October 16 in strange history
What strange thing happened on October 16? Here is the story from our files for this date, each checked against sources.
The Cardiff Giant (1869)
On 16 October 1869 well-diggers in Cardiff, New York, uncovered a ten-foot stone man. Crowds paid to see the 'petrified giant'. It was a gypsum statue carved for a cigar maker's hoax.