Cannibals Beneath the Bat Guano
In 1911, miners digging through four feet of bat guano in a Nevada cave stumbled upon something far stranger than fertilizer: mummified skeletons with red hair.
The Paiutes already knew this story. Their legends spoke of the Si-Te-Cah, a tribe of towering, red-haired cannibal giants who terrorized the desert until the tribes burned them alive inside Lovelock Cave.
Lovelock isn’t the only place with giant legends. From the Patagonian giants seen by early explorers, to giant footprints in Bolivia, stories of enormous beings stretch across continents.
The Paiute Legends of the Si-Te-Cah
The Northern Paiutes describe the Si-Te-Cah (“tule eaters”) as:
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7–10 feet tall, with flaming red hair
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Cannibalistic warriors who devoured captives and even dug up graves
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Fighters who could leap into the air, catch enemy arrows, and fire them back
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Raft-builders who prowled ancient Lake Lahontan (12,700 years ago), kidnapping women along the shores
After years of bloody war, the tribes cornered them in a cave, sealed the entrance with brush, and set it ablaze. Archaeologists later found burnt arrow shafts in Lovelock Cave—eerily confirming the story.
Interestingly, Native oral traditions worldwide describe giant beings. The Aboriginal giants of Budj Bim in Australia, for instance, are tied to volcanic creation myths.
Sarah Winnemucca’s Creepy Legacy
In 1883, Paiute activist Sarah Winnemucca published Life Among the Paiutes, describing the extermination of the red-haired “People-Eaters.”
Her family preserved a mourning dress trimmed with their red hair, passed down for generations.
Why was the hair red when local tribes were dark-haired? Why keep it as an heirloom? And was this oral tradition really a memory of fighting cannibal giants?
You can find her description of the Red-Haired Giants in her book: “Life Among The Paiutes: Their Wrongs And Claims.
Lovelock Cave – Nevada’s Burnt Tomb
About 93 miles northeast of Reno, Lovelock Cave sits blackened by soot, like a prehistoric furnace.
Archaeological Excavations
Between 1912 and 1929, researchers removed 10,000+ artifacts, including:
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Duck decoys (oldest in the world, now at the Smithsonian)
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15-inch sandals, suggesting feet far larger than average
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Oversized pestles and arrow shafts, fit for giants
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Human remains with red hair
Conditions preserved items as if in an Egyptian tomb.
Artifacts here mirror other global finds, like the graveyard of gints in China.
Skeletons and Skulls
Miners’ Testimonies
Guano miners reported skeletons up to 7–10 feet tall, some with red hair. Newspapers in the 1930s confirmed the finds.
Even Alaska had its own discovery: the giant skeleton unearthed in Alaska.
Spirit Cave Mummies
Nearby Spirit Cave yielded 9,400-year-old mummies. DNA testing showed Caucasian ancestry, not Paiute. Outsiders—or giants?
Humboldt Museum Controversy
Witnesses claim the Humboldt Museum stored skulls with red hair and “double rows of teeth.” Some photographed them in the 1970s–2000s. The museum now denies their existence.
The Cover-Up Theory
Why no public display of the skulls?
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Archaeologists Loud & Harrington admitted finding red-haired mummies, but their reports omitted details.
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Nevada’s State Museum hides a giant pestle, calling it “too large” for display.
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Researchers argue giants threaten Darwinian timelines and mainstream archaeology.
And yet, traditions of giants are global—see 7 proofs of ancient giants and Nephilim evidence.
FAQs – Red-Haired Cannibal Giants of Lovelock Cave
❓ Who were the Si-Te-Cah?
The Si-Te-Cah were described in Paiute oral history as a terrifying race of red-haired cannibal giants. They supposedly raided tribes, stole women, and even dug up graves to eat the dead. The Paiutes eventually defeated them by trapping them in Lovelock Cave and burning them alive. This legend isn’t just oral storytelling—archaeological finds like burnt arrow shafts and soot-stained ceilings match the description.
❓ Were giant skeletons really found in Lovelock Cave?
Yes. Multiple testimonies—from miners, newspapers, and early archaeologists—reported skeletons ranging from 6’6” to nearly 10 feet tall. One miner described a red-haired mummy at 6’6” and called it a “giant.” Newspapers in the 1930s mentioned skeletons wrapped in shrouds, some close to 10 feet long. While skeptics suggest exaggeration, too many independent accounts exist to dismiss it outright.
❓ What strange artifacts were uncovered?
Over 10,000 artifacts were pulled from Lovelock Cave, including duck decoys, giant 15-inch sandals, massive stone pestles, nets, woven baskets, and oversized arrow shafts. Many are now in the Smithsonian and other museums. The sheer size of some tools implies use by people larger than average humans of the time.
❓ Where are the skulls now?
Witnesses claim the skulls were stored at the Humboldt Museum in Winnemucca and UC Berkeley’s Hearst Museum. Don Monroe and M.K. Davis photographed them in the 1970s and 2000s. Some skulls had unusual features like reddish hair and even double rows of teeth. Today, museums deny their existence or keep them in storage, reportedly due to “sensitivity” and “state restrictions.”
❓ Could the Si-Te-Cah have been real?
The evidence is compelling: oral traditions, soot-blackened cave ceilings, oversized tools, DNA-tested mummies from nearby Spirit Cave, and eyewitness testimony of red-haired skulls. While mainstream archaeology avoids calling them “giants,” it seems likely that Nevada was once home to an unusually tall, red-haired population that history has tried to forget. Whether cannibal giants or simply a mysterious lost group, the puzzle refuses to vanish.
Giants or Tall Tales?
The red-haired cannibal giants of Lovelock Cave remain one of North America’s strangest archaeological puzzles.
Whether myth, misinterpretation, or suppressed history, Nevada’s soot-blackened cavern whispers of something terrifying in the desert’s past.
And Lovelock is not alone. From Patagonian giants to Laos’s mysterious stone jars, legends of giants seem to span the globe.
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@Bob Sep 14, 2020 At 10:08 pm I see what your saying but theres another imagine of these skulls which shows a different angle. the smaller skull even though it is lying down the lower parts of that smaller skull including the cheek bones are actually a little closer to the camera than the cheekbones of the big reddish skull, and despite the reddish skull being a bit farther from the camera than the smaller skull the cheek bones of the reddish one still look quite a bit wider than the cheek bones of the smaller skull despite the smaller skulls cheekbones clearly being closer to the camera than that of the reddish ones. and if its wider than the smaller skull, then it is definitely taller than it too. the image is on a site called greater ancestors, I cant find that article they did idk if it got taken down or not but I have a screenshot of that different angle I dont think I can post it here though.
man i wonder if their dimensions like their circumference was ever measured especially of that big reddish one
Vikings or nephilim.
Probably upset the apple cart to say vikings were here before indians too.
Although, I believe it to be true based upon a dig that was covered up.
A problem I have with saying the redish skull was much larger, is that it is displayed at a much different angle, that might make it appear larger that it actually is, in comparison to the other skulls.
To the Victor goes the spoils, you cry baby pansies whine so much about being owed something. Guess what, you should have fought harder and not got your asses beat time and time again.
The Millions of Native Americans are the same race, descended from no more than 250 unrelated people. They are a single race on Two continents, they are homogenous in that the Chumash are more closely related to the yaghans and the ache in South America., as opposed to the nNorthern Europeans have Mongoloid Siberian DNA and Southern Europeans have Sub Saharan African Admixture , might as well be two separate races. I find it hilarious when idiots like you try to claim Greece, Rome or Egypt for “ the Northern Europeans. Since Europe IS in Asia, all Europeans are Asians, there is no such thing as a European, maybe an Asian or Eurasian if I want to be generous! Stop wetting your panties about the Aztec or Maya, they are still better than you Germanic Barbarians. At least they had civilizations, unlike your cannibal ancestors! Is that why you are wetting your drawers looking for White Red headed cannibals in America?! America is not your homeland, you are an invader to my land, you have no deep history or ancestral remains that have your dna! Go fondle yourself thinking of your own ancestral remains!
You are rude and vile. Surely you can express yourself without mentioning those who might be incontinent of urine over the search for unusual humans who might be considered “giants”, or the result of a dna anomaly. New information on humans of the past surface every year. And studies of these humans are yielding all kinds of fascinating details. So much to learn about those who came before any of us, how they lived, the hardships they endured, and what they had to do just to survive another day. Their stories are being revealed as time goes on. I have great admiration for any and all humans as they struggled without any of the modern tools & medicine that have allowed most of us to live in comfort, without fear of being murdered, starving to death, kidnapped, etc. We still need to help those less fortunate, give what we can, and move forward into a better future for all, hopefully without ending up downtrodden ourselves. It won’t be easy, many of us don’t want to give up our little place in the sun, that we worked so hard to achieve. Just do what you can, learn something new & positive, like emergency medical care. You never know when YOU will have to step up and help someone in your family or on the street, but at least be of service in some way to your fellow man or woman. Or some zombie cannibal.
Good luck. Take care. Be thankful for what you have. It could have been worse.
That was nice and youyou have right. I wish good to you. and for every one else as well, but they have to gelp on them selves so they can get help to other.
A Youtube video(link wont post)Giants Emerging Everywhere by Universe Inside You at the 16:35 mark has film footage of a real giant in Japan…
Marching with the army…not a tall dude..a giant
Check it out
I love Universe Inside You!
The red haired giants were the First Nations. the Indians that came after, were not. Also the Norwegians were the first people to arrive in North America. The old stone houses proved that.
You are ignorant! Their were no such thing as Norwegians when the Native Americans first existed as the founding race of the 2 continents. When Norwegian last did finally show up, they had to live in a small colony, unable or unwilling to fight the Native American people. The “ Red Haired “ giants never existed. The Lovelock Skulls were DNA tested already and proven to be closely related to the near by Paiute and other Great Basin tribes. You are not Native to the land, nor are Norwegians or Europeans. Stop being jealous of the great feats of exploring and founding of the great 2 Continents of the Americas that the Native Americans accomplished. No other modern humans ever found empty lands like the Native Americans did. The European hordes always invaded other people lands, even Europe that belonged to the real ancient race of Europeans.
Holy shit- hostile much? “Native Americans” – are Siberian Americans. While it can be difficult to find, there is controversy surrounding the “Siberian Americans” were in the Americas first. *Tibetans separated from China about 5,000 years ago and within that time frame genetically changed to utilize oxygen at high altitudes. The “Native Americans” were not some unified people – but wiped each other out in numerous migrations from Siberia and East Asia, migrating southward. There is controversy about Ice Age and Clovis Culture – and found arrowheads and spearheads that predate the fluting Clovis points.
It isn’t settled – and even when it seems to be you should always ask whether it is or isn’t. After all, the banksters in power have a lot at stake on this question and the successful of the propaganda they peddle depends on their answer.
The “European hordes” do not always invade other peoples’ lands. What of the Mongols? The Ottoman Turks? The Bantu and the “Native American” tribes that invaded each other, tortured each other, and “stole” each other’s lands? What of the Maya and the Aztec and the Inca? You are retarded. If “Native Americans” are native to the Americas after coming from Siberia and East Asia about 14,000 years ago (and the modern descendants today are a result of those who came about 9,000 years ago wiping out those who came about 13,000 years ago – heads up — GENOCIDE in other words) then why aren’t modern Europeans native to Europe? You’re a moron. And a nihilist if you’re White. Please go die now. At least – don’t perpetuate your genes (if anyone White would have you).
If the Bible says that there were giants in the land, then guess what? There were giants in the land.
But that same Bible warns us not to get caught up in old wives fables. 8 feet tall is very believable, even before the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz started overpaying them to shoot hoops. And all of it was before PepsiCo started cannibalizing us with aborted fetuses flavoring 1500 of their products. Also keep in mind that in humans at least, cannibal behavior ends with shakes and tremors and ultimately death in fairly short order.
The Lodi Museum in Lodi Ca, until sometime after 1972 had 2 complete Red Haired giant mummies on display; the display included copper ornaments, clothing, tools and utensils.
Several accounts by visitors who viewed them exist.
I was through there in the summer of ‘74 and there was no such display or knowledge by staff of such?
I agree that it goes against the mainstream ‘history’ and validates biblical accounts and narratives.?
I saw a tv series show a few years back, a couple of stone workers who traveled the country looking at ancient stone works. They had one show on a mega wall (or walled city) around thru, I believe, Texas and Oklahoma. Just like these skulls and other giant skulls the authorities said there was nothing to see and had the area reburied. Anyone know of that? Seems like it might fit this story
Raises more questions…..
Why are we paying the Indians reparations for “taking over THEIR land” when they murdered an entire race of people and then took over the land for themselves?
The skeletons found were burred with shrouds? The Indians said they were cannibals. Who picks apart their dinner and puts the hair and bones back in the correct order and buries it?
I don’t doubt these people lived here, the skeletons prove they did…… I don’t believe the excuse the Indians gave for killing off an entire race of people.
@April, you seem to be forgetting that the “entire race of people” you so benevolently speak of were GIANT CANNIBALS who consistently terrorized the Native Americans, eating their men, women and children DEAD OR ALIVE. Did you not read the whole article or do you not have a shred of reading comprehension in you?
You are focusing on indian reparations for some ridiculous reason and not the fact that GIANT CANNIBALS once existed and the government is doing everything in their power to cover it up! Evolution is a lie! These giants come from somewhere, and the best information regarding this topic can be found in the book of GENESIS.
Thats exactly right.
Il faut lire le texte original. Les Paiutes avaient un de leurs clans cannibales aussi. Ils ne l’étaient pas tous, et dans bien d’autres peuples, cela s’est pratiqué. Sarah WINNEMUCCA, fille du chef indien, connaissait bien l’existence de ces géants cannibales. Elle a écrit son autobiographie.
Et tu te trompes de camp en tirant encore sur les Indiens car
1/ ils n’ont absolument pas éliminé une ‘race’ (?) entière : ceux qui les ont cherchés, provoqués, les ont trouvés. Face au CANON sans sommations – et non pas aux fusils d’Hollywood business- ils n’ont pas eu affaire à une lutte fairplay; ils ont été ‘génocidés’ pour installer le chemin de fer financé par les banksters qui n’ont rien d’humaniste. Si on te déloge de là où tu vis, tu dis OK ? Si on te nie le droit d’exister, soit tu as des c… et tu te défends, ou tu fuis là où on te retrouvera. Toutes les tueries sont d’autant plus blamables, inexcusables, quand c’est un état politique qui les PLANIFIE.
2/ ils n’ont pas repris leurs terres, à part Les LAKOTAS qui se sont acharnés jusqu’à ce qu’on leur laisse une miette de leur territoire.
Ils ont été trompés dans les prétendues négociations, des traquenards pour les tuer physiquement, ou leur faire signer des textes JAMAIS respectés par les ricains.
3/ Question dédommagements, tu peux chercher : ils n’ont eu quasiment rien, seules quelques tribus ont eu l’aumône. Et toujours parqués comme des sous-hommes, après avoir été déportés dans les zones les plus inhospitalières dont bien sûr les colons ne voulaient pas.
4/ Ils ont été patients, naïfs comme n’importe quel individu de bon fond.
5/ Enfin tailler un scalp est une manie d’origine anglaise. Les Indiens ont juste répondu par le même affront.
Le livre de Dee BROWN (éd. Opéra Mundi, 1973) ‘Enterre mon cœur [à Wounded Knee’] s’est voulu “un récit de la Conquête de l’Ouest américain, telle que les victimes l’ont vécue, en employant autant que possible leurs paroles”.
Si tu as du coeur, tu en pleureras.
Here’s the deal, if the general public ever knew the truth about giants. It would confirm the stories told from the Israelites in the bible and this would severely damage the LIE that’s been told across the world. This would change people’s opinions about God and His word and the elite will never have this story told period.
Their hubris has forgot truth does prevail. You can’t keep the genie in the bottle no matter how hard they suppress the truth.
Great point! There has been a huge effort to cover this information up. If confirmed, it would cause a paradigm shift. More people would believe the Bible!
I think H. P. Lovecraft used this story for a short story theme. Really scary account of a man lost in a cave …
Cant heat water from above. Dry friction caused by oil extraction is creating a way for the water to move through hot vents. Oil displaces water. No oil; and the water heats up as well. God forgive us.
Kieran Denahy
What does this have to do with the subject?
another article .
and of course you can heat water from an above source .
but that is kind of weaponizing.