Yes, and? How does "tales of giants" become "The Smithsonian locked away actual fossils"?
There's a podcast I listen to called "astonishing legends, who did an episode recently on giants. Those guys are really credulous "I want to believe" types, but they ultimately concluded that these stories always seem to go back to cases of miscommunication, misreporting, willful misrepresentation, conflation and outright hoax. Wait a moment, I'll find you a link. They're quite long podcasts, but extremely thorough...
Ep 96: The Tall Ones Part 1
Ep 98: The Tall Ones Part 2
Ep 99: The Tall Ones Part 3
If you're sincerely interested in this stuff, I recommend them highly.