Briefly discusses the Cardiff Giant hoax in which people of upstate New York were fooled into believing that the petrified form of a giant human being had been uncovered from the ground on October 16, 1869.
year: 1983
call number/section: 1.9
subjects: cardiff giant, forgery of antiquities, new york (state), swindlers and swindling, cardiff (n.y.), antiquities, new york (state)