8 Famous Paranormal Photographs Debunked

4. Giant Skeletons Found

These images surface every so often, usually attached to a story about either a new gigantic discovery, or an excavation from "the olden days" that was somehow either forgotten or hushed up.

Believe it or not, there are actually a lot of people with a vested interest in proving the existence of giants. They are dotted throughout the writings of many different religions and, should proof of their existence be found, it would be God: 1, Atheists: 0.

There are plenty of variations on the theme, but the photograph above is actually from a photoshop competition on the now defunct Worth1000.com.

The competition brief was: "...to create an archaeological hoax. Your job is to show a picture of an archaeological discovery that looks so real, had it not appeared at Worth1000, people might have done a double take."

The source photograph for this particular image was taken from the excavation of a mastodon in Hyde Park. You can see the original here.