Giant footprints found at Karalmanna, a hilly village in Kerala's Palakkad District, are now being projected by anthropologists as belonging to *person* sapiens that lived in the area about 30, 000 years ago.

According to the team of anthropologists headed by Krishna Swamy the footprints which are two feet six inches in length, belonged to a giant human being weighing about 400 kilograms and having a heigh of about 17 feet.

"There are footprints on the rock, both small and big. All these footprints are in the shape of human feet but bigger in size,  said Chandran, an awed local resident.

Krishna Swamy,says the height of the cave in which the giant creature lived was 50 meters, and the creature must have used it to harbour animals that it killed for survival.

"The big footprints are similar to the footprints found in Australia and Texas in the United States. It is believed to be of a giant of 8 to 9 feet tall and around 360 kilograms in weight. we have found a particular site where there was a huge footprint of 2.6 feet in length. According to the length it is believed to be of around 400 kilograms in weight and 17 feet in height. The particular big footed creature about which we are speaking had arranged a set up inside the rock shelter to watch the movements of other animals. It must be a carnivorous, no doubt,  Swamy said.

According to the evidence available, the creature must have lived around 30,000 years ago. "We have found water, a river and valleys around the cave. According tothe evidence it must have lived around 30, 000 years ago,  Krishna Swamy added.

The site is believed to have many items of geological and anthropological importance.