East Wheeling Giant

The East Wheeling Giant was an alleged giant skeleton that was claimed to have been excavated at the vineyards of Sheriff William S. Wickham in East Wheeling, Virginia during 1856, described in a newspaper report of the Wheeling Times as measuring 10 ft. 9 in. (3.28 m.) in height with jaws and teeth "almost as large as those of a horse." No further information has been found regarding the claim at this time.

Another excavation of a similar kind, the Wheeling Giant, was reportedly made nearby four years earlier in 1852.