 There is reference to a company, "Cardiff Giant". The Cardiff Giant  was a hoax conceived by George Hull, a confirmed atheist, after  having an argument with a fundamentalist minister about the  existence of "Giants in the Earth" as referenced in the book of  Genesis. In 1868 he built a 10 foot carved statue, treated to look  ancient and buried it. A year later, when workers were hired to dig  a well on his property in Cardiff, NY the statue was discovered. A  great public discussion ensued as Christian Fundamentalists defended  the statue as proof of the giants. The debate went on long enough  for Hull to make over $20,000 