Japanese Soldiers Reported Man-Eating Creatures in the Jungle
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Aboriginals of Australia have in their ancestral history a story of coming to Australia and fighting a race of giant cannibals for control over the coasts.
Maoris (NZ) also have similar stories, in which the giants are described very similarly to what is said in this video 🤔
I've been saying. Seriously how many indigenous/aboriginals have legends of cannibal giants. The creatures here are also descriptions of Yowi? creatures which are Australia's Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti
And Native Americans.
I've seen bits & pieces fragmented across the internet. Have you got a good source or link?
Native Americans also have stories in their religion regarding giant red-headed cannibals eating their children in N. America to an extent that the Native Braves had to ban together to fight them back towards a cave in which they trapped them and lit massive fires engulfing the entrance to the cave ensuring the giants could not leave and would die. Later on in America's History archeologists discovered red headed large humanoid skeletons in a cave system in N America, where they believed to be the basis for this story amongst specific native tribes. The systematic and concerted effort of governments alongside the Smithsonian have ensured the evidence of giant humanoids to be covered up at all costs as a means of removing the potentiality for the citizens of these countries coming to understand what the truth is regarding the world in which they live to be. To what extent are the "myths" or "stories" handed down generation after generation actually true is for those who have the information to decide whether or not they want to divulge this information.
The thing that frightens me the most other than these cryptid encounters, was that during world war 2 there were actual wild animals that preyed on humans. One instance is the infamous sinking of the Indianapolis where men aboard the ship were eaten by Oceanic white-tip, Tiger and possibly bull sharks. The other on the Japanese side was when soldiers ran into the swamps to hide from allied forces only to be swallowed and/or ripped to pieces by dozens of saltwater crocodiles
Guess we hadn't considered People aren't the only one's that go off to war and Fight often, Nature can join in the Fray as well.
However, I'm guessing that all the activity, Airplane's/Ship's rocket's/artillery, Jeep's tank's probably stirred woke Them up those Giant's (Rephalim).
I've read about these events. It will make you sick to your stomach reading the indepth records.
I don't know how true it is, but I've heard that we lost a few GIs to altercations with tigers in Vietnam.
@@jenniferbrewer5370 I read a True article on the subject an actual G.I. was attacked by a Bengal tiger while on patrol after stabilizing the Soldier in Vietnam nature people interviewed him for a specific article I think the Soldier had said The Time's or Newsweek in 1967.
@@jaggg.3821A lot of corpses were left in the jungle, and it is thought that some tigers ate these, as the war frightened prey animals away. The next step was attacking live humans, and I understand that did happen.
I’m an Army brat, actually both of my parents were in the Coast Guard with my father being a retired lifer. A next door neighbor was a retired marine who told about fighting hand to hand at one time with 7 foot natives who were different from the Solomon Islanders. Thanks, Capt Joe.
Are they like hairy like sasquashes?
I’m 6’2. Taller than most. Me and my wife walked through the Stockholm airport this past summer. I felt like I was gulliver when he went to the giant island. My wife said she’s never seen so many people TOWER over me before
I’m half Okinawan. I remember my great-aunt telling us that, during WW2, the Japanese soldiers told the Okinawan people that Americans were cannibal giants. When they first saw how tall Americans are, they believed the Japanese soldiers.
Asians do tend to be pretty short by comparison to the rest of the world lol.
It doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that American soldiers, most being 6'3" - 6'8" were viewed as giants to much shorter 5'5 - 5'8" Japanese soldiers of the time.
Wartime kidnapping and let's just say assault of women, was very common back then too
@@gladxch "Most being 6'3" - 6'8"..." Uh, no they were not. Most American men are 5'9"-6" with only some that would be that tall. Just like today. How many 6'8" men do you see walking around? Not that many.
And they should. All Americans are giant cannibals with me being no exception.
@@keithtauber4153maybe in the cities but proportionally in small towns mfs be big as hell. I work in a factory in the Midwest and about half our guys (600 ish) are 6’4+
This is from my country. I can tell you that on the island of Guadalcanal, locals speak of giants living in the cave networks of the island. For us, this is not a myth or folklore, this magical creatures exist and people have encountered them.
Yep. Uma is real alright.
Did I miss something ,unarmed Japanese Soldiers cowering in the undergrowth ,sure they weren't just lost American Holiday makers stumbling around stoned out of their crocs 😅
@@alanharmon9970In 1945? You dumb?
Hilarious...
Film them you will be rich, oh right they arent real 😂
I read an article many years ago about these giants. The documentation came from the Japanese naval records. A Japanese officer requested additional support in the Solomon’s because his troop was wiped out by men 2 to 3 times larger than them. This coincides with the Japanese sending additional ships to the area. The US landed during this time. The documents even listed the names of the officers involved. The admiral had orders to kill everyone on the island. But they didn’t expect the allied forces to be there. Worth doing some research if you are interested.
Citation?
We need to define “giant” because if we’re talking about 8 feet tall, that would jive with known science. If we’re talking like GOT giants, yeah, that’s ridiculous as much as I would love it.
There is a well known branch of Neanderthal (as in well known by science) that averaged 8 feet in height. I would classify that as a giant since, until recent centuries, most humans were barely more than 5 feet tall.
You are beyond ''ass deep'' in your science fanaticism and delusion. @@The_ZeroLine
@@The_ZeroLine There are sasquatch in Canada that are 15 foot.
All those Japs lost their automatic rifles, grenades...? WW2 didn't happened in the Middle-Ages! At the time of WW2 armies were already equipped with automatic rifles, pistols...! No matter how strong and big you are, you won't go far with your silly club against soldiers armed with modern weapons!
My grandfather Robert r Moore fought in Korea. His brother died on the first island assault on Guadalcanal. rip grandpa, you were the nicest most manly/ smartest/ most patient man I’ve ever known, and I can’t wait to hug you when I get up there ❤
My land lord is a Korean vet. They're a different breed for sure God Bless them.
W gramps yall saved our country fr
I've heard about these giants many years ago. Accordingly a truce has exists between the Giants and the locals whereas the Giants promised to stop eating them anymore.
yes... and that was the early britons in uninhabited Britain. They giants kept breaking their oaths and promises that war started again. There was one particular giant named gogmagog because of his unusual larger height of 25 feet tall and was more terrifying that his fellow giants were afraid of him. But in the end, he was defeated by a beowulf-like hero
Norse tradition speaks of the time when the Norse gods walked with humans, and protected us from the ice giants that they also defeated. I find it very interesting that every continent share similar stories of a bigger race.
In the north of Ireland lived the Fir Bolg, a race of redhead 6 fingered giants. In Irish mythology they built the giants causeway in Donegal a bridge that was said to stretch from Scandinavia to Ireland. They where enslaved by the De Dannans, a race of advanced humans that came from the west to Ireland after they're country was destroyed in a great flood.
@@leonbarry5403in Mexico they were described to be architects of the biggest pyramid in the world and had war with the Aztecs where they were killed off. Their origins were unknown but said to be survivors of a great flood
@@leonbarry5403Yeah, but they weren't blatantly evil like the Fomorii. Another group of fey giants.
@@dubuyajay9964 I thought the formorian swine came later, I believed they were remants of the lost Roman legion not fey, very real humans.
Yea the FirBolg weren't "evil" they did however eat humans.
Tbh I think the north American sasquatch is just left over FirBolg from when the DeDannans took them from Ireland.
@leonbarry5403 Well, if you insist they are Romans. It's just they are so big and have strange Supernatural powers.
My Apache people's origin revolve around a giant eating the Apache people. A giant as tall as a mountain that had hair like fire (red hair), very hairy and was killed by two brothers named Friend of Water and Killer of Enemies. The Navajo also have a similar story.
Yup, they do.
@@pneumaticman5927there were red haired giants. Survivors of the flood
@@lorenzog7811The Nephilim.
large red haired and violent? have to think of the vikings who made it to america XD
@@thecursed01 or the Norse Gods. They too were giants with red hair. Well, some anyway.
My father was one of those Marines who were the first to land on Guadalcanal during WWll.
Unfortunately, he is no longer alive to ask him if he saw anything unusual. Thanks for the great story!
I bet he had some fantastic stories!
Thank you for coming to same us mate
My dad was on Guadalcanal during WWII also. He was in the Navy. He never talked about anything like this, but he also no longer with us, so can't ask. : (
@@SaltySteff fantastic stories, are you nuts, im guessing your young, war is nothing but pain heartbreak and dirty murder,its not a movie. pray you never have to put all you will ever own on the line, or forced to take a life,and have to live the rest of your life with it,everyday, its not a tv movie or game.
@@bobmiller7502 thanks for the input. For the record, my dad served in UN peacekeeping missions in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Israel in the early 1980s. He's seen some pretty brutal combat, and has told me some pretty intense stories of his time as a sniper and paratrooper. I grew up hearing those stories, the good and the bad. I got my bachelors in History with a focus on the World Wars and the Holocaust. I grew up in a world war two household, military history is what I lived and breathed growing up and even today. There was no need for you to be santimonious with your comment, so here is my sanctimonious response.
My wife's father was a Marine in world war 2. And he was in Guadalcanal as well Toulogi. You know those world war II vets didn't wear the service on the sleeve. For the most part he kept what happened in the war to himself he did tell me a few stories but it just seems like something of this magnitude he would have said something to me. We were pretty close.
I lived in Lompoc for 17 years. I was Stationed at Vandenberg AFB. My wife is from Lompoc. That story of the giant that was dug up there is very real and very well known by the locals. Great job, love the channel.
What do they say about it and where the bones go
@@elvismorales7741define normal size.
@@elvismorales7741 your bones are always wet
I spend time in the Solomon Islands, I heard these stories and visited gold ridge mines as well. Incredible place-war history is huge. Great job!
@@philthyrich0073well honestly think about how big they are basically there is nothing on that island that could kill them so that's ruled out I mean obviously they don't like to be seen unless at night so it's not like there gonna go on a afternoon stroll and all of a sudden there pace maker gives out there probably healthier than a majority of people other than there taste for people but there strong so I'm sure if they and when they die it's probably inside a cave system or maybe the government knows when they die and come pick up the bones but I wouldn't probably bury my own I'm sure and as far as bones there have bin bones found where the giant stood 32 feet tall u will never see it cause as soon as the smithonian gets there hands on the good stuff we'll there u go
The book, _Worlds Before Our Own_ by Brad Steiger contains several accounts of encounters between native Americans and violent tribes of giants, and well as a robust index of source material.
Thnx a lot 😊
Basically, the books talks about the Quinametzins, the giants that the Aztec fought.
Since the battles of WW2, the accounts of giants on the Solomon Islands, gold miners and construction workers, geologists, local residence all have confirmed their existence, even up until this day.
How arrogant for humanity thinking they are the only ones who can exists bipedal
Yes, confirmed their existence without any photos, bodies, or physical evidence of any kind
@@D5quared91 if presented, you'll say it's fake, right?
@@D5quared91, You beat me to it.
@@archravenineteenseventeen, Sounds like you already made an excuse not to provide any evidence to confirm their existence.
Btw "巨人", the Japanese term used here, is commonly applied to both "giants" and "titans", so both of those work equally as well as a translation without any need to distinguish. Semantically it just means "huge person"
Same with chinese
Shingeki no Kyojin :)
@@onellbrianmeliston8960 Yeah, that one's why many massively prefer "titan" over "giant" nowadays/consider it the only right translation of the word, even though it really covers both equally (although I imagine translations of Greek mythology mighta played their part even before that)
@@onellbrianmeliston8960yep the plot of Attack on Titan
@@sonic23233
Nope!
Attack on Titan is cheap-knock of the God Warriors from Hayao Miyazaki’s Nauiscaä of the Valley of the Wind.
As a Torres Strait Islander traditional woman I can tell you there is a Japanese princess buried on my island home Thursday Island. And we know for sure that these stories of our island brothers and sisters in the pacific islands. PNG too. ooooo lots Of stories, still very active demonic beings.
Also lots of cannibalism with black magic between tribes. Still very alive and practised.
There is a legend that the royalty on Hawaii had partial Japanese ancestry : in Japan the local shoguns forced the local sea merchants and fishermen to have weak rudders so they could not avoid tolls to the local lords... but this coupled with strong storms and a current that goes from Japan to Hawai some ships get moved to Hawaii, called "black ships" by the locals. Once a Japanese princess came across one of these ships and become a Hawaiian princess. Or so the legend goes.
People should know all these demonic activity is done in every corner of this earth meaning it's everywhere. Evil lurks everywhere.
@@anakatana777 No shit Sherlock.
@@2legit2quit You shouldn't denigrate his truth. Something that may be obvious to you may be new to someone else. Evil lurks everywhere in all cultures in all our hearts. The battle is real. To shame your allies is to aid the enemy.
Sounds alot like the Black Magic in Timor Leste
I work at a military history museum, and have for 23 years. You guys do a great job with your info and art. The accuracy of both is impressive.
You think BS is a great job?
@@lynnfisher3037you don’t have a lot of fun, do you?
@@lynnfisher3037Point me to a more detailed source talking about fucking Island Giants eating japanese soldiers then.
These stories being real or fake is not important. They're entertaining, which is their true purpose. If you don't like them, stick to channels that do strict military reports.
@@gdrlss1535 It's stops being entertainment and becomes damaging misinformation the nanosecond they claim it to be real and go all conspiracytard at anyone who doesn't accept their bullshit claims.
This isn't Mountain Monsters or creepypasta where it's so obviously fictional entertainment that no explicit disclaimers have to be given.
I lived on the island of Bougainville just a short distance north of the islands mentioned. I was there for many years and worked closely with the islanders. On the long and quiet night shifts we had many discussions. I feel if there was a tradition of giant people there, it would have been raised during these talks. It surprises me that such giant people could exist on one island, but not on the nearby much larger, but equally densely forested Bougainville.
By far the most reasonable response yet. People want to believe in mythological monsters for some reason. Not me. Humans are scary enough without creating more monsters.
@@sandiegobaileyi want to believe theres still some mystery but the fact there no good evidence makes no sense should the myths be real
Luke. A great series of shows- Skinwalker and Giants. I watched these episodes back to back.
With regard to the Giants. I liked the mixture of social ( the war and issue around it), the research facts and the tales of the people. You blended the story together very nicely. Kudos and from my close now deceased cousin Jimmy "Semper Fie" ! Two tours in Vietnam from 1967 to 1970. He was a genuinely great guy. Captain of the high school football team, turned down a QB college scholarship to enlist and honor his country and family. He left proud and tall and came home broken all used up.
He married and had to adopt children. Agent orange had messed up his ability to get his wife pregnant. The marriage was a failure. He died young, like I said all used up.. I don't mean to go on but i needed to say a kind word for a great person, a great marine. Some in your audience might understand. Again great shows, keep batting.
@tomaims,
Thank you for honoring the memory of your cousin.
He served and lived a life doing what he thought was best. Marines are a breed that doesn't boast. They do what their nation calls them to do.
May he Rest In Peace.
❤️🛐❤️🇺🇸❤️
Thank you that was interesting: I grew up on Guadalcanal from 1960 to 1970, my father worked for the marine department for the British protectorate government. I lived in Honiara on Kola Ridge just below Mt Austin.
I went back there in 1986 when travelling around my old haunts I was then to see a number of petroglyphs.
One outside Kakambona village west Honiara and another up the Hoilava river past Lambi in West gradalcanal.
Both had similar stories of a giant called the MuMu who enslaved the people and occasionally ate some and ruled a terrible tyranny. one day all the arrived in their canoes and slayed the monster and drove him off the island. I saw the cave indentation of a big stick figure and a canoe with lots of warriors.However I haven't heard the story of the Japanese easily leaving the island, it was a long bitter war and the Japanese were hell bent on trying to get back Henderson air field. I hear this from one of the coast watchers I knew. Cheers
Islands of Micronesia also have many myths and legends of giants that once roamed throughout the islands. Ancient stories believed they were half human and half spirit.
I was there from 1986 - 1989 working for the ministry of natural resources. I've never heard of these giants or anything like them. I believe the natives on the Island of Malaita were supposed to be cannibals. I still have many friends there and they've never mentioned anything like this? My work took me deep into the jungle areas towards the center of the island as well.
@@lachesisatropos5139 Interesting you mention Malaita, when I was there in 86 I took a trip to the west in the Youmenow to Gizo. There I met a Dr Keesing who wrote a book about the Quaiao tribe in north Malaita just north of Auki. This true story took place in the 1920's when the warrior Bassiano refused to pay the native head tax and bashed Mr. Bells head in with the butt of a rifle. I forgot the name of the book but did you hear anything of the Bell incident?
@@_laststand_ Those legends were quite consistent throughout the world, the same as the great flood. Cheers
@@pauldrake1858 They are part of the reason for the flood.✝️🙏❤️🙌
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I wonder how many times those two notes alternated, the two that were played for creepy effect.
After awhile I was just listening to them.
I agree even when the eyes on a book move that is perfection of an artist, in motion.
I have only just discovered your channel and this is the first one of your videos I've watched. I had the good fortune to live and work in the Solomon Islands from 2010 to 2011 as part of the Regional Assistance Mission Solomon Islands (RAMSI) which was set up to assist the Government and people in rebuilding their government institutions after the coup attempts in the early 2000s. Your story mirrored much of what I was told by my local counterparts about the Kakamora, giants and strange lights coming from mountaintops and out of extinct volcanoes. These lights were what they called "The Dragon Snake" a mythical (not to them) creature that had been known to follow people and even kill them on land and sea. One of my local friends also confirmed the cannibal stories of the local people. He was from the island of Malaita and he said his grandfather was among the last people there to have actually tasted human flesh, before the practice was totally stopped. I can confirm there are still many hugely unexplored tracts of dense rainforest even on the main island of Guadalcanal, so who knows what may be there. Keep up the good work - subscribed.
Did you hear any stories about giants?
Yeah I think they did mention giants but I can't remember the specifics.@@bulldogsbob
In schools in the Solomons, kids read books about custom stories that include those things.
Thank you again for your hard work creating this enjoyable 47 minute long video!
Sjdave
Oh you just think you're so cool! NERD!!!!
Nerd
@@Squidward589bro woke up with his phone at 0%
@@Squidward589 I hope your pillow is warm tonight.
I hope your wets be sock this day.
Ive heard several odd things about encounters on these islands and actually in past 20 yrs I remember there being a story about construction workers finding their equipment moved and large footprints around the area. So this is pretty interesting to me. Great Work. Its much appreciated. Ive grown where I watch a few channel like this one and gave up my cable bill. I appreciate authenticty, truth, and no bs. Way too much of the opposite on cable. Especially the news.
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I believe in that story a piece of equipment weighing several thousand pounds was found hundreds of feet away from where it was!! And supposedly there were large footprints found around the equipment as well!!
Cannibalistic giants that are also bullies. Shoot 'em in the balls, boys!
@@dubuyajay9964
When people make comments before watching the entire video...
Lol. Did you see the other comment thread where someone mentions having read the book, which is followed by several responses of, "What book?"
(At least, i HOPE this is due to commenting before finishing the video. The alternative is more disturbing).
@@lexibat7829Aren't you special.
I've read the book you mentioned. It's fascinating, include a Japanese unit encountering beings with energy weapons.
This is supposedly a true story, right?
What book?
What book is this
Book title? I am intrigued
@@mexgffg Probably Solomon Islands Mysteries by Marius Boirayon
A giant skeleton was found in Indiana not far from where I grew up. It was apparently seen by many people over the years while it was housed in a mill on Sand Creek, but later lost when the mill was destroyed during a flood. The story always fascinated me.
Do you remember what the measurements were of the skeleton?
@@NateH1984 Unfortunately no, I believe it was between 7' and 10' and described as having red hair... So not ridiculously big or impossible. I've got a cousin and an uncle who have to duck for ceiling fans.
@@medicmule Ok, that's unfortunate. And same here. My uncles and cousin are huge men. My cousin is 6ft 8 (his dad is 6'6"), one of my other uncles is 6'9" and 320 lbs. My dad's side of the family, his great great uncles (4 iirc) were colossal. All over 7'2" and were not diseased or thin. Massive dudes, weighing 300-400 lbs.
It was fake
@@medicmule How could anybody possibly tell hair color from a SKELETON?
My Uncle was an Australian military Coast Watcher who was entrenched in the jungle islands for long period- thank heaven he survived❤ ❤❤
It's not so crazy, there are stories of giants literally everywhere both hairy and not. Canada and the US are full of legends, they must come from somewhere. In northern Canada, in a very mysterious place called Nahanni Valley or Headless Valley, there are endless tales of giants living in caves. The local native tribes say that land is cursed and if their warriors went there, very few ever made it out alive due to these man eating giants and those who did return where terrified, recounting these exact stories. They also speak of terrifying stories that their women and children would be stolen but those usually involved the Sabe or Sasquatch and sightings of them are endless and very current and they are said to be anywhere from 7 to 15 feet tall, hairy but definitely human in appearance. And there are ongoing sightings across the planet of them. The local tribes in Afghanistan told the troops of sighting there that are ongoing and fear of having their women taken and of course the Kandahar Giant that killed several troops. The Sumarians were said to be giant in stature as well. Many people belief in the Bible but question the origins of the Nephilim aka man-eating giants. I personally believe the Japanese troops, that must have been horrifying!
Look up the Nephilim. Their remnants remain. In Deuteronomy, it is mentioned that the Anakim were "as tall as Cedars", that is 30' to 36' high.
Then look up "The Giant of Kandahar".
Their pyramids still stand on every continent on the globe. Their skeletons were found all over the world, including America, in the 1800's. Abraham Lincoln mentioned these finds in more than a few of speeches. Christ said the End Times "will be as in the days of Noah".
There's no record of any soldiers dying by spear.
Paiute in Great Basin tell of a final battle at a large cave against red haired giants.
@@deanfirnatine7814 Yep! And many more stories from the Paiutes.
One is that 15' Giants used to run across the Plains picking up Buffalo along the way and tearing off legs to eat ala Carte.
@@deanfirnatine7814 "Paiute in Great Basin tell of a final battle at a large cave against red haired giants."
BTW, newspaper reports from the 1800's state that Red Haired Giant remains were found in a cave in the South West that were likely suffocated.
These were 7 to 9 feet tall.
As the generations advanced chronologically, the height of the giants continued to decline, probably due to breeding with normal human descendants of Adam.
What?!?!?!? A new video?!? Today I legit found myself empty due to coming to the revelation that I had actually watched your entire catalog and now I see; BOOYAH, new video! I'm a new subscriber and I love your content so much and I am so grateful that I found your work. All of your videos I find enthralling, and your retelling of Roy Benavidez's story was the first thing that had moved me to tears in years. Thank you for your service, your content, and for being you, Luke!
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A commando who was on solo mission in the deep jungle once told me he encountered a large human like giant that was about 3 to 4 times bigger than us. He said the giant carried 2 logs of trees and was walking fast. The commando hid himself among the trees. much like the ocean, jungles has their own mysteries.
the commanda was a lunatic or he thought you were dumb, possibly both are true.
There's too much consistent evidence to ignore these reports.
@7errafirma Nothing in this world works the way you think it does. Nothing is as it seems or is as you have been lead to believe. I'm so glad that the world is waking up to the reality that has been concealed from us for so long & as a result the number of psychologically limited, low-foreheaded, imbecilic, atheistic, know-it-all, non-believers like yourself is finally dwindling. Because in addition to being the primary reason human awareness & awakening has taken so long & occured at such a slow pace...you people really suck.
@7errafirma you must be yourself finding yourself watching a video based on that very subject. Cocomelon is a channel that had some content you might find interesting.
@@AL-pw2swlol your comment is hilarious 🤣
Given the generally diminutive size of the people populating most of South East Asia and melanesia, anyone from northern Europe may seem very large. Indeed a report that came from somewhere in Indonesia or the Philippines related to a hairy forest creature a local man had seen. He described it principally as a giant. When asked how tall the creature was, he said 6 feet. So the word giant might simply mean tall man to many of the people in these countries where tiny people live. I spent a few months in Papua New Guinea some years ago and went all over the place. no body I met was taller than me and I am 5'11". Everyone seemed small in height and stature.
I mean that’s still 6 foot humanoids that rip people apart and wield clubs.
When a storyteller always leaves you wanting more. That is the mark of someone that has perfected their craft. Fabulous 👏
Three things that tell me that this is likely a fabrication: (1). The droning voice that goes on and on, almost drawing a conclusion and then going off on a tangent; (2). The lack of substantial evidence of such creatures offered in the video; (3) The lack of a conclusion. The story is open, leaving it up to the reader to draw their own conclusions.
As a side note, I believe that I have heard that voice in other questionable videos.
though it's most likely a fabrication, it is no less horrifying
@@kirillzakharov7336 agreed
Wanting more or wanting more evidence ? ,,, Apart from that abnormal size skeleton,, everything else was hearsay and speculation ... And how come there was no reference point using the 'giant skulls' discovered elsewhere ??
Wow, I'd heard thru family I had agreat uncle that came back from the Pacific saying that beasts would come into a tent and decimate some poor gi. One night they jumped one and got a few jabs and knife sticks in it...the thing apparently screamed and ran out the tent. He said it was musky, smelly, and freakin strong. It's wild to see a story about it...idk if it's true or not but it does give the story credit.
Thanks, finally an account from the American side. When you say decimate, do you mean like they would devour or just beat the man ?
@ppachura I'm not sure if he meant the victim was consumed or just beaten and mauled, but I hear tell there was talk of disembowlment. I also understand that they didn't use their issued rifles for a few reasons. One being they didn't want to accidentally shoot each other and the other reason being they were wanting to hopefully capture one...according to him that left brass knuckles, bayonets, and entrenching shovels. The guy who was killed had been in a tent just one row over a few nights ago. I understand he armed himself with a knife and jumped the thing once it had entered thru the tents canvas door. The creatures path went directly to the back of the tent as they had planned, walking past his bed where he lay in wait from the top bunk. His buddies engaged with it from the flanks and he from the rear. He jumped on its back, jabbed it, it threw him off by spinning and another guy smacked it in tbe neck with his shovel and it screamed and retreated.This is all waaayyy old information and all second hand thru my great uncle telling his brother, him telling my father, then my father telling me...but I guess that was it. It ran off and they didn't have another problem with one that I know of.
My grandfather was in PNG during the war. Had a coconut cran come into his tent the first week and freaked out and kept smashing it with the butt of his rifle. Woke up the next morning to dead crab on the floor. I get the idea it assumed their helmets were green fallen coconuts and went to grab it. Locals told them it could be eaten and he discovered that land crabs actually exist, they're not only in the sea.
@OffGridInvestor maybe I'm just a wuss but the idea of a crab basically attacking my head is terrifying. Those poor guys, everything in the jungle wants to hurt you.
I am so hooked on your channel. I found you about 6 or 8 months ago, and I've been watching pretty much everything I can find. Just very very well done. And VERY much appreciated. Thank you to everyone at Wartime Stories and Bedtime Stories. By far 2of my favorites!!
You ask the islanders about the giants, and they're just like, "Oh yeah, THOSE assholes."
Remember your series on wolves? I would love to hear an episode or more about crocodile attacks during wartime.
Oh, good idea... Soldiers encountering Dogman!
Dog Soldiers the movie.
The truth is out there
Not a bad idea. One of the craziest things I've ever seen was while waiting at a tiny little airport in Africa. They were airing wildlife footage on the big screen, and it showed a Jaguar jumping into a river, grabbing a Croc by the back of the neck and dragging it out. Made me realize how ridiculously strong those cats are, yet most house cats are terrified of water haha. Also made me wonder, "Well what are you gonna do with it now?"
@@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298Jaguars are in South America, and they are well known for hunting Caiman crocs.
@grimmertwin2148 dog soldiers is just that a movie. It was not based on a true story.
Not only are there a perpensity of UFO/ET sightings with many cryptid encounters, but a significant amount of both are located near caves and cave systems.
The Smithsonian sucks the big one 🖕🏾
All over the world too
Why didn’t American soldiers ever see any of these creatures?
Because they don't exist. These are stories told by mentally/emotionally exhausted troops that were also starving and dying of dehydration.... not as fun but occams razor bra
They did. In multiple areas across the globe
They killed one in Afghanistan
@@sa1ntlukethe Kandahar giant
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Thank you so much for doing this. As a child, I've been told stories about the Giants of the Solomon Islands you did an excellent job this is great work here one of my favorites so far. Cheers !
Geez, mating with a giant that is 8 to 15 feet must hurt so bad.
Big cats do the job 😂
I hope she had a C-section when she gave birth. That's enough to ruin a woman. 😲
@@kelleychilton2524it did, she went mad and was frothing by the mouth.
Death by Snu Snu
I don’t know what you heard, but nephilim (are the giants) they are offspring between human women and fallen angels. Fallen angels or Beni Elohim- can shape shift into humans. Angels can reproduce, but they had to need to marry and reproduce because they are eternal. But the fallen angels will die and be consumed with this universe.
When Nephilim die- physically- their spirits cannot go to any holding area as they are not human. They are the ONLY wandering spirits who pretend to be dead relatives.
All other dead humans are either in hell or paradise and NOT able to communicate whatsoever with alive humans.
Imagine being a soldier used to fighting typical 'human' opponents only to encounter these types of entities. At night. The theory of them going extinct due to their violent nature and endless fighting among themselves seems an adequate explanation especially if their numbers were limited to begin with.
They definitely still out there along with many other things
The red headed 2 rows of teeth 6 fingered giants of lovelock caves had several skeletons proving they existed. The Indians stories were proven by the skeletons
In the 1990s, I lived in Okinawa, I heard many stories of people on the Okinawa Islands who hid in caves during WWII Because they believed the Americans were like these terrible giants, and had a difficult time overcoming these fears when the islands were liberated by the Americans.
Yes that’s very true. The Japanese imperial propaganda had them believing the Americans were cannibals , probably to encourage soldiers not to be captured alive.
I really admire your handling of the material. Intelligently cautious, curious and non judgmental. An anthropological approach. Good work.
Omg I literally thought I was losing my mind! I kept thinking I saw the wolf eyes on the book cover blinking out of the corner of my eye, but every time I would watch the eyes, nothing happened! So I decided to rewind it and watch ONLY the book eyes and finally saw it 😅
The Easter eggs you and Rich from BTS put into your videos are NEXT LEVEL! They're so unbelievably subtle that if you're not closely examining the artwork, you'll completely miss it.. and sadly, miss out.. That's just one more layer of awesomeness added to your videos!
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What now? Where?
I just noticed it, then I checked the comments at first glance, I didn’t see anybody else mention it! After I commented about it, I thought I can’t be the only one!
Yeah Same 😂😂
It got me too haha.
I thought I had read a long time ago about Captain Cook and Joseph Banks landing in the Solomans and meeting the native king that ruled there. He was said to be a decendant of a giant king, and that king had made a stone bed with a stone for a headboard and one for a footboard to sleep on. Banks was to have measured it and found it to be twelve feet between foot and headboard.
I've never heard that one. Though I recall from my childhood history books a recount of Magellan's voyages where his crew captured a 'giant' or very tall native with reddish hair near the tip of S. America in what is now called the 'straights of Magellan' in Argentina. But sailors were also known to exaggerate their tales since no one could gainsay them.
The native Americans have stories of giants that would attack them and eat them. They drove the giants into a cave and burned them alive!
To be more clear....all native American tribes have a story like this...
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during WW2 an USAAC pilot crash landed his shot up p-38 deep in the jungles of one of those islands , he had some harrowing encounters with the natives to the point he had to shoot one of the natives and make a heaty exit. in the early 90s they found his long lost AC . this pilot found out about the discovery and wanted to visit his old AC. but the loggers that found the AC warned him not to return as the natives still wanted to kill and eat him!!
Head hunting doesn't happen in the Solomon Islands. Next door in PNG it still does but rarely.
My uncle heard stories from local in the mountains in Afghanistan never encountered one but each time they went on patrol near a certain cave he would get a funny feeling
The Giants of Kandahar are well known to live in those caves.
That's one funky intro! These "giants" fit the description of the southwest Vancouver Island sasquatch.. They have a notably human face and average between 12 to 15 feet tall. And yes, they're known to be man eaters. These forest giants are everywhere in the world. Just everywhere.. there's a whole line of genetic evolution we've missed because they're so good at hiding..
A real wrench in the works of any theory that they just overestimated the "giants" size to be only 6 or 7 feet would be the 3 foot footprints, which was real physical evidence. Even if *that* is an overestimation and is actually only 2 feet, it still shows a 12 foot giant.
This channel becomes my day to day go watch before I sleep. Also, a day to day suggestion to my friends. Thanks guys ! We need this kind of work. ❤
Ah this was the ww2 incident that inspired the producer of Attack On Titan to create the anime. Also I heard that the Japanese army encounter UFOs and aliens with energy weapons literally. All of this match the description of legends from Solomon islanders.
I also assume the Japanese encounter all this beings al least once which may have lead them to become terrified.
Imagine running from US Marines only to run into primordial cannibal giants wielding clubs. Then you escape from them only to run into Greys with plasma rifles. It's just not your day.
@@connor3284karma. Shouldn’t be fight over shit you don’t own
@@connor3284 fated worse than death
@@philthyrich0073 Also arguably a clear example of F*ck Around and Find Out.
The bulldozer blade found 100 meters away with large 3 to 4 feet footprints by a group of mine workers is evidence enough of large being's on the island . Maybe someone could find the original workers/engineers and interview them . Great presentation , great work. Even ask about the deceased burial of the hybrid murdered boy, past doctors , relatives.
My granddad served with the Marines in World War II and island-hopped along all those islands, including the Marshall islands and New Guinea. He talked about headhunters having their teeth filed to points, but he never mentioned anything about Giants. Then again, he doesn’t speak Japanese. 😉
I have just discovered your channel. This is fantastic! I can't wait to see the rest.
One thing to consider when analyzing the troop deployments for the Imperial Japanese is that there was a rivalry between military branches that was portrayed very well in the movie Letters from Iwo Jima. The Navy and the Army did not cooperate as a joint force in some battles but rather as independent units from each other. And bc of this flaw, some orders contradicted or flat-out ignored other orders given from officers in charge, adding to the confusion and lack of cohesion. In the case of the Solomon Islands, it's possible the Army abandoned the island entirely while the Navy attempted to recapture the island for their own gains. This is just outside speculation, of course.
I could I swore he said they ran into these beings after being pushed deeper into the woods not before
My father was there as a Stg in the army with 4 other brothers. Troops had to struggle as they had a mission until they were allowed to leave there! He has some amazing pictures of people there at that time! Extremely interesting subject
I disagree. They were not in the army now. Than military was much different.
There was no separation there. Biden or Obama was in charge. Military than stayed together! But each unit had their own mission. Of course if they all stayed together they would have been killed quickly
The Japanese army sent in the troops to fight. The navy just provided the ride. So there was no disagreement between either branch on recapturing the islands. The army was taken by surprise when the Americans arrived and abandoned the airbase until reinforcements could arrive. The army at that time couldn't abandon the Solomon Islands due to not being able to physically leave since they had no ships.
@@turkey2003 I’m talking about American army. Not Japanese soldiers
I've always wanted to go to the Solomon Islands but mainly to see the Nan Madol ancient ruins. Totally fascinating.
One of the best Rod Sterling impressions out there. 😃
Mannnn. I just found your channel and it is amazing.....i am subscribed and invested my friend!!!! Thank you for the work your doing. Your content is 🔥 🔥
Just what I needed to cozy up with after work, thank you!!! 💚💚
Maple starfish= tasty butthole
When i was growing up, my next door neighbor(Mr. Kuzman), was with a CB battalion in Guadalcanal during WWII. He mentioned a lot of things. But he never said anything about "giants".
God Bless you Mr. Kuzman.
Thank you for your service, and may you rest in peace.
This is fictional but made to feel realistic for immersion and keeping viewer attention.
At least I hope this guy isnt trying to pass.this off as real
@@RhaegarDefense
I believe giants may exist (somewhere) and definitely existed more in the past.
@@RhaegarDefense Prove it.
@@khanusmagnus577 it's an excerpt from a fiction book, the book this is from literally has aliens with laser rifles
@@davidchase9424 There is 0 proof of giant humans.
And brute force isn't the domain uf humans. We are intelligent, we are dextrous, we can craft weapons, we can use ranged weapons effectively, and we have good endurance. And just with that we have risen to the top.
At that size, there wasn't that much animals larger than us, and we were able to hunt mammoths anyway.
So there was literally no reason for us to evolve to be significantly larger than we are now. It would require higher caloric intake, and wouldn't help us survive much.
The closest thing we had to giants was gigantopithecus, which was a big orangutan. And maybe gorillas.
I’m so glad I found your channel. This is what I’ve needed this is what I was looking for! War stories! Especially the one with monsters omg it’s so interesting. I’m obsessed with these stories.
I just found your channel yesterday but I can't believe I haven't found it sooner since I watch kids about this topic all the time!
You have a great channel and a very good speaking voice as well!
I wish you the best Sir! 😀🤓
10:00 the mountain range which these giants supposedly live under is considered sacred by the islanders,and even in the headhunting days,was never inhabited by the locals..oral tradition says these giants used to live openly alongside the locals,but after a series of wars with the islanders,the giants retreated underground after a peace treaty was made..
Edit:whilst all the islands have stories of giants,oral traditions mostly agree that they are extinct,killed off by the locals..it is only on Guadalcanal that local oral tradition holds that the giant tribes still exist in the interior..
Good morning. This has to be one of the most interesting videos that I have seen in quite a while. Your presentation and delivery are spot on, and I was glued to my seat until the very end. I anxiously await your story about the Mexican solders finding the 13 foot giant in California. I want to commend you for coming up with the unique concept of telling paranormal stories from a military point of view. Your channel is highly underrated and deserves 10 times as many views! I agree with the commenter below who asked for more Smoke Pit stories as well. Those stories are awesome too, please keep posting these high quality videos. Thank you! ❤
These encounters are so amazing! As you know, Rod Sterling from The twilight zone was a WW2 vet and he collected paranormal stories too. I love it!
Thoroughly enjoyed your video, you looked at the topic from an open mind, came up with plausible theories, and didn't try to make the entire video about debunking the topic. But most importantly, you stopped me from purchasing that book on the Solomon islands 🤣. Good job I will be subscribing 😎👍
Brilliant, New Zealand Maori have a legends of Giants, UFOs. The Solomon ISlanders come here in the hundreds to work so Im going to ask them about the Kakamora
This is awesome !!!! Kinda makes me of the 1987 Predator movie. Very interesting and cool ! 👍🏼 Thank you Luke !! 🙌🏼🙏🏼
A war between local tribes and giants being stopped by Alien intervention sounds like one hell of a movie haha
This type of narration takes back to 80s childhood days..lots of interesting details..they could be real..or lost in time..Some mystery of these Solomon islands will remain forever
Bring more smoke pit stories please!!! Those are the best 😎
my goodness. every time y’all upload i think: what an absolute gem of a channel i subbed to. thank you for the consistent, rich content and great narration.
One of my grandfathers was a Marine in WW2 and fought starting in Guadalcanal all the way to the Battle of Guam where we has wounded. He never said anything about giants but did say that the most intense fighting he was involved in was in the Solomon Islands. He also said that it was the smaller battles in those islands that do not get a lot of coverage in historical accounts which were the worst.
I can just imagine a bunch of deer sitting around a tree at night telling each other horror stories about "This group of seldom seen monsters, that have no hair, and walk on two legs instead of four killing deer, and then horrifyingly, eating them." Lol
Another absolute banger!
I swear, these cryptid accounts are my favourite!
There are some really good cryptid channels out there. Check out Dogman Encounters or Sasquatch Chronicles or The Confessional.
Ah Jesus the eyes on the book blinking freaked me out for a 2nd
That was kinda cool, wasn't it. 😁
Did not expect to find the apparent inspiration for Attack on Titan. Having that show's visuals makes this all even creepier.
Very similar stories from Iraq and Afghanistan. Giants, man eating nearly unstoppable giants. There's stories in the Midwest of the United States about giants.
Every culture around the world have stories about man eating giants, I believe.
Such an amazing video!! Please never stop uploading. I just learned so much from this video. And the depictions and narration, attention to detail is PERFECT!
Well put together and very entertaining! As a military man I love this kind of stuff. 🤩
This would make such a good horror movie. Just imagine how deep those jungles and cave systems go...
The drawing of the small boat approaching the island gives a sort of foreboding feeling. It kind of reminds me of Shutter Island in how imposing it looks, even though it is a completely different story.
I have heard of these giants being the Solomon Islands & they are nothing to mess with. Have heard they still exist & that people still go missing & more than likely have met
a terrible demise. I remember reading about a how large equipment would moved & drug several hundred feet from were they were parted in the night before with large foot
prints in the ground that were human like but up to 36" long or longer. so maybe they are still there just no one has filmed them or they are being protected by the government.
This channel and Bedtime stories r the best story telling channels out there. Everything is so well done.
As a Solomon Islander, I only heard of giants in stories passed down to us by our elders. I don’t know when was the last giant seen on the islands. But hearing an encounter with giants by the soldiers during the Second World War is news to me.
OMG, I listen to these mostly and somewhat unfortunately in the background while at work. However I happened to look over and see the eyes on the book cover “blink”, 😂 great detail Luke! Love it! After this video I’m 1 video away from catching up on them all, I love this channel 🤘🏻🔥.
I love these stories. You find stuff I’ve never heard of and I’ve been at this for 19 years. Fantastic work as always, and proud to be subbed to your channel.
When I was 10, my family traveled the Gold Country on California 49 which is in the Sierra foothills east of the Central Valley. While doing the tourist stuff,we went on a guided tour of a cavern in which they had found several giant humanoid skeletons in the early 1800's. Sorry, I don't remember anything else, wish I did.
Everyone blames the Smithsonian for 'stealing' all the giant skeletons
My first time on this channel, I loved every moment. A very well put together video, well done.
Very interesting my step father was in the RAF he said he saw "something" come out of the ocean I think it was somewhere over Indian waters , I never really got to know him as we grew up with our father in a different country, r.i.p lt marshall Brent spriring thanks for your service, whatever it was he struggled to speak about, I'm a logger of 23 nearly 24 years now I started at 16 , I've had two encounters myself with Sasquatch I have told my encounter but remained anymous for fear of riducule (and my business) Steve at how to hunt covered it even Dave paulides no nonsense people, it would just be ignorant of us to think we are top dog , some things we just don't know of , safe travels 🥾
To add the object he said he saw was cube shaped it came up from the ocean he saw the water break as it rose then dashed forward and then straight up in seconds
A couple of my NZ SAS mates were over there in the Solomon Islands a few years back on secret missions that obviously they never elaborated on but a few other friends and I were always pressing but got nowhere with our pestilence lol 😅
Riveting stuff, one of if not, your best video so far in my opinion. Not everyday that you get enlightened about old WW2 history and obscure cryptids all in one juicy tale, much appreciated brother keep em coming.
Just discovered the channel. Very good work here! Thank you and keep doing what you do!
The intro at 1:44 gives off nostalgic vibes of sitting down on the couch as a kid ready to have the bajesus scared out of me by watching the latest new episode of Lost Tapes.
Great show,insightful and informative. Giving multiple aspects of the inhabitants was a good way to outline the story. You did not give the idea of these beings as factual. Your information painted multiple ideas about their possible existence! Nice exploration Luke!
Excellent video. Your research goes just as much about what I had discovered after reading Maurius's article on this subject some years ago in the Australian nexus magazine. The article in pdf is free to read there upon searching. I remember also reading a Polish blog on SI giants and ufos which described much of what is said here. But with the addition of transcript snippets from SI government parliament sittings where they openly discuss ufos and the very fact that their purpose and presence in SI is to mine a rare gem stone existing beneath SI!
25:16 there is a similar name for a house spirit in Slavic mythology, Kikimora. Probably not the same, but a similar vibe
As a Malaitan i heard my uncles and dad talked about small giants called Dore in our mother tongue ( Fataleka). In Makira they called them Kakamora. I dont believe that Ishmael was telling the truth. I knew and saw Ishmael when i was a kid. He was my uncle on my mother's side. I believe in alien stories because i sometimes saw UFOs when i was a kid and the recent one was in 2000 or 2001 when some of the Aviation staff went to the Eastern part of Malaita to investigate a plane crash that was reported by the locals and during their investigation, they came up with nothing.
“Small giants”
So people?
Bruh.
Small giants? Sorry, mate, but I'm confussed.