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Two-Headed
11ft Tall Mummy
Trenton, NJ
State Fair circa. 1968-72 |
For years I have
searched and no one seems to have any knowledge of the 2
headed 11ft tall mummified man I saw encased under glass in
a sideshow trailer at the Trenton, NJ State Fair - sometime
between 1968 and 1972.
I was a child, 10-14 and the State Fair was the greatest
sideshow I had ever known. I went into this trailer and I
saw the most realistic (not through a child's eyes, but even
today I can remember the detail) mummified man, one face
looking nearly straight ahead, the other bent tortured
looking in pain, his two hands and feet were remarkable
except for what seem like missing tissue as was to be
expected. His skin tone was bronze to brown like a turkey.
I remember reading he was from a tribe of people where it
was rare but known to have two headed births and many living
a life into adulthood and the entire tribe were giants,
averaging over 9ft and frequently 11ft as was this mummy.
As an adult, I imagine this was a masterpiece of
craftsmanship and a great attraction that should have gotten
more notoriety than just me remembering it. Have you heard
of this sideshow piece, am I missing it on your wonderful
site?
Can you tell me anything about it, if it still exists
anywhere - nothing in any search engine has ever showed me a
photo and I surely would love this mystery solved in my
life.
Thank you and please write if you have any other memories
that may be dug up, I just remember him naked except a loin
covering (simple cloth towel I think) and so vivid are his
hands and feet, every wrinkle, fingerprint, hair all seemed
so real.
Thank you so much if you can help.
John Clayton, Manchester, NJ
John, Thanks for
your email, the giant Mummy may have been from the Nelson
Supply House, they provide attractions for showman for many
years.
I hope you find
this information helpful?
John
Sideshow
World
SPECIAL
ATTRACTION
KING
MAC-A-DULA
The
Two-Headed Patagonian Giant
LECTURE ON THE TWO-HEADED GIANT
Ladies and Gentlemen:—The body of King Mac-A-Dula, the
Patagonian Giant, was found in a cave in Patagonia. South
America, by a party of English miners, while prospecting for
gold. It is not an embalmed body preserved by an embalming
process, but a natural-dried body preserved by the
atmosphere of that country, which is high and dry. They have
very little rain there. Sometimes not one shower in three
years. Consequently the a»r is very dry and no flesh rots or
decays there, but simply dries up, the same as you see this
body, leaving nothing but the skin and bones—but in nearly
all cases the dead bodies of all kinds, animals or human,
are either eater, or destroyed by animals. But this body, as
I have informed you, was found in a cave— the mouth to the
cave being barred by large rocks, thus keeping the animals
out and saving the body from being destroyed. It is supposed
that he was wounded in battle and on being pursued he
crawled in this cave to hide, closing the entrance up to
keep the enemies out, and while there he died unknown to his
friends or tribe. He being a Patagonian Indian, scientists
claim this happened years and years ago, and that the body
may have lain there for two hundred years or more, and it is
certain that no mar. of this kind has lived there during'
the past one hundred years—but the old inhabitants there
tell & story of a great man that lived there centuries ago,
King Mac-A-Duia, that he was nine feet high, had two heads,
was as strong as an elephant, and & great warrior who led
his tribe to many victories, and that after one great battle
he disappeared and was never seen or heard of again. This
story has been handed down from one generation to another
until the present day, and when the body was found it was
taken for granted this was the body of that man, King Mac-A-Dula,
who disappeared years ago. The body was found fourteen years
ago and taken to England and placed on exhibition at the
Crystal Palace. It is owned by & historical society of
London and no amount of money can buy it. We simply rent it.
The atmosphere in this country being so damp it begins to
soften in places and we have to use artificial means to keep
it preserved, touching it up occasionally with arsenic,
pitch, corrosive sublimate, etc., and in this way it will
last for years. Truly a wonderful curiosity, worth many
times the price you have paid to see it, and I ask you as a
favor to the management to please tell your friends about
it. Thanking you for your kind attention I will ask you to
look it over carefully and stay as long &e you like.
Nelson Supply
House - SPECIAL
ATTRACTION
KING MAC-A-DULA
The Two-Headed Patagonian Giant
A WHOLE SHOW
A Big Classy Attraction.
Made so Legs come off
at the waist so as to ship in a box 5x2x1-1/2 ft.
An old body dress covers where legs come off,
Price with 8x10 foot
Painting $75.00. C. O, D. on $25.00
Deposit, or $70,00
Cash with Order
IT'S A WINNER ——— A MONEY GETTER
Weight in Shipping Box about ISO Lbs.
Read More Here
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Two-Headed Giant
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Kap-Dwa, the 12-foot man
from Patagonia
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