The Cardiff Giant

 

October, 1869. Cardiff, New York. 10 foot tall petrified man discovered. Another one of history's most famous hoaxes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant

https://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2013/04/an-enormous-hoax-cardiff-giant-1869.html

https://gizmodo.com/the-brief-lucrative-afterlife-of-the-cardiff-giant-5944851