The Kandahar Giant – Dark Tales Skip to content Dark Tales Twitter Facebook Instagram Varied writings on the dark, mysterious or macabre Menu HomeCategoriesexpand child menu Deaths Folklore British Isles Animal Attacks Creatures Disappearances Lancashire Mysteries History Crime Murders Cryptozoology Aliens Fylde Coast AboutContact The Kandahar Giant Dark TalesFebruary 17, 2021February 17, 2021Creatures, Mysteries, Uncategorized Post navigation PreviousNext In 2016, an account appeared online that claimed to be from a member of a US special forces team that encountered, and killed, a giant humanoid during operations in Afghanistan. While the account has largely been debunked, this hasn’t prevented a number of theories arising surrounding this supposed giant, as well as a video interview with a man who claims to have been present during the incident. Despite not surfacing until 2016, the supposed encounter is said to have taken place in 2002. After a US Army patrol in a remote part of Kandahar Province went missing without making radio contact, Special Forces were dispatched to look for the missing men. Searching along the line of the patrol’s known route resulted in them discovering discarded pieces of equipment, much of it broken. The debris led the troop to a difficult, mountainous trail, which terminated at a large cave and a clearing scattered with broken equipment and cracked bones. US troops patrolling in Kandahar Province. Image: Defense.gov The account then claims that a red-headed, powerfully built humanoid, around 13 feet in height and clad in animal skins, emerged from the cave. On spotting the patrol the giant promptly killed one of them, an individual specifically named in the original account as ‘Dan’, by impaling him with a large, metal-tipped spear. The rest of the patrol then killed it with ‘thirty seconds of sustained fire’. On inspecting the body, they found that the creature had six fingers on each hand and two sets of teeth. 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. After a request for comment to the US Department of Defense, a spokesman stated in 2016 that they had no record of such an incident. Further, the only US service member with the first name Daniel who was killed in Kandahar during 2002 died in a bomb blast alongside three others. 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. A US Air Force C-130 Hercules, the aircraft reportedly used to transport the corpse of the giant to an unknown location. Image: US Air Force Of course, some researchers claim that this is simply because the US Government conspired to cover up the incident. Several unverified accounts have emerged, including two from men that claim to have been part of the special forces patrol that encountered the giant. A number of other videos and blogs have claimed to have spoken with other US military personnel that served in Afghanistan during 2002, often stating that the encounter with the giant was an ‘open secret’ amongst many that served in Kandahar. One relatively popular theory is that the creature was one of the nephilim, creatures mentioned in the Hebrew bible and variously translated as giant or fallen angel. Another interpretation is that the nephilim were the offspring of relationships between either angels and humans, or angels and devils, depending on the account in question. Filmmaker L.A Marzulli conducted a lengthy interview with a man, known only as Mr D, who claims to have been present during the encounter with the Kandahar giant. The interview can be found here. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related The Battle of Castle ItterThe only recorded battle where US and German soldiers fought together on the same side against SS troopsJanuary 4, 2022In "History"The RocEnormous eagles from Persian and Arabic folklore, Rocs were said to be big enough to snatch up horses and even elephantsJuly 7, 2020In "Cryptozoology"The Six Labours of TheseusTraveling the dangerous road to Athens, Theseus fought and overcame six enemies, making his name as a hero in the processJanuary 12, 2020In "Mythology" Post navigation Previous The Dyatlov Pass IncidentNext The Malawi Terror Beast Published by Dark Tales View all posts by Dark Tales 6 Comments Stephanie Suh says: February 17, 2021 at 7:50 pm Fascinating read. I wonder if the creature is a wodewose? Whatever it is, there are certainly more things in this world. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Sirhc says: September 12, 2021 at 8:20 am I first read about this encounter (1 of many), in a very similar set of stories, several years ago. I think they keep being pulled. Mainstream media is paid very big $ to lie to the gen pop about many things. Omitting the truth is lying. Although not all large people are descendants of the nephillim, the gravesites and/or “mounds” of these deceased evil beasts, scatter the entire globe, with many even here in the U.S. I have no doubt this story is true… and I say “evil beasts” because that’s what they are/were, real life monsters. “Are” because obviously, some of their descendants are still here. “Were” because God Almighty himself caused the flood of Noah’s time to get rid of them, though some made it through, along with the other races on the ark. And, yes, there were “every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort”, on the ark. Gen 6:19. They are indeed the offspring of fallen angels (belonging to satan himself), and flesh women. Gen 6:4. The book of Enoch, “The Watchers”, was likely left out of the 1611 KJV Bible for this reason, among others. It goes into considerably more detail about the nephillim, and how gruesomely evil they were. Most people simply don’t care to hear the truth, or cannot handle it when they do hear it, let alone the fact that it can directly invovle a life of being at war with real demons and even satan himself. It will be their downfall. It may not while we are here, but in the end, the truth will preavail, and, the end is far closer than many know. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph 6:12 LikeLike Reply Sirhc says: December 7, 2021 at 7:44 pm I have since learned that a 2nd influx of nephilim occurred, AND there will be a 3rd & final influx. So, although they were not on the ark, they DID come here (earth) again, and again, wrongfully mated with flesh women to create more evil giants. Beware… it will happen again! LikeLike Reply Bob says: February 7, 2022 at 3:41 pm Post flood giant Goliath and he had 4 brothers, Og king of Bashan LikeLike Jr says: December 16, 2021 at 2:07 am Hi there, would love to watch the interview but the video link is no longer available. Maybe they took it down? Appreciate if you have it recorded! LikeLike Reply Pingback: The Slaying of the Giant of Kandahar – To Contrive & Jive Leave a Reply Cancel reply Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. 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