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Chances are you’ve never heard of Steve Feltham unless you have a keen interest in finding the Loch Ness Monster.
You see, that’s exactly what Mr. Feltham did for about half of his adult life.
I’ll never forget the first time I heard Joe Diffie sing.
It was close to midnight on a hot summer Sunday night as I was driving down a lonely stretch of I-20 between Columbia, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia.
I was stationed at Augusta’s Fort Gordon Army base at the time and I was on my way back to Augusta after spending the weekend “back home” in Virginia.
Chances are you’ve never heard of singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan.
In fact, it would be a surprise if you had because he disappeared from the scene before his fledgling music career really had a chance to take off.
By the way, when I say “he disappeared”, I do mean that literally.
Ask any 5th grader what year the Civil War ended and you’ll likely be told 1865.
A quick bit of math will tell you that was 155 years ago.
Ask any American of any age when the last Civil War-era pensioner passed away and they’ll likely guess some time around the mid-1900s.
But guess what? They would be wrong.
In fact, they would be very wrong.
Chances are you’re familiar with several stories about giants, including the biblical Goliath who the young lad David slew with a single stone hurled from his trusty slingshot.
According to his description in 1 Samuel 17, Goliath’s incredible height was “six cubits and a span”. That equates to a mind-boggling 9 feet and 9 inches!
I know, it’s hard to imagine a human being ever managing to grow to a height of 9 feet. After all, even the tallest NBA players are over a foot shorter than that.
But truth be told, on extremely rare occasions humans do grow to about that height.
In fact, it happened right here in the United States as recently as the early 20th century! Read on for the story of a truly fascinating man…