![]() He was certain it was a fake, but commented: “There were no signs of sutures or other ‘joins’, even though the body was largely unclothed”. It was sold to a showman called “Lord” Thomas Howard in 1959, after which it left Weston.įT reader Frank Adey remembers seeing it in Blackpool around 1960. ![]() The exhibit is mentioned in An Innkeeper’s Diary (1931) by John Fothergill, and in Cider With Rosie (1959) by Laurie Lee. (In the Malay language, kepala means head and dua means two how this relates to the supposed Patagonian provenance is unknown.) In 1914, visitors to Weston’s Birnbeck Pier paid tuppence to see the black giant lying on his back wearing a loincloth, armed with a large club and with a snake coiled on his breast. It was known as Kap Dwa, which translates approximately as Two-Heads. In the early 1900s, the stuffed giant was purchased by a Mr Bartram who toured the country on the Edwardian horror circuit, ending up in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, where the curiosity passed through several hands and was exhibited at various locations. He broke loose and killed four of his captors, before being killed himself by a boarding pike plunged into his heart. The story was that he had been captured by Spanish sailors in 1673 and bound to the mainmast. “The Two-headed Patagonian Giant”, said to have been over 12ft (3.7m) tall, was a famous fairground attraction allegedly brought to England in the 19th century. The mummified remains still remain to be a mystery to onlookers today.The issue number is in the early hundreds, thats all i know, without getting out the entire collectionįairground exhibit has not been displayed for seven years After he ended up with the Kap-Dwa, it would later pass several more times-before making its way to Bob’s Side Show at The Antique Man Ltd in Baltimore, owned by Robert Gerber and his wife. It was there, it stayed for the next 45 years, until it was purchased by Lord Thomas Howard in 1959. A traveling show known as the Edwardian Horror Circuit ended up with the corpse and over time it was passed between different showmen over time.Įventually, the two-headed oddity ended up at Weston’s Birnbeck Pier in 1914, located in North Somerset, England. The origination of the corpse, dates back to England in the 19th century. Either way, it is quite a sight to see and it is rather unusual. Some people think that this odd two-headed giant is not a Kap-Dwa-but a deformed conjoined twin corpse. The corpse has been preserved and showcased in a large glass box display. Of course some argue this is a fake and nothing but a lure to get people in for ticket sales. It is perhaps the only known surviving corpse left intact. The remains of one of these giants can now be seen at Bob’s Side Show at The Antique Man Ltd. The sheer size of these giants ranged from 12-20 feet tall and they had several heads. Later, the giant broke free and suffered a fatal injury after being pierced through the chest with a large pike weapon. The story goes, the Spaniards lashed the giant to the mainmast of the ship. These unusual oddities date back to 1673, when a two-headed giant was captured by Spanish sailors and thereby held captive on a Spanish ship. Even The Vatican, apparently had/has recorded documents that mention giants in South America which were killed by the Aztecs. A Dutch captain named Sebalt de Weert mentioned that his crew witnessed several giants, while they were traveling through the Magellan Strait. Patagonia is a region located at the southernmost tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, with the Andes Mountains as its dividing line. Also known as Patagones or Patagonian giants, they once lived as a race of people from the coastline of Patagonia. These large two-headed giants were believed to originate from the jungles of Argentina, South America. A glass display located in Baltimore, Maryland showcases what may well be a Kap-Dwa.
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