06/30/2026
Giants Buried Standing Up in a Circle in Pike County, Ohio
Largest Measured Nine-Foot in Length
There are several burying grounds in this county, and two of them are located five miles west of this city, near Jasper, one on the farm of Mr. William Bush and one on Mr. Mathew Mark’s farm. These burying places are both in gravel banks and were discovered when the banks were opened fore the purpose of hauling out gravel. In a conversation with a gentleman who has seen a number of skeletons unearthed at the Mark bank was first opened. Some of these skeletons have been measured and the largest have been found to be nine feet long and over. At one time ten skeletons were exhumed. They had buried in a circle, standing in an erect position, and were in a comparatively well-preserved condition. One remarkable fact about all the skeletons unearthed at these places is the perfect state of preservation in which the teeth are found to be. Not a decayed tooth has been discovered, and this would seem to indicate that these people naturally had excellent teeth or some extraordinary manner of preserving them." The Stevens Point Journal, May 1, 1886