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"Baluchistan Giant" - 8½-Feet Tall -- Known in Tehran as the "Baluchistan Giant" Poolud Kurd, 32, demonstrates his extraordinary height to Emy Lou Steiner of Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.A., A U.S. embassy worker in the Iranian Capital. Kurd, a native of Baluchistan, came to Tehran for treatment of a broken back, which prevents him from standing upright. Doctors say but for this ailment he would be at least eight and one half feet tall. July 15, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).