The Giants of Kandahar

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The giant was then reportedly collected by Chinook and transferred to a C-130 to be transported to an unknown location, with members of the aircraft crew reportedly stating that it weighed in excess of 1,200lb. To the surprise of none, bewildered Pentagon officials told Snopes they had no record of such an incident.

Like any military campaign, those who fought in the Afghanistan war hold memories both shared and personal. Faced with ethical and moral dilemmas, Alex and Ayesha grapple with the consequences of their discovery. It in no way depicts the authentic Afghan conflict, its people or culture — only the country’s alleged population of extremely large adult sons. The Department of Defense said they had "no record or information about a special forces member killed by a giant in Kandahar.Sasquatch Experience by Sean Forker, James Baker, Henry May, and Vance Nesbitt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.

Yet 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. The Taunton Dean cuttings arrived a short while ago and never have I seen healthier looking cuttings! I didn’t think I would be successful at stratification etc but I now have a whole bunch of Hablitzia seedlings sprouting after following your excellent advice. I think that’s what I saw, a member of an ancient race of giants that descended from fallen angels,” he wrote. Editor’s note: This Halloween-centric story dives into a comical conspiracy many tin foil hat enthusiasts have shared at some time.

He said the killing of the giant took place during the height of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002, when the military was engaged in tough battles with the Taliban in their de facto capital in Kandahar Province during the US invasion of Afghanistan. According to Marzulli, the creature was a Nephilim, a group of people mentioned in the Genesis and Numbers books of the Old Testament who were said to be "people of unusually large size and strength" that could be found in the Middle East both before and after “The Flood” of Noah’s Ark fame. The killing of the giant, he said, took place during the height of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002 when the military was engaged in fierce battles with the Taliban in their de facto capital in Kandahar Province during the U. But eventually, the soldiers broke their silence because, as one of the men would later say, “the people have a right to know the truth. They include “The Giant of Kunar,” a massive being an infantry team leader reportedly saw during a deployment between 2008 and 2009.

Let some of your plants flower and produce seed pods, you can collect an amazing amount of seed this way and they will also self sow if seeds are allowed to fall around the plants. According to his elaborate account, the airman watched “some dudes” around a fire to see if he could identify any weapons. It is important to note that this is not the first time that the story of the giant humanoid has caught the attention of netizens. The Department of Defense told the outlet, in no uncertain terms, that they had “no record or information about a special forces member killed by a giant in Kandahar.In 2002, a group of soldiers went missing while on patrol in a remote mountain region of Kandahar, in the south of Afghanistan.

No statement referring to a member of the special forces being killed by a giant has ever been released by the Department of Defense, either in 2002 or at any other time.In 2002, an elite tactical team was said to have killed the Kandahar Giant, a 13-foot-tall beast with flaming red hair, six fingers on each hand, and two sets of teeth. And when they failed to make radio contact for some time, the military sent in a special ops unit to investigate, though the branch of the armed forces they belonged to was never confirmed.