A Nephilim Hypothesis
by Michael Doyle

There were legends of giants in those days
Who walked the earth living beside man
The Bible explains their different ways
As sons of God from the daughters of man

Just who were the Nephilim
Who lived in a past that feels dim
This race of giants roamed the earth
Their legends were worldwide, for all that's worth

To put this to a cultural test
We must consider the Epic of Gilgamesh
It is recorded and just not from oral recall
That we derive that he was 12 to 15 feet tall

The Aga of Kish states he reigned in 2600 BC
The Qumran scroll, The Book of Giants, cites history
That his legendary reign is also one of fact
All around the world, we find evidence intact

Giant sandal prints in Nevada suggest the existence
And there are traditions that have persistence
The Paiute tell tales that whisper of glory
Often enough to treat it as a persuasive story

The Si-Te-Cah people cannibalized their neighbors
With a hunger for the marrow for which they savored
And giants were found among those who were slayed
In the 1920s, these skeletons were openly displayed

Nevada's Lovelock Cave had its skeletons to be seen
That, except for their size, greatly resembled human beings
This discovery led to the urge for further excavation
Of bodies said to be seven foot tall without explanation

There could not be simple answers to necessary questions
As a rarity of this order forms queries of great hesitation
Buried bones lose mass and often disintegration
While native tales seem to defy those given to investigation

Across the Americas, giants have been found
With double rows of teeth found all around
Across the Americas, from the east trailed to the west
All of which have ceremonially laid to their final rest

Huge footprints have been found in the Lincoln National Forest
These seem to confront even those with the most interest
There are those opposed to guests walking through this land
Mysterious as it is for modern peoples to understand

Who then were the hominids who seemed to have once abounded
Traces exist on California's Channel Islands to be found
Nearly always with double rows, top and bottom, of teeth
What happened to them? Did these all come to grief?

Supernumerary teeth are seen as suggestive evidence
That represent a third set of proof with great relevance
Among the giant remains from what seems a related race
And yet, science has yet to begin to really embrace

Though, at present, I don't really know enough about this
It seems our understanding must be somewhat amiss
Perhaps one of our cousins has managed to persist
Maybe, indeed, one or more of our relatives still exists?

(c) February 24, 2024   Michael Doyle
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