The myth of “Kap Dwa”, the two headed giant, is obviously constructed from the body of a real man, Robert Wadlow, who after his death in 1940 had a facial mask made and the body put in a saline solution for the mummification. Most likely against his will. The facial mask was laid along the corpse and served to construct on the left a false second head altogether with some skin obviously taken from the back.

The nasty behaviour of “monster show” owners like Phineas Barnum is well-known.