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Don Koehler: The Tallest Human of the 1970s
September 11, 2023
John F. Carroll: The Third Tallest Man Who Could Lift a Car
Born in Buffalo in 1932, John F. Carroll died in Lackawanna, New York in 1969, and he is still the third-tallest individual in medical history. Carroll measured 8 feet 8 inches (264 cm), but owing to spinal curvature, he stood only 8 feet (244 cm) tall. As his back condition deteriorated, he shrank to a height of 7 feet 10 inches (239 cm) by 1968. Before his untimely demise in 1969, John Francis Carroll had reached a height of almost 7 feet 8 inches (234 cm) in his bare feet. He was afflicted with both acromegalic gigantism and severe spine curvature (kyphoscoliosis), similar to Patrick Cotter O’Brien or Zeng Jinlian.
The Buffalo Giant
John F. Carroll was dubbed the “Buffalo Giant” in the field of medicine because of his hometown. Even after years of therapy at Mercy Hospital, his exceptional development, which started when he was 16 years old, lasted until his death. Holy Cross Cemetery in Lackawanna is where he was laid to rest.
He is one of the 29 people in history who were documented to be over 8 feet tall.
John F. Carroll became the third tallest man in history after John Rogan, the tallest Black person in history, and Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever. Despite his many challenges, he never complained about his condition, and people’s recollections of him were always positive.
His Rapid Growth
He stood 5 feet 6 inches tall at the age of 12. (Photo from Joseph A. Prezio’s research paper)
His birth weight was 9 pounds and 5 ounces, and he grew up as a healthy child. He was the tallest kid in his elementary school class, standing 5 feet 6 inches at age 12.
John F. Carroll was 6 feet 2 inches tall while on the Bishop Timon High School basketball team when he was 16 years old, and he was incredibly strong compared to his teammates.
John F. Carroll at the Junior Prom in 1949 was 17 years old. (Photo from Joseph A. Prezio’s research paper)
At times, crippling leg pain prevented him from moving, but otherwise, he was fit and powerful. Carroll was so powerful that he could pick up a car with his bare hands. In one year, Carroll was known to put on eight inches of height.
Carroll’s rapid height gain continued into the age of 20 when he stood 7 feet tall. By age 22, he was 7 feet 6 inches tall. During that period, he saw a deformity in his spine and a decrease in his muscles. Deformities in his left leg forced him to need crutches.
John F. Carroll was able to drive a car, but only by removing the front seat of his automobile and operating it from the back, similar to Suleiman Ali Nashnush, the tallest basketball player in history.
The Big Red
Due to his red hair, John F. Carroll was known as “Big Red” by his family, friends, and coworkers. He was also called “Jack” and “Red Carroll.”
He had a peaceful existence as the park’s superintendent for years in Buffalo. Carroll, unlike other historical giants, never attained international fame, but everyone around him adored him, including the staff of the neighborhood hospital where he received years of care.
22 years old and 7 feet 6 inches. (Photo from Joseph A. Prezio’s research paper; colorized from original)
As his spinal condition got worse, Carroll used crutches later in his life, which measured 72 inches alone. He also wore custom-made shoes that were 16 EEEE in size. He was initially measured at 8 feet at the hospital, but an engineer calculated Carroll’s true height at 8 feet, 7.75 inches, by considering his curved spine.
As reported by the Mercy Hospital staff, Carroll had to use an elevated toilet in his home.
John F. Carroll also had to sleep in an oversized bed, as it was usually impossible for him to sleep in regular beds, let alone sit in a regular chair. It was in 1959 when Mercy Hospital staff found Carroll at 2 a.m. in his home with a broken ankle. While at the hospital, his friends didn’t bring him flowers, but his 8-foot custom bed at home.
The acromegalic giants often had their limbs broken. Robert Wadlow died in 1940 due to an infection resulting from a broken ankle.
Remembered in the Museum
Carroll worked for the county parks department as the superintendent of Isle View Park in the town of Tonawanda. After serving as a Republican committeeman, he campaigned for county supervisor or alderman in 1955 and 1957, and he lost by a small margin.
John F. Carroll passed away in August 1969 at the age of 37 due to renal failure brought on by intense amount of calcium in his body. However, his height was never officially recognized by Guinness World Records, like John Rogan’s.
After caring for Carroll at Mercy Hospital until his death, Dr. Joseph A. Prezio wrote a research paper on him for the American Journal of Medicine in 1961. Even now, 54 years after his death, his enormous right boot and crutches can be seen on display at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.
Why John F. Carroll Was So Tall
The excess amount of growth hormone (GH) produced in a body, also called acromegaly, results in people like John F. Carroll growing over 8 feet tall. The gigantism occurs when a person’s height gets exceptionally tall, typically when they are a teenager.
The pituitary gland, a pea-sized organ in the brain, is in charge of producing growth hormone (GH). The frequent cause of high GH in humans is a “pituitary adenoma,” or tumor of the anterior pituitary gland. This tumor causes an excess of GH to be produced.
In gigantism, the bones continue to get taller and taller. However, as the person ages, only the bones of the hands, feet, and face continue to get larger, and this results in some disproportionate body features.
As seen in other famously tall people with gigantism, like Sandy Allen or Suleiman Ali Nashnush, gigantism comes with various health problems. Some include joint stiffness, enlarged organs, heart troubles, and overall low energy levels. The only treatment is the removal of the pituitary tumor.
September 8, 2023
Sandy Allen: The Tallest Actress on Record
Born Sandra Elaine Allen on June 18, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and passing away on August 13, 2008, in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA, Sandy Allen was the tallest woman on Earth from 1976 until 2008, standing at an astounding 7 feet 7 inches (231.7 centimeters). Although she is not one of the two tallest women over 8 feet (see Zeng Jinlian and Trijntje Keever), Sandy Allen is still the third tallest woman in recorded history.
Sandy Allen’s Extreme Growth
A native Chicagoan, Sandy Allen was born in 1955. At age 10, she was 6 feet 3 inches tall (190 cm), and by the time she was 16, she was already 7 feet 1 inch (216 cm).
In 1976, Sandy Allen was officially named the tallest living woman by the Guinness Book of World Records. The following year, she released a book titled “Cast a Giant Shadow.”
Sandy, realizing she was lonely due to her extraordinary height, decided to contact the Guinness Book of Records committee to bring some excitement into her life. The last time Guinness was this excited was probably when they documented the height of Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), the tallest man on record.
-> See also: Giantess: History of a Mythological Being
Once Lonely Now a Star
Once Sandy Allen was documented as the tallest woman on Earth in the Guinness Book of Records, everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Howard Stern soon invited her to appear on their own talk programs.
In 1977, Sandy sought treatment at one of the clinics in an effort to halt the progression of her tumor in the pituitary gland which was responsible for her gigantism and unusual height.
Many extremely tall people with gigantism tried to get medical assistance to stop their unusual growth, like Suleiman Ali Nashnush who underwent a similar operation in Rome around 1960.
The Tallest Actress in History
After Sandy Allen’s rise to fame as the tallest living woman, the famous filmmaker Federico Fellini approached her in 1975 about starring in his film Fellini’s Casanova (1976). She played the role of Angelina the giantess who proves to be one of the few women with whom Casanova does not fall in love.
Fellini must have a thing for tall people like her since he also approached (and successfully cast) another extremely tall person, Suleiman Ali Nashnush, in his 1969 movie Fellini Satyricon.
Five years later, Sandy also starred in another TV movie called Side Show (1981), in which she played the role of Goliatha. She is also featured in the 1981 documentary Being Different, in which she appears at about 0:30:20.

The Challenges of Being a Giantess
However, Sandy’s gigantism had unintended repercussions, such as reduced pituitary function, atrophying leg muscles, poor blood circulation, and overall malaise.
At some point, the wheelchair was how she moved around. Sometime later, muscle atrophy set in after she was incapacitated in bed.
Sandy Allen spent her last years in the same nursing home in Shelbyville, Indiana, where Edna Parker, 115, one of the oldest women on record, also resided. They died the same year.
The nursing home death record shows Sandy’s death on August 13, 2008, at the age of 53.
Postmortem
Rita Rose, a close friend of the family, said that Sandy had chronic blood infections, Type 2 diabetes, respiratory problems, and kidney failure. Problems like diabetes and kidney failure are not alien to people with gigantism, as seen in Radhouane Charbib or John F. Carroll.
Allen was postmortem honored at Shelbyville High School with a scholarship in her name. Her manager, John Kleiman, presented Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museums with a collection of her personal effects. New Zealand band Split Enz wrote a song about her called “Hello Sandy Allen,” which appeared on their 1982 album Time and Tide.
Before her death, numerous online sources listed Allen as the world’s second-tallest woman, after the Chinese lady Yao Defen. The legitimacy of Yao Defen’s official height was challenged, thus Guinness World Records continued to name Sandy Allen as the tallest. She stayed the tallest woman on Earth for 18 years.
Why Sandy Allen Was So Tall
Sandy Allen had gigantism, which was the result of a tumor in the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is an organ that sits in a cavity at the bottom of the skull. It is only about a centimeter in size.
This “master gland” secretes several hormones, including growth hormone. A tumor in this organ can result in the overproduction of growth hormone, a condition called “gigantism”.
Overproduction of growth hormone causes bone growth in children. However, once they are adults, they often do not exhibit growth in their height. Instead, this condition causes just their hands, feet, and face to keep growing. This is known as acromegaly.
References
Her IMDb Page
Find a Grave Memorial
A history of record-breaking giants 100 years after the tallest man ever was born | Guinness World Records
September 4, 2023
Väinö Myllyrinne: The Tallest Soldier in History
Väinö Myllyrinne was a giant in Finland. He was born on February 27, 1909, and died on April 13, 1963. Myllyrinne’s height was variously reported to be between 8 ft 2 in and 8 ft 3 in (246–251 cm), with 8 ft 1 in (247 cm) being the most common figure. According to various claims, he continued to get taller even when he was 40 years old and weighed around 375 pounds (170 kg). When Myllyrinne enlisted in the military in 1929 at a height of around 7 ft 2.5 in (220 cm), he also became the tallest soldier in history.
Väinö Myllyrinne’s Life
Väinö Mylurynne was born on February 27, 1909, in Helsinki, the second of eight children of a police officer and his wife. Two of his siblings did not make it through their first birthday. His mother, Anna-Maria Keryanen, was from the region of Kainuu, while his father was from the province of Satakunta.
It’s worth noting that the world-famous Potsdam Giant Daniel Cajanus and Louis Moilanen were both natives of his mother’s hometown of Paltamo in northern Finland.
Finland’s largest gunner, Väinö Myllyrinne, lifts up the trailer of a heavy howitzer, 1928-1930. (Enhanced from the original photo by Museovirasto, CC BY 4.0)
When Myllyrinne was 20, he enrolled in the army. At Vyborg, he was part of the heavy artillery. His family moved around a lot before the war started, so he had a few different spots to call home.
After serving his country and unconsciously being the tallest soldier in history, Väinö found a permanent home in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. After joining the Helsinki Athletics Club, he began to experiment with the sport of wrestling, which has been the fate of many giants in history, like Édouard Beaupré.
Väinö Myllyrinne decided to tour Europe in the 1930s, performing in circuses and variety shows along the way. After showcasing his capabilities in wrestling, he shifted gears to introduce himself to the crowd and encourage interaction by shaking hands with crowds of people. He had planned to go throughout the United States, but the start of the Winter War in 1939 forced him to head back to his motherland instead.
(Enhanced from the original photo by Norbert Bertolini, CC BY 4.0)
When Robert Wadlow died in 1940, Väinö Myllyrinne probably became the tallest living person.
Cons of Being a Giant
After the war ended, Väinö Myllyrinne continued to make public appearances in Sweden but decided against traveling to the United Kingdom owing to his deteriorating health. The problems with his joints severely limited his ability to move around, as has been the case with all people with gigantism.
He moved to Järvenpää in 1946 and spent the next decade there, mostly working on poultry farms. However, they tied the knot in 1942, and Myllyrinne was now the husband of Anna-Liise Puistonen. But it was a brief, two-year marriage that produced no offspring. In his final years, he lived with his brother and his family.
(Enhanced from the original photo by Museovirasto, CC BY 4.0)
In his later years, Myllyrinne battled not just diabetes but also a hip fracture sustained in a fall that occurred six months before his death. A similar type of hip fracture caused by falling also happened to Gabriel Monjane and took his life eventually. The tallest man in history, Robert Wadlow, also died by damaging his ankle.
On April 28, 1963, Väinö Myllyrinne passed away at the Institute of Radiation Therapy in Helsinki. Järvenpää was the location of his burial.
In 2004, he climbed to number 12 on the list of Finland’s most famous people, also known as the Great Finns (a similar show to the BBC’s Great Britons), which was a 2004 television show.
Why Väinö Myllyrinne Was So Tall
Those affected by gigantism experience rapid and extreme growth throughout their lives. When the pituitary gland in their brain is overactive due to a tumor called pituitary adenoma, this leads to gigantism.
The pea-sized pituitary gland at the bottom of their brain keeps secreting an excess amount of growth hormone into the blood, which continues to grow bones and other tissues long after they should have stopped growing.
Väinö Myllyrinne’s gigantism made him extremely tall but at the same time very weak in the joints and prone to conditions like diabetes from consuming too much food.
References
Featured Image: The tallest man (archive.org)
Helsinki – Google Books
September 1, 2023
Gabriel Monjane: Tallest Man Among 5 Billion People
Gabriel Estêvão Monjane, born in Manjacaze in 1944 and passing away in Maputo on January 15, 1990, was a Mozambican circus performer who stood really, really tall (8 ft 0.75 in). In fact, Gabriel Monjane was the tallest living person in the world between 1988 and 1989. After he passed away, Suleiman Ali Nashnush, the tallest basketball player ever, became the new tallest living man.
The 20th Tallest Person Ever
At 8 feet 0.75 inches (245.75 cm) Gabriel Monjane is the 20th tallest person ever documented after the ones like Bernard Coyne, Leonid Stadnyk, John Rogan, and Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever in history. He was so tall that he was the tallest human among the 5.1 billion people on the planet. He is also one of the 24 people who were recorded to be over 8 feet.
Gabriel Monjane was born in a little town called Manjacaze in the southern part of Mozambique in East Africa. But here’s the wild part: Monjane didn’t stop growing after a certain age, like most people do. Instead, he just kept on growing due to his super-active pituitary gland and the gigantism condition.
This gland, which is the size of a pea and located at the base of your brain, is like a small control center for how much you grow. By the time Monjane was just 17, he was already 7 feet 10 inches (238 cm).
A Circus Giant
And guess what? Monjane decided to use his super tall height to be the main show at the Boswell Wilkie Circus, which had been in business for close to 75 years in South Africa. In other sources, he worked in a Portuguese circus.
They even exaggerated his height and claimed that he was in fact 8 feet 2 inches tall (250 cm). He later became a big hit at a famous amusement park in Stockholm called Gröna Lund too.
The Downsides
Monjane’s extreme height came from a condition called gigantism, which is the result of a tumor in the pituitary gland that results in an excess release of growth hormone across the body.
And, like many other people with gigantism, all that growth had its downsides. He was extremely tall but also fragile; his joints were relatively weak, and he was never as strong as his stature implied.
In 1987, when he was officially measured for the first time, Monjane was 8 feet 0.45 inches tall (245 cm) and weighed around 420 pounds (190 kg). Monjane was like a real-life giant! The Guinness Book of World Records declared that he was the tallest person in the whole world in 1988.
His Death
Sadly, being so tall wasn’t easy on his body. His legs hurt a lot, and things got worse when he fell and broke his hip. That’s one of the largest bones in the body. Gabriel Monjane eventually passed away at the age of 46 in January 1990 when he fell down the stairs at his home in Maputo, Mozambique.
This is similar to the story of Robert Wadlow when the tallest person in the world died in 1905 due to a damaged ankle and the resulting infection. Monjane is believed to have succeeded Zeng Jinlian, one of two women in history over 8 feet. And he was either succeeded by the Libyan Suleiman Ali Nashnush or the Pakistani Alam Channa.
References
Jet – Google Books
The tallest man Mozambique Portugal, on thetallestman.com.
August 31, 2023
Édouard Beaupré: A Gentle Giant and a Circus Freak
Canadian Édouard Beaupré, who was 8 feet 3 inches tall (252 cm), was born on January 9, 1881, in Willow Bunch (previously Talle-de-Saules) in Saskatchewan and died on July 3, 1904, at the age of 23 in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. Edouard Beaupre was referred to as the Giant Beaupré. Just like other extremely tall people in history, like Robert Wadlow or Bao Xishun, he had a medical condition called gigantism.
Who Was Édouard Beaupré?
When thinking about historical people who towered over Canada, no one compares to Édouard Beaupré. This giant human was born with a pituitary tumor that oversecreted hormones from the anterior lobe of the gland, which normally regulates growth and development in a person.
Édouard Beaupré is known as the tallest athlete of all time.
He was the oldest child among his 20 siblings. As a Métis, his parents traced their ancestry to the French settlers in the early decades of the colonization of Canada. When Édouard was born, he wasn’t very tall, but his growth started picking up speed when he turned 3 years old.
- See also: Trijntje Keever: The Tallest Woman in Recorded History
His Development
Édouard was an ordinary height when he first entered school at age seven, but by the time he was twelve, he had grown to more than 6 feet 6 inches tall. At this point, he decided to cease attending classes. Besides French and English, he also spoke Michif, Cree, and Sioux. Although he was a skilled horseman, by the time he was a teenager, he had grown to a height of 7 feet 3 inches and had given up the hobby.
When Beaupré was a child, he fell from his horse, and his face was somewhat disfigured for the rest of his life. Since he was too big to ride a horse and his feet were dragging on the ground on each side of the animal, Édouard had to give up his life goal of being a cowboy at some point.
Beaupré left his ranch life behind and embarked on a traveling career. At 17, he joined Comédie en Vaudevilles, a theatrical entertainment, pretending to be a strong person while, in reality, he was not that sturdy for the role. He still lifted horses up on his shoulders and bent iron bars to prove his power.
His height and frame were out of proportion; at 17, he weighed around 350 pounds (160 kg) while being 7 feet, 1 inch tall. Four years later, he was 8 feet 2.4 inches and weighed about 400 pounds (180 kg). In his life, he worked as a freak in a circus. In 1902, he contracted tuberculosis, a disease that caused him to die two years later.
The Tallest Man vs. the Strongest Man
Édouard Beaupré was also a wrestler. After barely three minutes of fighting on March 25, 1901, he was hurt in a brawl against the world’s strongest man, the Canadian Louis Cyr. The lack of deference shown to Beaupré in the Canadian newspaper La Presse’s description of the wrestling was indicative of the general public’s treatment of him and was consistent with his personal experience.
Beaupré and Cyr, the largest man and the longest man in the nation, respectively, engaged in hand-to-hand wrestling during a night in Sohmer Park. According to the press, Cyr won the fight very easily, with the gentle giant not even daring to touch him. For many people, Beaupré was the most timid person they had ever seen. The extent of Cyr’s victory against the tallest man in the world surprised many of the spectators.
- See also: Bernard Coyne: The Tallest Human of His Time
During the brawl, Cyr knocked his opponent down four times. However, two of these were off the mat according to the referee. Cyr had quickly figured out where to attack; he always caught the giant by his kidneys.
Nonetheless, the audience, numbering in the thousands, found the ugly struggle to be very entertaining. According to the press, the wrestling could have gone on for longer if Beaupré hadn’t been so cowardly. The whole night only lasted for a few minutes.
After the Brawl
After the fight, Louis Cyr claimed that he would always be sorry that he agreed to fight Édouard Beaupré. According to the man, if the wrestling had happened a few years earlier, before he became sick and lost his form, he probably would have “put an end” to the giant.
But when Édouard Beaupré was asked about his thoughts on the brawl, he answered in his own words, “It will be better tomorrow.”
- See also: John Middleton the Giant: Childe of Hale, One of the Tallest Men
Beaupré Had to Hide All the Time
Since Beaupré had to stay undercover between each stop the circus made in the next city, he essentially lived the life of a hermit. He had to be kept ‘secret’ so that the public would pay to see this gigantic human being and ‘circus creature’. When he was working in the circus, he often had to sleep on the floor.
He was around 21 years old, with a height and weight of 7 ft 11 in and 166 366 lb. His hands were 13.5 inches long from wrist to fingertips, and his neck was 21 inches around. His chest circumference was 56 inches, and his feet were a size 22 that required special footwear. He was 8 feet 2.5 inches tall in December of 1903.
Fortunately, a tailor’s desire for notoriety led them to make his garments for free, so he never had trouble getting dressed.
His Death
Édouard Beaupré was 23 years old when he died of tuberculosis in 1904, and he was a member of the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus at the time. In fact, this man had just inked a deal with the circus only two days ago to show up at the St. Louis World’s Fair in Missouri. At the time of his passing, he was measured at 8 feet, 2.8 inches (251 cm) and weighed 370 lb (170 kg).
Even after he died, people still didn’t treat this man with respect. Then, three years later, they accidentally found his preserved body in a hut in Montreal. A professor named Louis-Napoléon Delorme wanted to create a museum on the human body, but his museum ultimately failed.
He moved Beaupré’s body to the University of Montreal. There, it was shown to the public for almost 84 years, without any clothes, in a room where students studied bodies.
The university gave the family of Édouard his body for cremation in 1990. Following this, the urn containing his remains was buried in Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan province.
The Quebec folk-rock band Beau Dommage drew inspiration from Édouard Beaupré to create a song named Le Géant Beaupré for their self-titled 1974 debut album.
Disputes Over His Body
The circus requested that Beaupré’s body be embalmed, but they had no desire to cover the costs. The body was first displayed in St. Louis, then moved to the Museum of Eden in Montreal, but the exhibition was later canceled due to immense crowds that the museum staff couldn’t handle.
A Montreal circus acquired the body later, went bankrupt, and abandoned it in a storage facility. Children discovered it in 1907, and the University of Montreal later claimed it and mummified it. After a disagreement with the university, the corpse was cremated and returned to Willow Bunch for burial in 1990.
References
The tallest man Canada Le Geant Beaupre (archive.org)
The Anatomy of Édouard Beaupré – Google Books
August 31, 2023
Ri Myung Hun: At 7’8.5″, the Tallest Basketball Player of His Time
August 30, 2023
Radhouane Charbib: The Life of the Tallest Tunisian
August 29, 2023
Leonid Stadnyk: The Story of the Ukrainian Giant
Among the individuals known for their remarkable height, Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk was born on August 5, 1970, in the hamlet of Podolyantsi, Chudniv district, Zhytomyr region. He passed away on August 24, 2014, at the same location. His height has been documented at 8 feet 4 inches (253 cm), and the man weighed approximately 440 pounds (200 kg). Following his completion of school at the Zhytomyr Agricultural Institute, he pursued a career as a veterinarian until 2003.
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Leonid Stadnyk was categorized as a person with disabilities in the first category.
Leonid Stadnyk’s Life
Leonid Stadnik’s hand spray-painted on the Paoli train station.
As a child, Leonid Stadnyk was of normal or even relatively shorter height. After undergoing brain surgery at 12, Leonid Stadnyk experienced an exceptional growth spurt attributed to acromegaly, a condition triggered by a tumor developing in the pituitary gland post-surgery.
Though Stadnyk first refused to have his height officially measured by Guinness Book of Records officials, he finally overtook the previous height record holder, Bao Xishun of Inner Mongolia, China, in August 2007.
However, by August of 2008, Bao Xishun had once again been recognized as the tallest person on Earth by the editor-in-chief of the Guinness Book of World Records, Craig Glenday.
Stadnyk’s “issues” with growing started when he was 12 years old. He had a pituitary tumor that made his body produce too much growth hormone. This led to a condition called acromegalic gigantism.
This about-face occurred because Stadnik objected to being evaluated by unbiased individuals, claiming his discomfort with media attention as the reason.
At the end of his life, Leonid was still shorter than Robert Wadlow (the tallest person in recorded history) or John Rogan (the tallest African American ever).
Stadnyk gained access to the Internet thanks to a satellite dish and PC donated by a group of Ukrainian businesspeople. Former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, personally met with Stadnik.
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Yushchenko presented him with a Chevrolet in April of 2008.
Difficulties
Stadnyk’s sheer height was a major handicap. It was difficult for Stadnik to go around his house without the use of a cane, as is the case with many acromegalics. Everything was too small for him. He had to bend down to enter places, required a double bed (two king-size beds) to sleep on, and could not fit in most chairs.
Both his size 62 shoes (roughly 31 US) and his size 70 custom-tailored clothes (roughly 42 US) were made to order.
His height-related discomfort forced him to resign from his position as a veterinarian after he nearly suffered frostbite since he didn’t have shoes that fit his gigantic foot. Furthermore, his legs became worse, and Leonid required new, custom-fitted shoes every few months (allegedly four).
He was not only very tall but also quite heavy, weighing 440 pounds (200 kg). Despite the fact that the body-mass index is not totally helpful at such extreme heights, his BMI calculation would result in more than 30.
As his condition worsened over time, Leonid was forced to hold to the side of his house and the trees in order to walk around and do his everyday activities.
How Tall Was Leonid Stadnyk?
He put on around five to eight inches of height (2–3 cm) every year, suggesting that at the end of his life, he may have been between 8 feet 8 inches and 9 feet (265–275 cm) tall (although this is just speculation).
Leonid Stadnyk’s hand size was 12 inches (31 cm) when his mother measured it.
According to various sources, his height was either 8 feet 4 inches (253 cm) or 8 feet and 5 inches (257 cm). However, based on photographs, Leonid Stadnyk’s height might not have exceeded 7 feet and 7 inches (231 cm).
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This is, again, speculation.
Stadnik lost his status as the world’s tallest man in September 2009 when he refused to submit to official measuring efforts. This was because of new committee regulations, and he did not want to be in the public eye.
Since Stadnik didn’t comply with the new regulations for height measurement, he was disqualified from GWR. Turk Sultan Kösen, 26, who measured 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), has completed official measurements and is still the world’s tallest living person today.
Doubts
People have questioned Stadnik’s height measurement, given that Guinness never officially measured his height, except in the Ukrainian Book of Records.
There are many people who claim gigantism, but they often refuse the Guinness Book of Records to take their measurements. Stadnyk was accepted by GWR after it was alleged that a well-known doctor measured him, which the doctor later denied.
Not only was this height not validated by Guinness World Records, but the endocrinologist who was said to have measured and “verified” Stadnik’s height—Professor Michael Besser of the London Clinic—later denied ever having done so.
As of today, a record in the Ukrainian Book of Records states that Stadnik’s height was 8 feet 4 inches (equivalent to 2.
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53 meters). This information remains our primary source. For the remainder of his life, Leonid resided in his Ukrainian village with his mother and aimed to steer clear of media attention.
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Leonid Stadnyk’s Death
Leonid Stadnyk used his doctor’s expertise to take care of his health. To avoid putting too much pressure on his heart and knees, he didn’t go outside much and did manage the farm where he lived with his mother.
Leonid later spent his time reading and assisting his mother with chores at home. He saw his body as troublesome and cursed, calling it a “curse from God,” and he disliked gaining fame. All he wanted most was to live a life “like all normal people.”
His tumor had magically vanished twenty years after his operation in 1982, and his physicians pronounced him well and tumor-free. However, in August of 2014, at the age of 44, he passed away from a stroke, some twelve years later.
A hemorrhage in a hormone-producing tumor in the pituitary gland of his brain led to Leonid Stadnyk’s death on August 24, 2014, at the site of his birth. The local cemetery is now home to Stadnyk’s gravesite, where he was laid to rest on August 26.

August 27, 2023
Bao Xishun: An Extremely Tall Man Without Gigantism
The Inner Mongolian Bao Xishun (鲍喜; born in China in 1951), better known as Xishun or “Flagpole,” held the title of tallest man in the world from January 15, 2005, to August 7, 2007, and again from August 2008 to September 17, 2009. Bao Xishun’s height is officially measured at 7 feet 8.9 inches (236 cm). In September 2009, when Guinness World Records measured Sultan Kösen at 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm), the Turk surpassed Bao Xishun as the tallest living person.
A Naturally Grown Giant
Bao Xishun could be the world’s tallest ‘naturally grown’ giant in recorded history.
Chifeng City Hospital assessed Bao Xishun’s height to be 7 feet 8.9 inches (2.36 m) for the first time. Unlike John Rogan or Robert Wadlow (the tallest man in history), he did not suffer from a growth disease like gigantism. That’s one of the main reasons why Bao Xishun is still alive today, at the age of 71. Because most extremely tall people with gigantism often die at young ages, like Trijntje Keever and Zeng Jinlian.
(Image by Joachim Bowin (CC BY-SA 3.0))
Bao Xishun has rheumatism, although it is not connected to his height but rather to his habit of sleeping outside as a youngster.
In his country, Bao Xishun is known as “China’s first giant.” Two times as much fabric as is needed for the ordinary person is needed to outfit him (around 16 feet or 5 meters). On top of that, because of his extreme stature, Bao Xishun requires a lot of calories to maintain his weight. He eats as much as three people worth of food a day.
Due to his height, Bao Xishun faced challenges in finding a regular job, but he earned income through activities like taking photos with tourists and participating in TV programs.
Bao Xishun’s Early Life
Bao faced hardships in childhood, including limited access to education and clothing due to his exceptional height. Even today, he requires two walking sticks to be able to move around in his daily life.
Up until he was 15 years old, Bao Xishun was of average height. Then, he grew to 6 feet 3 inches (1.9 m) in a very short time. His height did not change much until the age of 20. At this time, his height had rapidly reached 6 feet 11 inches (2.1 m). In only five years, for reasons nobody could understand, he had become an incredibly tall man.
A basketball coach noticed Bao Xishun’s height and offered him a free position, leading him to briefly join the army’s basketball team. After serving for three years, Bao was medically released from the People’s Liberation Army due to rheumatism, which had been believed to have developed while he was playing the game for the army. After that, he moved back in with his mom in Inner Mongolia.
Bao Xishun returned to Inner Mongolia due to health challenges and continued living a difficult life on the grasslands. Due to financial troubles, Bao had to work a number of jobs to provide for his family. Until he was given a position as a receptionist at a restaurant, he had cut himself off from society after his mother’s death at age 40.
However, when the local news agency took notice of his extreme height, they signed Bao up for the Guinness World Record. Fortunately, Bao Xishun rose to prominence thanks to his height and even took on the role of “brand ambassador” for a company. So, things really have turned around for him.
When compared to Radhouane Charbib, the former record holder who is still alive, Bao Xishun is 6.3 inches (16 cm) taller than Charbib. On the other hand, he is 6 inches (15 cm) shorter than Sultan Kösen, currently the tallest living person.
- See also: John Middleton the Giant: Childe of Hale, One of the Tallest Men
He Once Saved Dolphins
In order to help remove plastic from the stomachs of two dolphins, vets approached Bao Xishun in December 2006. These dolphins unwillingly ingested the plastic, which then caused them to lose their appetite and feel down. When veterinarians were unable, Bao reached into the dolphins’ stomachs with his 42-inch arm (106 cm) and took out the foreign objects, ultimately saving the dolphins’ lives.
Jidi, the manager responsible for the Royal Sea World pool, verified that they enlisted the assistance of Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia to effectively remove the debris when their initial efforts were unsuccessful. It was anticipated that the two dolphins would make a complete recovery.
This tale is reminiscent of the 1978 incident in which a California dolphin was saved thanks to the extra-long arm of American basketball star Clifford Ray (6 ft 9 in; 2.06 m), who is 74 today.
- See also: Potsdam Giants: Breeding Extremely Tall Humans for Battle
The Tallest Living Person for 3,5 Years
Bao Xishun during a meet-and-greet in 2006. (File:XI.jpeg” by Joachim Bowin is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0)
Bao Xishun was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book as the tallest person in the world in August 2008, when the previous record holder, Leonid Stadnyk, declined to have his height remeasured.
Despite being taller than most, Bao Xishun struggled to find a partner, leading him to feel inferior and isolated. Fortunately, this didn’t last forever once he gained fame; on March 24, 2007, Bao Xishun married Xia Shujuan, a Mongolian salesperson. According to Beijing Daily’s report, Bao’s 28-year-old wife is half his age and hails from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.
The announcement of Bao’s marriage was widely disseminated due to his global traction as the world’s tallest man at the time. In October 2008, at the age of 57, Bao Xishun defied the doctor’s advice and became a father; the couple had a boy.
Xishun wants his son to be at least a six-footer to play basketball and ultimately honor his country by being good at it.
The couple had to use a specially customized long bed due to the height difference. They were often seen enjoying a good life together on the streets.
August 25, 2023
Zeng Jinlian: One of Two Women in History Over 8 Feet
Zeng Jinlian (曾金蓮) held the record for the tallest woman in recent history at 8 feet, 1.75 inches (2.48 m). The giantess was born on June 26, 1964, in Nanzui, Yuanjiang, Hunan, and died on February 13, 1982, likely in Changsha. Zeng Jinlian was one of the 20 people whose height was confirmed to be over 8 feet, such as Robert Wadlow, Trijntje Keever, Bernard Coyne, or John Rogan.
Zeng Jinlian’s Life
Zeng was born into a low-income farming family in Yuanjiang, Hunan Province’s northernmost city. Her three brothers (according to some accounts, she had one brother and two sisters) were all of average height, as were her parents, Tseng Hsien-mao and Yu Hsueh-mei, who measured 5 ft 4.2 in (163 cm) and 5 ft 1.4 in (156 cm), respectively.
The pituitary tumor that led to her gigantism disrupted her body’s natural production of growth hormone, just like John Middleton the Giant. When Zeng was 16, her doctors proposed brain surgery, but she repeatedly declined due to her fear of the procedure and her desire to keep her hair.
- See also: Giantess: History of a Mythological Being
Rapid Growth
Zeng Jinlian’s rapid development started when she was four months old. She reportedly could carry a 106-pound bag (48 kg) of cement at the age of four, and by five, she was taller than her mother.
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Zeng reached a height of 7 feet, 7 inches by the time she was 13 years old, making her relatively taller than Robert Wadlow, the tallest person in recorded history.
When she was just 16 years old, Zeng surpassed the height record for women, previously held by 7 feet, 10.9 inches (2.41 m) tall British Jane Bunford (1895–1922). At this time, Zeng measured 7 feet, 10.5 inches (2.40 m), and weighed 324 pounds (147 kg).
Challenges
On an island in the middle of a lake, Jinlian’s family had a lovely commune. Zeng had a passion for athletics and particularly enjoyed playing basketball until scoliosis (curvature of the spine) rendered her physically insufficient.
At first, she could only hunch over with much effort, and eventually she was unable to stand at all and required a wheelchair. Due to her diabetes, Zeng Jinlian was forced to remain at home after graduating high school, where she spent her time reading and studying Chinese calligraphy and poetry.
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A Huge Appetite
She preferred a solitary existence in the country and was described as shy and retiring. Zeng slept on a huge bed that had to be manufactured to order, much like her chair, clothing, and shoes.
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According to reports, Jinlian started her day with 20 little dumplings and ended it with six bowls of rice. In a year, she would consume 1,100 pounds of rice and vegetables (500 kg).
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The fish from the nearby lake was her go-to dinner. The local government provided for her needs at a rate of around $670 (USD) each year.
Worldwide Popularity
Jinlian did interviews and became well-known in China for her extraordinary stature. On some days, she had as many as a hundred people come to visit her. The foreign press began reporting on her status as the world’s tallest woman after her introduction in the Chinese health press in October 1980.
Zeng Jinlian passed away at the age of 17 in her hometown from diabetes, which may have been exacerbated by her gigantism and scoliosis. Others believe she passed away from a pituitary tumor hemorrhage. The institution now housing her ashes is Hunan Medical University.
The Tallest Verified Woman Ever
When she passed away, Zeng Jinlian measured 8 feet 1.64 inches (248 cm) in height (249 centimeters in other accounts) and weighed 287 pounds (130 kg). She had 14-inch feet (35.5 cm) and 10-inch hands (25.5 cm).
When Zeng died at the age of 17, she was taller than Wadlow when he was the same age. If Zeng Jinlian hadn’t died too early, she would probably be taller than Wadlow, who died at 22 and was 8 feet, 11.1 inches (272 cm).
Zeng became the tallest living person for a year when the American Don Koehler, who stood 8 feet 2.75 inches (251 cm) died in 1981. After her, the tallest living people became the Mozambican Gabriel Monjane and the American Sandy Allen.
By a wide margin, Zeng is the second-tallest woman in recorded history. It is believed that Trijntje Keever, a Dutch woman who lived in the 17th century, reached a height of 8 feet 6 inches (260 cm). Although this cannot be confirmed using contemporary measuring techniques, there are many varying references (from 8’4″ to 8’6.2″ or 254 to 260 cm), which all point to her extremely tall stature.
But understandably, Zeng Jinlian has been recognized as the tallest woman in history by Guinness World Records instead of Trijntje Keever since the year 2000, eighteen years after her death. Only two women in recorded history—Zeng and Keever—have measured at or over 8 feet (2.
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August 23, 2023
Trijntje Keever: The Tallest Woman in Recorded History
Trijntje Keever, daughter of Cornelis, was known as “The Great Maiden” (born January 10 or 16, 1616, Edam, Netherlands; died July 2, 1633, Ter Veen, Netherlands). At 8 feet 6 inches (260 cm), Trijntje Keever was quite possibly the tallest woman in documented history.
Trijntje Keever’s Life
Born as Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever to the parents Cornelis Keever and Anna Pauwels in 1616, her father was originally from Elbing, Prussia (now Elblong), although he was a Dutch sailor. His first wife, Maria Kooning, was the mother of his two children. On May 24, 1605, he married his maidservant Anna, a native of Nieuwendam (today a suburb of Amsterdam).
Trijntje exploded in height so rapidly that she soon no longer needed a ladder to reach the roof’s gutters. The family put their daughter on display at fairs and carnivals to earn some extra money. On June 30th, 1625, Trijntje was the subject of a royal account.
On their trip to England, Frederick V, Elector Palatinate and King of Bohemia, his wife Elizabeth Stuart, Princess Amalia of Solm-Braunfels, and the retinue all stopped at Edam, and the burgomaster there showed them the 6 feet, 6.75 inches (2 m) child, Trijntje Keever.
In her letter, maid of honor Crofts referred to Trijntje Keever as “a nine-year-old girl of amazing magnitude“. When paired with the tallest man in the retinue, a Scottish officer named Andrew Grey, Trijntje towered above him like a monument. The girl’s name was not actually mentioned in the account, but she was likely no one else than Trijntje Keever.
On July 2, 1633, Trijntje passed away at the age of 17 in the Zealand town of Ter Veen, where her parents often took her for public displays. The burial of Trijntje, the Great Maiden, at the Edam Great Church on July 7 is documented in the Edam church book.
A Case of Gigantism
Willem Kreithoff testified in 1756 that Trijntje’s gravestone read, “Trijntje Keever, the great maiden, 17 years old.” If Trijntje hadn’t died this early, she would most likely be the tallest person in recorded history, surpassing Robert Wadlow (8’11.1″; 272 cm), who was 8’3″ (251 cm) when he was 17.
The Edam Museum’s branch, the old town hall, has a painting of Trijntje Keever by an unidentified artist. She is shown at full height, dressed like a proper lady. A set of keys hangs from her belt on the left, while on her right side, there is a pincushion and a case to store utensils.
The engraving suggests that the portrait shows the girl as more attractive than her actual appearance.
This was likely due to the presence of acromegaly, which is a disorder that occurs when our body produces too much growth hormone (GH). The acromegaly has been the case with all extremely tall people with gigantism, such as John Rogan, Robert Wadlow, Patrick Cotter O’Brien, or Bernard Coyne.
Her shoe length was around 14–16 inches (36–40 cm). Her original footwear is included in the exhibit today, and it proves to be number 54 in the EU, which corresponds to US women’s shoe size 22.5.
A Mysterious Painter
Peter Dirks (d. 1606), known as Longbeard for his beard being twice as long as his body, and Jan Claas Klees, a landowner who weighed 455 pounds (206 kg), were both depicted by the same anonymous artist, who had a propensity for the extraordinary.
William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy) and Cosimo de Medici both studied these three paintings in detail in 1663 and 1668, respectively, and shared their thoughts.
These three paintings were first displayed at the town inn and then eventually moved to the municipal building by 1874. The French author and art critic Henry Havard confirms this in his book, “Journey to the Ghost Towns of the Zuiderzee” (Paris, 1874).
The paintings were eventually moved to the Edam Museum in the Netherlands. In the main museum building today, you can see portraits of Peter Dirks and Jan Klaas Klees, while in the branch, you can see the portrait of Trijntje Keever.
How Tall Was Trijntje Keever?
The numbers related to “The Great Maiden” vary across works. The book “Reports on Ancient Imperial Archives” gives her height as 8 feet, 3.9 inches (253.7 cm). According to Servaas de Braine’s “Historical and Geographical Dictionary“, her height was around 8 feet, 4.2 inches (254.5 cm).
Oleksandr Ametov’s “Acromegaly and Gigantism” states that her height was around 8 feet, 4.4 inches (255 cm) in height. Liu Yujin (born 1920), a Chinese lady, was reportedly 9 feet, 2.2 inches tall (280 cm), according to the same source.
Trijntje Keever is reported to be 8 feet, 5.2 inches tall (257 cm) in the 1980 edition of Antiek. The greatest height figure ever stated for her was 8 feet, 6.2 inches (259.6 cm) in Hugo Grotius’s poetical works. Nonetheless, all height figures point to one fact: Trijntje Keever was the tallest woman in recorded history, as well as the fourth-tallest person ever.
August 22, 2023
Patrick Cotter O’Brien: The Story of a Giant Irishman
When a man with gigantism named Patrick Cotter was exhibited in London at the end of the 18th century, he had given himself the surname “O’Brien” after a legendary Irish king. Patrick Cotter O’Brien (Kinsale, January 19, 1760–September 8, 1806) was one of the only 20 people in history whose heights were verified to be at least 8 feet long.
The Demise of Patrick Cotter O’Brien
Patrick Cotter traveled to London in April 1782 to exhibit himself to Charles Byrne, because he was said to be 8 feet 2.4 inches tall (2.50 m). But later exhumations of his bones would reveal his true height to be 8 feet (2.44 m). One London newspaper said on May 6, 1782:
“Although it is easy to attract curiosity, it usually costs more to capture the attention of the public; but this is not the case with the modern-living Colossus, the wonderful Irish giant. As soon as he arrived at an elegant apartment in Spring Garden, door to door with the Cox Museum, curious people of all kinds flocked to see him, knowing that such a prodigy had never before appeared among us (…)”.
That day, Patrick Cotter adopted the surname, O’Brien, pretending to be a descendant of the legendary king of Ireland with giant stature. During a night out, someone took Patrick’s riches after he foolishly traded them for a bank guarantee. As his mood deteriorated, O’Brien turned to heavy drinking. His body was discovered in his residence in June of 1783. His age was given as 22.
O’Brien’s dying request was to be tossed into the ocean, despite the fact that he knew every doctor in London would kill for his bones. The doctors and surgeons he assumed would be standing watch outside his house shortly after his death confirmed his worst predictions. One publication said that when the death certificate was released, the doctors were ready to pay for the services of divers to retrieve his remains.
John Hunter and O’Brien’s Body
John Hunter was a pioneer in the field of experimental pathology and is considered a great anatomist of all time. In 1763, he purchased property on which he would later construct a house and a zoo filled with both tamed and wild animals. In 1783, when he was already wealthy, well-known, and well-regarded, he purchased a home in Leicester Square and turned it into the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.
It was a shrine to the natural world and its inhabitants. His collection of stuffed whales was unparalleled, and he also had access to exotic creatures like opossums and kangaroos. The concept of “monsters” became more than just a novelty to him; it became an integral component of his worldview. The museum has the biggest collection of congenital abnormalities in the world.
Patrick Cotter O’Brien was, without a doubt, a prized possession of his. It was reported that Hunter’s undismayed determination to exhibit O’Brien drove him to drink. Hunter made this Irish giant feel like he was not more than a kangaroo or a whale, a unique specimen destined to be exhibited in a showcase.
O’Brien devoted his final few kilos to the battle with Hunter because he was determined to come out on top against people like him. The individuals O’Brien recruited deceived the physicians and made their way to the shore with the massive casket. It’s important to remember that English doctors in the 1700s didn’t think twice about stealing dead bodies.
It was a profitable and horrific industry because physicians didn’t hesitate to pay the worst types of individuals to steal corpses. The legal supply was restricted to the hung bodies, but the executions weren’t enough to meet the requirements of the growing number of medical schools.
Since the job paid handsomely, roving bands of thieves filled London’s mass graves at night. This kind of thing was only stopped decades later because of the Burke and Hare murders scandal, which in turn inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to end this nonsense.
Hunter, who was no stranger to such illegality, found out about Patrick Cotter O’Brien’s death via his criminal contacts and paid a sizable fee to attend his burial. On a second-to-last night, O’Brien’s companions took a break at an inn and placed the coffin in a barn. Following them were Hunter’s men, who invited O’Brien’s companions to drink some whiskey until they were drunk enough. At this point, they moved the body to their wagon while filling the coffin with stones.
The following day, the coffin was tossed into the Irish Channel while no one noticed anything was wrong. John Hunter put the body in a big caldron so he could save the skeleton. The caldron and skeleton are still on display at the museum. Studies conducted on him at the turn of the twentieth century revealed not only his true height but also the cause of his gigantism: a tumor in the pituitary gland, similar to the case with Robert Wadlow, John Middleton, or other giants like John Rogan and Bernard Coyne.
Who Was Patrick Cotter O’Brien?
Patrick Cotter, who was born in Kinsale (County Cork, Ireland) in 1760, was discovered while working as a bricklayer and given £50 a year for three years by a businessman who planned to exhibit him in Bristol. Nonetheless, Cotter later expected a share of this business after seeing its spectacular success.
One time, Cotter was leased out to a colleague without his knowledge or consent, which enraged Cotter so much that the businessman falsely accused him of owing money and threw him in jail.
William Watts, a businessman from Bristol, felt sorry for Cotter, arranged to have him released from prison, and assisted him in staging his own performance. Cotter made a tidy £30 over the course of three days at the St. James’s Fair.
To commemorate his giant Irish predecessor, he renamed himself Patrick O’Brien and moved into a London apartment, where he performed for two shillings from eleven to four in the morning and evening for the wealthy and the poor (for one shilling), respectively.
It was said that at the Sadler’s Wells theater, he would surprise the young ladies who came on the second floor with a kiss and would come down from the stage to meet the rest of the audience. O’Brian allegedly stalked the streets at night, smoking his pipe from the flames of lamppost lights, since he frightened youngsters by day.
Being a tailor for O’Brian was problematic. Jokingly, O’Brian once wrote to Watts about the commission of socks in three weeks: “and that is three years ago, so I don’t know what to think…” Cotter is seen in an engraving from 1803 with one elbow propped on top of an open door while a tailor sits on a chair nearby to take his measurements.
When Cotter got back to Bristol, he had a massive carriage pulled by several horses made for himself. Once, a police officer saw this massive car and pulled it over. The officer was so terrified when Patrick opened the door that he ran away. When he arrived at his destination in another London-hired cart, the coachman said to his coworkers:
“I have worked more than all of you put together, for I have carried a monument.”
The coachman to his coworkers, who rode Patrick Cotter O’Brian in a horse cart.
His Height
On September 8, 1806, Patrick Cotter O’Brian died from a liver illness. He expressed a desire to be laid to rest at the Catholic church on Trenchard Street, but he was concerned that his corpse might be stolen and used as a scientific experiment by a surgeon, as later happened to him.
O’Brian had a 140-inch-deep (3.5 m) rock-cut tomb built for him and lined it with masonry and iron bars. None of his fourteen undertakers were allowed to drink alcohol while on the job.
Despite widespread speculation that his efforts had been fruitless, his enormous coffin was discovered to be unbroken in 1906. Cotter’s height was allegedly inscribed as 8 feet 4 inches (2.54 m), but this was discovered to be fiction, and the actual measurement of his height was 8 feet (2.44 m). The length of his skeleton was 7 feet and 9.7 inches (2.38 m).
If a malformation of the spine was ignored, the pathologists calculated that Patrick Cotter O’Brien would have been 8 feet tall (244 cm) in life. His eyewear, a walking cane, a shoe, and a massive 5 feet 1 inch (155 cm) mahogany chair are all on display in the Bristol City Museum.
However, the 1.1-pound gold watch (500g) that Cotter presented to his benefactor Watts in thanks for getting him out of jail is missing. His chippendale chair was also on display at The Lion Bar in Bristol until it was purchased by a German in 1977, and it is now nowhere to be found.
In 1972, his skeleton was reexamined, and a publication detailing the findings revealed that he had stood at a height of 8 feet 1 inch (2.46 m). In 1986, his body was dug up again for a short funeral before being cremated due to construction plans in the region.
References
Patrick O’Brien, a giant. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.
August 22, 2023
Bernard Coyne: The Tallest Human of His Time
Bernard A. Coyne (July 27, 1897–May 20, 1921) is one of 20 people who were confirmed by medical science to have reached a height of over eight feet. Some people believe that Bernard Coyne’s height at the time of his death was around 8 feet 4 inches (2.54 meters). Like the world’s tallest man, Robert Wadlow, Bernard Coyne was also the tallest man alive until his early death.
Bernard Coyne’s Life
Coyne was the second of six siblings (4 boys and 1 girl) born to his parents in Anthon, Woodbury County, Iowa, in 1897. His mother was 5’2″ (1.57 m), and his father was 5’8″ (1.73 m). He most likely ‘suffered’ from gigantism, which is related to the pituitary gland that secretes human growth hormone (HGH).
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It is about the size of a pea and is located at the base of the brain.
On his World War I draft registration card dated August 29, 1918, Bernard Coyne listed his height as 8 feet (244 cm). When he was 18 years old, he was 7 feet, 9 inches tall (236 cm), which disqualified him from being drafted.
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The height requirements were not strictly enforced throughout the war; however, his case was extraordinary.
Similar to other extremely tall people in history, Bernard Coyne could mostly move around with the aid of a walking stick.
At 21, Bernard Coyne was 8 feet 1 inch tall (246 cm) and weighed 275 pounds (125 kg), so he was in decent form and strength. As a result of his gigantism, Coyne became extremely tall very early in life; in fact, he became taller than anybody else with the eunuchism condition (lack of mature male germ cells and testicular hormones).
Despite the numerous contract offers he got from traveling carnivals, circuses, and variety shows, Coyne always declined them and ultimately decided to stay at home to live a quiet life.
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This is similar to the case of John Rogan, the tallest Black person in history, who also rejected being exhibited and lived a modest life in his hometown of Gallatin.
Bernard Coyne’s Death
Like the world’s tallest man, Robert Wadlow, Bernard Coyne averaged two inches (5 cm) of growth every year up until his death. Coyne wore shoes in a US size 24.
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In May of 1921, Coyne passed away from liver cirrhosis at the age of 23 after suffering from bad health since September of the previous year. A unique coffin was made for his burial, and he was laid to rest in his native town, Anson.
At the time of his death, Coyne’s height was believed to be 8 feet 4 inches (2.54 meters), and similar to Robert Wadlow’s untimely death, Bernard Coyne would probably continue to grow for a few more years and reach a height of at least 8 feet 6.4 inches (2.60 meters).
August 22, 2023
John Rogan: The Tallest Black Person in History
August 21, 2023