There is a farmer in Minnesota who came across a most unusual find: A skeleton which measured 8 1/2 feet long. This is a giant in an area where most Native Americans are less than six feet tall. A state archeologist and other specialists were called as it is the law when human remains are found. What could of been the find that changes what we think about Vikings and ourselves is now all moot as that skeleton has now vanished.
There are other giants found in the USA that are inside museums and university storage room with no research done to them. There are stories of several coins dated at over 50,000 years old in Illinois disappearing as well. These reports were not hoaxes but actual finds out there. The finds do get cataloged so it is known they are quite real. But then they are never heard of again and all correspondence to find out about them is returned with denials and such items are not here.
The archeology world hates this accusation. They call those who claim the artifacts and relics in question are disappearing kooks and fly by night amateurs. It is best to either be angry about it or resort to name calling. The question of said artifacts, relics and remains has not been answered, but those in the academic circles won't even question what is outside the box for them.
It took the longest time for most historians to even accept the fact that there have been Vikings on the soil of the Americas. They would state Columbus was the first and you are nuts. Now that a settlement has been unearthed, it is considered common knowledge of Vikings finding their way to the Northeast USA.
However, ideas of even more ancient explorers visiting our lands and possible even trading with the natives is ridiculed. The evidence is out there and yet it is dismissed or ignored.
Then we have even more ancient finds that would state human kind is much older than we have ever thought or it was an extraterrestrial settlement. These ideas would require the academics in charge to change their ways of thinking too much. So when a gear is found that could be millions of years old or a giant is found, it is best it just disappears into a storage facility and forgotten about.
But there are those out there who will not forget and will find out the truth sooner or later.