Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison has drawn some ridicule from national publications over his appearance last month on a televised podcast that featured some self-admitted conspiracy theorists. During that program he was asked if he thought the Smithsonian Institution is storing skeletal remains of giants.

“And I said I’d certainly take a look at it,” he told Missourinet. “So we’ve put some feelers out there, but I’m really just kind of focused on trying to get to the truths and not jumping to some conclusion.”

But he also said that does not mean he believes the rumors to be true.

“Yeah, it was brought up in an interview which felt like it was out of left field for me,” he said. “People are really interested in paranormal things, right? And so, I tend to believe that there’

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