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Ella Ewing 8’4″
GIANTS IN THE BIBLE
PROF. M. M. NINAN
Ella Ewing was born in Missouri in 1872. She is known as the ‘Missouri
Giant’. She grew normally until the age of 7, at which time she began to
grow rapidly. Her maximum height is disputed and due to the lack of
records she is not listed in the Guinness book of Records. She toured
as a side-show freak until she died of tuberculosis in 1913.
Al Tomaini 8’4.5″
Al Tomaini was a giant who claimed a height of 8’4″ (though the
Guiness Book of Records stated that he was 7’4″). Weighing 356
pounds (162 kg) and wearing size 27 shoes, Al spent most of his life
as a circus giant. He was working with a circus at the Great Lakes
Exposition in Chicago, in 1936, when he met his future wife, Jeanie
Tomaini. Jeanie was born without legs and was only 2 ft 6 in (76 cm)
tall. After retiring from the circus life, he and Jeanie settled in the circus
community of Giant’s Camp, Gibsonton, Florida.
Leonid Stadnyk 8’5″
Leonid Stadnyk was born in 1971 in the Ukraine. He is a
registered veterinary surgeon and lives with his mother. He is
currently the world’s tallest human according to the Guinness
Book of Records. According to Pravda, his health is slowly
failing in that he needs to hold on to limbs of trees and the side
of his house to walk about. A group of Ukrainian business
people donated a satellite dish and a computer to Stadnyk and
now he has Internet access.
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