The Giant of Kandahar

On a remote Afghan mountainside, a US military unit enters a cave and, according to the story, meets something that does not belong in the twenty first century at all. This episode digs into the modern legend of the Giant of Kandahar, a red haired, man eating giant said to stand more than twelve feet tall, wielding a spear and moving with impossible strength before being brought down in a firefight.

We set the tale in the wider history of giant stories from the region, examine the details of the alleged encounter, and look at claims of military cover up and missing evidence. Was this a misread battle, a deliberate piece of psy ops folklore, or a glimpse of something that ties into older myths about Nephilim and ancient wars? Whatever the truth, the Giant of Kandahar has already stepped out of one cave and into the cryptid canon.