Chain of printed sources for the Lovelock 'giants', 1911–2024

Origin: They Buried
Dated: Compiled 2026
Extent: 31 pages
Status: accepted
Redactions: None.

Chain of custody

Every printed retelling we could locate, in order, with the height each gives and the source each cites. Assembled from a public microfilm archive and ordinary library holdings. We read the full newspaper issues rather than the clippings, which is the finding.

Held by: They Buried; every source public

Excerpt

1912/1924  excavation reports .... ordinary stature, no comment
1931 (Feb)  Nevada paper ......... 8ft 6in   [cites: nothing]
1931 (Jun)  same paper ............ ~10ft     [cites: nothing]
1970s       paperbacks ............ 10-12ft   [cites: the 1931 items]
2000s       websites .............. up to 15ft [cites: the paperbacks]

NOTE: the 1931 items appear in a standing 'local marvels' column,
      facing a serialised adventure story. No byline on either.

Transcribed by the data desk. Line breaks follow the original. Bracketed matter is ours.

Editor's note

The heights only ever increase. That is the signature of copying, not of measuring.

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