Kandahar cave (Afghanistan)
Also: Kandahar giant
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Arghandab valley, Kandahar province (2011)
The Arghandab river valley between Kandahar and Lashkar Gah, from a US Army helicopter. The 'Kandahar giant' story names no verifiable location; this is the province's terrain. Location photograph · context.
Mark Ray · 2012 ↗Public domainLicence terms ↗Tim Alberino · 3:14:12
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedMountains of Kandahar province where, in a story Tim Alberino says an anonymous pilot told him on camera in silhouette, US soldiers killed a "giant" in about 2005 and its body was flown out via Bagram to a base in Qatar. No unit, location or document has been produced; the account is second-hand.
Where the pin is
31.6100, 65.7100 region
Province-level pin only; the story gives no coordinates and no witness has named the valley.
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
What is claimed
Alberino says a pilot, filmed in silhouette, told him the story that became known as the Kandahar Giant, and that he flew classified missions into Bagram Airfield.
- 3:14:12 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
he told us uh the story that has since become known as the Kandahar Giant. It's grown into a mythology on the internet, right? But this is where it begins. And he would fly missions into into Bagram Airfield
- 3:14:12 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
Alberino says the pilot told him the giant was airlifted from the Kandahar region to Bagram, loaded onto his aircraft and flown to a base in Qatar.
- 3:19:54 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
the the giant was airlifted from the Kandahar region and and deposited at Bagram to be picked up by the pilot. And um so, he he loaded the giant onto the aircraft, and then they they transferred it to Qatar. A base in Qatar,
- 3:19:54 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
Alberino says the pilot was sure the being was dead and that it had been shot.
- 3:20:25 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
And he was sure that the being was dead while he was >> dead. Yeah, it was definitely dead. Was it shot? Yes. They They They Yeah, they they filled it full of ammunition.
- 3:20:25 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
Alberino says the pilot heard second-hand that the giant ended up at Wright-Patterson, adding that he did not know if it was true.
- 3:20:25 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
I heard through the grapevine the giant ended up at Wright-Patterson. He said, "I don't know if it's true, but that's what I heard.
- 3:20:25 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
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“The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino | MEMBERS RELEASE 3 April 2026
- 3:14:12 ▶ Tim Alberino
he told us uh the story that has since become known as the Kandahar Giant. It's grown into a mythology on the internet, right? But this is where it begins. And he would fly missions into into Bagram Airfield
- 3:19:54 ▶ Tim Alberino
the the giant was airlifted from the Kandahar region and and deposited at Bagram to be picked up by the pilot. And um so, he he loaded the giant onto the aircraft, and then they they transferred it to Qatar. A base in Qatar,
- 3:20:25 ▶ Tim Alberino Alberino says the pilot was sure the being was dead and that it had been shot.
And he was sure that the being was dead while he was >> dead. Yeah, it was definitely dead. Was it shot? Yes. They They They Yeah, they they filled it full of ammunition.
- 3:20:25 ▶ Tim Alberino Alberino says the pilot heard second-hand that the giant ended up at Wright-Patterson…
I heard through the grapevine the giant ended up at Wright-Patterson. He said, "I don't know if it's true, but that's what I heard.
- 3:14:12 ▶ Tim Alberino
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Kandahar cave (Afghanistan). Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- Kandahar cave (Afghanistan) — Wikipedia
- 3:14:12 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
he told us uh the story that has since become known as the Kandahar Giant. It's grown into a mythology on the internet, right? But this is where it begins. And he would fly missions into into Bagram Airfield
- 3:19:54 “The Air Force Captured a 12 Foot Giant in Afghanistan!” -Tim Alberino |… · Tim Alberino ▶
the the giant was airlifted from the Kandahar region and and deposited at Bagram to be picked up by the pilot. And um so, he he loaded the giant onto the aircraft, and then they they transferred it to Qatar. A base in Qatar,
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