Schleisingerville Petrified Man

The Schleisingerville Petrified Man was an alleged giant petrified corpse, supposed to have been the remains of a Native American, that was claimed to have been excavated by a railroad construction team working on the Milwaukee and La Crosse Railroad near Schleisingerville, Wisconsin during 1855, described in a newspaper report of the Washington Co. Organ as measuring 7 ft. 2 in. (2.18 m.) in height and being adorned with a copper breastplate inscribed with unknown hieroglyphics. The remains were reportedly put on display for a time in the local store of one Casper Liver, after which they were to have been shipped to Madison, Wisconsin. No further information has been found regarding the claim at this time.