Solid Muldoon

The Solid Muldoon

The Solid Muldoon was a supposedly prehistoric "petrified human body" unearthed in 1877, at a spot now known as Muldoon Hill, near Beulah, Colorado. The figure enjoyed a brief tour of the United States before it was revealed to be a hoax. It was said to have been named after wrestler William Muldoon,[1] whose nickname was "The Solid Man". This nickname was itself a reference to a comic song called "Muldoon, the Solid Man", written by Edward Harrigan.[2]

  1. ^ "Hoax About the Stone Man". The Pueblo Indicator. January 1, 1944.
  2. ^ Meade, Don (1997). "The Life and Times of 'Muldoon, the Solid Man'. New York Irish History 11.