# Did tall races of 8' ever exist?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109 "2019-04-05T22:59:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109/81 "2019-04-12T09:21:59Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Probably almost every field has questsions/claims that you give a stock answer for and be almost 100% certain to be correct. In areas that interest me, some questions include:  
> Q: Have I found a meteorite?  
> A: You haven’t found a meteorite.  
> Q: Have I found a dinosaur egg?  
> A: You haven’t found a dinosaur egg.

In classical music that question is:

Q. What’s that one piece of classical mus…

A. _Carmina Burana._

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109/82 "2019-04-12T10:19:23Z")

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A: _All Summer in a Day_

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109/83 "2019-04-12T21:42:46Z")

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> [@Grim\_Render](#):
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> Why would anyone cover it up? In a field where everyone dreams about the big find that will make their reputation, and fame and fortune follows paradigm-overturning discoveries such as Homo Floresiensis.
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> Why would anyone cover it up, or reseal a cave with something spectacular in?

Paleontologists and archeologists are a shy, retiring sort. Whenever they find something important, they are paralyzed by the fear that it will make them famous.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109/84 "2020-02-18T07:13:12Z")

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Heh. I thought you all might be interested in this recent news article. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/409704/giant-skeleton-searchers-call-off-dig](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/409704/giant-skeleton-searchers-call-off-dig)

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> A secretive group who spent four years tunnelling into the side of a country road in search of a mythical race of pre-Polynesian giants’ skeletons have called off their dig.
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> But one of the diggers, who has revealed his identity via Facebook, has warned a “reiki protection is on the cave dig”.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-tall-races-of-8-ever-exist/832109/85 "2020-02-18T09:16:15Z")

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> [@Richard\_Pearse](#):
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> Heh. I thought you all might be interested in this recent news article. [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/409704/giant-skeleton-searchers-call-off-dig](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/409704/giant-skeleton-searchers-call-off-dig)

Lovely!

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