The Cardiff Giant remains one of the most sensational frauds ever perpetrated on the American public.
Since being “discovered” on an Upstate New York farm in 1869, thousands have visited the 10-foot stone figure that now calls Cooperstown home.
Long before the internet and 24-hour news cycles, the claim that a “giant” had been unearthed at a rural farm in Central New York captivated newspaper readers from coast to coast in 1869…