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    Here be giants — outlandish tales of the military & the Afghan colossi

    A Military Times take on a paranormal conspiracy theory out of the Afghan conflict- just in time for Halloween. I will include the editors disclaimer for fun.

    Here be giants — outlandish tales of the military & the Afghan colossi

    Editor’s note: This Halloween-centric story dives into a comical conspiracy many tin foil hat enthusiasts have shared at some time. It in no way depicts the authentic Afghan conflict, its people or culture — only the country’s alleged population of extremely large adult sons.


    Like any military campaign, those who fought in the Afghanistan war hold memories both shared and personal.


    But on this Halloween, we want to draw your attention to a more otherworldly concern. We speak, of course, of the Giants of Afghanistan, creatures from times past and parts unknown who were purportedly spotted outside U.S. garrisons, once upon a time.


    Encounters with these beings, which some outlets claim to have occurred during service member deployments to Afghanistan, were recently recapped on The Havok Journal blog, a website dedicated to veterans news and issues. The accounts below originally appeared on “Tales from the Grid Square,” a collection of military encounters with the supernatural penned by author Nick Orton.
    “During the war, many members of the US Military and Coalition would encounter activity that would defy normality,” Orton wrote on Havok Journal. “UFOs, cryptids and ghosts. Many bore witness to the immense and immeasurable mystery of Afghanistan. What they witnessed is often kept close to the heart, be it terrifying or truly something incredible.”



    Chief among those terrifying encounters was an incident in 2002 with the “Giant of Kandahar,” a “Biblical cryptid” creature that special forces stumbled upon as the giant was doing giant things like cooking giant food and minding his giant business.


    According to online accounts, the Giant of Kandahar, who was said to be responsible for an entire patrol going missing, stood a towering 13 feet tall. It sported a shock of flaming red hair, had six fingers on each hand and two rows of teeth for gnashing, thrashing and showcasing a smile that was undeniably dashing.


    Upon contact, the giant purportedly killed one U.S. service member with a spear only to be vanquished by the rest of the unit courtesy of “30 seconds of sustained gunfire,” according to an account on allthatsinteresting.com. As the story goes, the soldiers loaded the giant’s corpse onto a helicopter. It was never seen again. [lol]


    Conspiracy theorists promoting the story prompted the fact-checking outlet Snopes to investigate in 2016. To the surprise of none, bewildered Pentagon officials told Snopes they had no record of such an incident.


    Predictably, proud wearers of the world’s largest tin foil hats responded along the lines of, “That’s exactly what someone hiding a 13-foot-tall body would say!”


    Nevertheless, the supernatural tale achieved a modicum of mainstream attention when it was featured on the “Coast to Coast AM” radio show hosted by the late, great Art Bell.


    “There are many accounts of soldiers who have reported seeing massive humanoids that tower over the normal man in Afghanistan,” Orton continued. “These stories are out there, albeit hard to come by. Not many are going to come forward and claim they saw a massive man running around in the mountains of Afghanistan. But perhaps there is something truly massive out there.”
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    I would not be surprised if some of these "stories" were concocted by the Taliban to frighten our people and perhaps the reverse?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    I would not be surprised if some of these "stories" were concocted by the Taliban to frighten our people and perhaps the reverse?
    I think stories like the Giant of Kandahar - that there was a giant in the cave- was a local story and the US military ran with it.

    30 seconds of sustained weapons fire... lol
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    The Piute people of Northern Nevada have a story of red headed giants. These giants were reportedly living in caves in the Lovelock, NV area thousands of years ago. I have been to the Lovelock Cave where a battle between giants and the Piute occurred. In the early 20th century bones were discovered in the cave and those bones were very large compared to humans. The US Gov't got involved and these bones disappeared.

    You decide.

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