Kap Dwa, the two-headed Giant that is oftentimes referred to as one of the greatest fossils of a Giant that we’ve ever come across.
If you’ve been researching theories about giants, you’ve probably already heard of Kap Dwa, the two-headed giant who is sometimes considered to be one of the greatest giant fossils ever discovered.
A party of Spanish mariners came upon the two-headed giant, which stood 11.5 feet tall (3.5 meters), and decided to take it with them to the shore. Because of its threatening demeanor though and because they did fear for their lives if it escaped the group decided to stab it in its sleep. When they got to London, they had it mummified, and it basically just sat around until 1914, when it started to get a lot of attention from both locals and tourists.
The mummy of Kap Dwa
Magellan and his crew made a stop on a South American beach before exploring the interior. They supposedly came across locals that were twice the size of an average man while they explored. This is possibly due to the fact that certain of the native inhabitants of the area, specifically the Tehuelche, were taller than the typical European at the time. It’s possible that this height disparity was exaggerated, giving rise to the long-standing European fiction that giants lived in Patagonia.
The likelihood of finding a true two-headed giant is not as remote as it may seem, comparable to finding a real dragon or a real troll. Let us look at the creature’s strange height first. There have been individuals of exceptional stature as a result of gigantism. Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), who was 8 feet 11 inches (2.47 meters) tall and still growing when he unexpectedly passed away at the age of 22, is the tallest individual in recorded history for whom there is unquestionable evidence.
Although individuals taller than 8 feet have been discovered, no 12-foot-tall living individuals or skeletal remains (for whom the evidence is conclusive) have been discovered. Although it may be conceivable for a human to reach that height, it is becoming increasingly challenging for someone to do so while still being healthy. Wadlow died as a result of foot blisters that he suffered from carrying such a heavy load. He later developed an infection from these blisters, which led to complications that led to his death. Being 12 feet tall would only make these health issues worse.
In the 1960s, doctors are reported to have examined the body and found no evident indications that it was a fake. No other experts appear to have looked at the body to see if it was truly a set of dicephalic parapagus twins or if it met the internal anatomical parameters to be likely to live as such.
Because of this, Lord Thomas Howard made the decision in 1959 to buy it from the locals and take it with him home. It eventually found its way into Gerber’s collection, and he still owns it today.
Gerber opposed this notion vehemently, contending that it is untrue because he actually discovered it on a beach in Paraguay, not Patagonia as most theories claimed.
Nevertheless, it was sent from Baltimore to the museum throughout the years, and soon after, one George Bickle moved it to England. It is now on exhibit in the Blackpool museum.
Src: kenhthoisu.net
