Jackson Prehistoric Man

The Jackson Prehistoric Man was a reputedly manufactured mummy, described as being twelve feet (3.66m), or twelve-foot-seven (3.84m), in height, with legs six feet (1.83m) in length, and arms four feet (1.22m) in length, with round-head and flat-face, skin resembling brown leather, and a stake through the chest. News reports said it had been first unearthed in the backyard of police patrolman Oscar Nierman at Jackson, Michigan on Friday, 5 September 1919; and follow-up reports related that an ex-convict named Jimmie Leathers was noted by the locals to have spent time fabricating a large collection of "dummies" during time served at the Michigan State Prison, and, further, that a team from the University of Michigan who came to investigate the find, led by one Campbell Bonner, professor of Greek, observed that the head of the mummy was wooden and so quickly ended all inquiry.