190 : Georgia's Giant Bones

In 2008 a Russian TV-report shows the giant bones found in Borjomi, an area of Georgia. The person showing them was a renowned paleontologist (he died in 2014 and yet his bio mentions nothing of these bones). But it is definitely him in the video.

Someone received confirmation that the news item had been sent to a internet-magazine from the Rustavi2 tv-channel and managed to get in touch with Russian Channel One who sent a link to the news-report on the net. The link is now missing but this was the transcript of it.

Pictures from the tv:

Normal bone in the middle

Vekua with bones.

The skull (not shown on TV)

bones in the right hand corner after a light removal of dirt!

Here is a translated transcript from the TV programme which is now unable to be accessed.

Valley of the giants in the Borjomi Gorge: Scientists have found a settlement after mysterious, mythical creatures in the Borjomi gorge.

Archaeologists have made a sensational find. In the mountains of the Borjomi Gorge, they found the remains of the mysterious creatures of which legends have been told for centuries by local residents. As it turned out; the stories about the huge giants are in fact reality. What a mystery that has been hidden the highlands! The bones belong to humans, the giants. They lived 25 thousand years ago in the mountains of the Borjomi Gorge. The scientists are telling that the height of these human giants could have been from 2.5 to 3 meters. Academic Abesalom Vekua believes that the find may be a sensation, as in the scientific community long has debated if there were giants who inhabited certain areas of Eurasia thousands of years ago.

Abesalom Vekua, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia: Pay attention to the femur bone, it differs from the bones of modern man in size and thickness. The skull is also much larger. These people have lived and evolved in isolation from the rest of civilization, they are so different in features and growth. In the literature they referred to as giants, but evidence supporting this hypothesis does not exist. Thus, we are on the threshold of a sensation. But a confirmation will have to be preceded by hard work. The legend of the giants in the highlands of the Borjomi Gorge has been passed on from generation to generation. Local shepherds and hunters claim that their ancestors spoke of superstrong giant who lived long ago in these mountains.

Moorman Shirakadze, forester: "My grandfather told me about these strange creatures that lived here before. He, too, was probably told about this by someone. In the mountains you will find harsh conditions and untouched nature, and this is probably why only a superman could survive in those days."

A group of 15 people, which included archaeologists, palaeontologists and historians, left the hunting lodge and went on an expedition to the mountains. How far they needed to go to get to the "valley of the giants," no one could tell. Waiting ahead of them were for steep, icy mountain streams and a forest predators. The only female member of the expedition was Lela Ninua a journalist from the "Good Morning" show at "Rustavi-2" tv-channel of Georgia, and she remembers the week away from civilization as an extreme game of survival... "We had to find food ourselves; we could not bring with us all we needed. It was basically to fish in the mountain streams. Collect mushrooms. At night, somebody in the group was on duty, so that bears and wolves could not sneak up on us. Once I fell behind and got lost. You can not imagine how bitterly I wept.

Trend N. Kirtskhalia: The bones of giant people aged over 25,000 years were found in the mountains of the Borjomi Gorge (South Georgia). This is a sensational discovery, academician of the Georgian Science Academy Abesalom Vekua told media. He said that giant human remains were found. "This topic has been discussed in scientific circles for a long time," he said and that these people lived in isolation from other civilizations. "They are mentioned as giants in the scientific literature, although this hypothesis was not confirmed. I found it after a half an hour, but it seemed like an eternity." The enthusiasm of the members of the expedition was rewarded. The place of the giants - they found it. The settlement of the strange creatures had stone paths and crumbling crypts. The area was dotted with the bones. They were brought to the surface by mountain streams, which are overflowing in the spring during snowmelt.

Otar Baghaturia, Ph.D.: "What we found exceeded all expectations. Unfortunately, we were on primary research and could only take with us what was on the surface. What can be found in these fossilized volcanic rocks will have to be examined during an new expedition. There are a lot of interesting things. "

This uninhabited mountain gorge in Borjomi can now be turned into a paradise for scientists. Now that it is known that this is the valley of the giants - that this is not a myth. The next expedition, larger and better equipped, will travel here already next summer. Meanwhile, Georgian scientists together with their foreign colleagues, will study in detail the unique material which they were able to detect.

Prof. Dr. Abesalom Vekua is a leading scientific researcher of the Georgian National Museum. He is famous for finding human fossils dated at 1.8 million years old in Dmanisi, Georgia. He has published many report on his findings in Georgia, and is a recognized capacity.

There were also some emails sent back and forth in 2011 to find how to contact Vekua and the Russian Tv unit but all attempts failed. Many, including on in the USA who never saw the bones debunked the theory that the femur - which looks 100% human and matches nothing else) was not human. This story which showed video and photos of the finds, along with a renowned paleontologist who not only accompanied the expedition, but presented the finds on Russian TV... has since all but disappeared. The only find in that generation that had physical proof... and poof... it's all gone. Now you know what we will be up against. Dr Abesalom Vekua was silenced and when he died of natural causes - he was 89 after all, no mention of his find was ever mentioned again, and all physical proof erased, and the remote site emptied of any evidence.

While the large femur Dr Vekua holds in the photo is almost the same size as the one we have, the skull which he says was large (and shown in the same photo) - is not, for it is the same size as his own head even in 'forced perspective' (a technique used by LOTR). The normal femur in the photo therefore belongs to that skull most likely. The expedition found bones from not just one skeleton but at least two, and it is likely they were dug up by wild animals which is why this pile of bones were near the surface and they did not find anything else at that time. There is one unverified photo of a skull that is larger and different (shown above) but it doesn;'t appear on the TV show portion so remains unverified. Dr Vekua did say the bones and skull were not the same as modern humans in features and growth... for eg. the femur is much thicker than the one we have which belongs to an adult male of no more than 8'2".

So is this story real? Yes, if Dr Vekua was involved. Therefore there is only one conclusion and that is why we will never present our major find to the media without worldwide instantaneous coverage along with a myriad of other planned events, because we all know what would happen... the denials, the vilifying of the finders, the paid 'experts' making assumptions on something they can't touch, the accusations of a hoax and bones being made up by 3D printing etc etc etc. Oh, then there will be the more serious when the above doesn't work... grave robbers, disturbers of the dead etc etc etc. And all we will come back with will be... well, we won't mention that here but many will have little to say afterward.

Our thoughts on the Borjomi giant are only based on what we could find. What do you think?