Talk:Cardiff Giant

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"Then he transported to giant by rail to a near Binghampton and eventually to Cardiff in November 1868. He had spent $2,600 for the hoax"

This sentence doesn't really make sense to me. Kranak 20:32, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I've changed it as part of a series of edits. - DavidWBrooks 23:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Still, doesn't quite make sense due to bad grammar. I suppose it should go like this:

"Then he transported the giant by rail to Cardiff in November 1868. He had then spent $2,600 on the hoax."

rather than

"Then he transported to giant by rail to Cardiff in November 1868. He had spent $2,600 for the hoax"

Furthermore, it's unclear how and why Nevell came to know of the giant. Was he an accomplice to Hull? Did Hull tell him where it was buried or did he find it by chance? What were his motives, and what was Hull's interest in the whole thing? Qui bono? Kranak 15:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, something got messed up in the editing - maybe in my editing. Hopefully I've fixed it now - including the fact that the name is Newell, not Nevell. - DavidWBrooks 17:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Nope, still broken. Kranak 17:06, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, it now states that Newell was his cousin. It makes a lot more sense now. Good. Kranak 17:30, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs some rewriting

Much of the text appears to be more or less copied from this site: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/cardiff.html It needs to be rewritten so the text is original. -ramz- 14:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)