in North Somerset, England. The origination of the corpse, dates back to England in the 19th century. Either way, it is quite a sight to see and it is rather unusual. Some people think that this odd two-headed giant is not a Kap-Dwa-but a deformed conjoined twin corpse. The corpse has been preserved and showcased in a large glass box display. Of course some argue this is a fake and nothing but a lure to get people in for ticket sales. It is perhaps the only known surviving corpse left intact. The remains of one of these giants can now be seen at Bob’s Side Show at The Antique Man Ltd. The sheer size of these giants ranged from 12-20 feet tall and they had several heads. The story of the Kap Dwa, the two-headed Giant is by far one of the most mysterious tales youll hear all day Ranging in at 3.5 meters tall, this Giant was. Later, the giant broke free and suffered a fatal injury after being pierced through the chest with a large pike weapon. The story goes, the Spaniards lashed the giant to the mainmast of the ship. These unusual oddities date back to 1673, when a two-headed giant was captured by Spanish sailors and thereby held captive on a Spanish ship. Even The Vatican, apparently had/has recorded documents that mention giants in South America which were killed by the Aztecs. A Dutch captain named Sebalt de Weert mentioned that his crew witnessed several giants, while they were traveling through the Magellan Strait. Patagonia is a region located at the southernmost tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, with the Andes Mountains as its dividing line.
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