The Giants of Kandahar

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But even with the evidence stacked against it, the myth of the Kandahar Giant is still said to be an “open secret” among soldiers who served in Kandahar in 2002. 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.

In 2002, a group of soldiers went missing while on patrol in a remote mountain region of Kandahar, in the south of Afghanistan. K claimed he saw the giant carrying a spear and murdering a United States soldier named “Dan” before he and the other “special forces” took it down. Faced with ethical and moral dilemmas, Alex and Ayesha grapple with the consequences of their discovery. There are no incidents on the Department of Defense press release page, in which all military casualties were listed, involving a giant. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.This much firepower concentrated on one target for one second, let alone thirty, would be extremely destructive. In the early 2000s, when the US military was fighting the Taliban in their de facto capital of Kandahar Province, the incident occurred. In fact, Snopes’ debunking of the legend has had quite the opposite effect in certain cryptid spaces, which claim that the government is “trying to hide the truth” from the public. In the now-deleted video Marzulli speaks to the man purporting to be a soldier who said he witnessed the "Giant of Kandahar", on his YouTube channel which is dedicated to tying current events to Biblical prophecies.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Directness and honesty are not just qualities I admire; they form the cornerstone of every piece I pen. Though the tale grows with the telling — with some reports suggesting that the humanoid grew as tall as 15 feet — this red-headed giant with six digits, leather moccasins, and smelling like “dead bodies” suddenly emerged from the cave and impaled one of the soldiers with a spear.

Unlike the Biblical David, the soldier would never encounter — or remove the head of — his imposing counterpart.

Between them, the squad was armed with full-auto M4 carbines, 'recon carbines' (semi-automatic) and M107 Barrett anti-materiel rifles firing . A. Marzulli, whose YouTube channel is dedicated to tying current events to Biblical prophecies, brought the story roaring back to life. Conspiracy theorists promoting the story prompted the fact-checking outlet Snopes to investigate in 2016.And that’s when the soldiers opened fire, ultimately felling the giant with 30 seconds of continuous fire. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. If you do need to phone, the number is below - leave us a brief message and we will get back to you as soon as we can. In his post, Orton shares several other gigantic tales he allegedly collected from military members.