Episode 132: Fee-Fi-Fo-DUMB!
This time Cody tells Garth an internet favorite legend that is a giant pile of crap. And in searching for the origin, he causes himself physical pain and mental damage. Hold on tight for The Kandahar Giant!
As always, please come join the episode discussion on the Least Haunted Discord!
Enjoy the images below!
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Mountains of Kandahar where the "giant" was found.
These are the two most widely shared pictures of the Kandahar Giant, but no idea as to attribution or source.
Art Bell, host of Coast to Coast AM, where in December of 2008 the very first verifiable mention of the Kandahar Giant was made by Steve Quayle.
Steve Quayle is a Bible literalist and "Prophesy Interpreter." He also believes in giants, or as they are called in the apocrypha, "The Nephilim."
Quayle's theories and work is cited and further expounded upon by L.A. Marzulli, who is a charlatan and another Bible Literalist.
Marzulli makes his living off of selling books, speaking engagements, schilling for "Buy Gold" scams, subscriptions to his streaming service, pushing pseudo-medicine and snake oil, and a long list of "documentaries" covering all manner of biblical prophesy and his quest to expose the "Humanist Myth" of archaeology.
He is very active on YouTube and pushes all manner of conspiracies and right wing propaganda.
Nephilim theories are his real bread and butter. Part of his claims are that all ancient sites around the world were either built by giants, or as a response to giants. In 2016, he posted a video that claimed to be an interview with one of the soldiers who fought and killed the Giant of Kandahar. This video has since been deleted. But almost every single article, video, or podcast that tells the story of The Kandahar Giant is just regurgitating Marzulli's story from 2016.
Millions of hits on videos that repeat right wing Christian propaganda. Either knowingly, or unwittingly pushing this harmful drivel for clicks and success.
These stories and theories are incredibly offensive, racist, anti science, and harmful. They continue a colonizer mindset of discounting indigenous populations, their histories, and their achievements. They exist to push an agenda at best, or scam and rip off vulnerable people at worst. It's time to burn the beanstalk down.
GARTH'S CORNER! GARTH'S CORNER! GARTH'S CORNER!
Wholesome Cody lore! As a kid, Cody was obsessed with the Statue of Liberty and Ghostbusters. Cody had a toy that was the Statue of Liberty and she would dance when you played music!
[Apologies for the late post. I tried to perform a ritual this weekend so hopefully some positive things will happen soon.]
