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Okay, damn, I'm 50 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:35.439 really confused. All I thought was my dog coming over 51 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.120 to pen. The name would it dead? When you hit 52 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.479 the ground that entertaining cars? All I thought was my 53 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:58.840 dog coming over to pen. Are you reporting? 54 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:12.319 We got some one or something rolling around out here? 55 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:14.080 Out here? Look them near the one now now and 56 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:21.400 I don't need anything. I don't want to go outside right, Hello, 57 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:25.360 get the Boddy out here? What went on out there? 58 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:28.319 I've thought of at about. 59 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:29.479 Nine I don't know you see ann out there? 60 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:33.919 I'm walking right in the remote valleys and rugged peaks 61 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:37.879 across our planet. Stories persist of creatures that walk upright 62 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:42.360 like humans, but exist beyond the boundaries of our scientific understanding. 63 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:46.840 These accounts come not just from folklore or superstition, but 64 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:52.199 sometimes from military personnel, researchers with advanced degrees, and witnesses 65 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:56.719 with nothing to gain but ridicule for sharing their experiences. Tonight, 66 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:00.400 we journey across continents and decades to explore the four 67 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:04.199 extraordinary narratives that challenge our understanding of what might still 68 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:08.240 exist in the shadows of our civilization. From the mountains 69 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:12.039 of Pakistan, where a Spanish zoologist gave his life pursuing 70 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:16.680 the elusive Barmanu, to the war torn landscapes of Afghanistan, 71 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.439 where American soldiers allegedly encountered a red haired giant of 72 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:25.000 biblical proportions. Will traverse the ancient steps of Central Asia, 73 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:28.399 where the almas may represent surviving relics from our own 74 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:32.759 evolutionary past, and finally to the ash covered slopes of 75 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:36.839 Mount Saint Helens, where military operations may have recovered bodies 76 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:40.800 of creatures caught in one of America's most devastating natural disasters. 77 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:47.759 These stories exist at the intersection of cryptozoology, anthropology, evolutionary biology, 78 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:53.439 and government secrecy. They raise profound questions could unknown hominid 79 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.480 species still inhabit the remote corners of our planet? What 80 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:01.839 might their existence tell us about our own evilae lutionary history, And, 81 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:05.959 perhaps most disturbing, if evidence of such beings has been recovered, 82 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:09.920 why would this information be concealed from the public. Some 83 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:13.759 will dismiss these accounts as mere folklore or conspiracy theories. 84 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.519 Others will find in them compelling evidence that Homo sapiens 85 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.199 may not be the only intelligent bipedal primates walking the 86 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.920 earth today. As we explore these cases, I invite you 87 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.519 to approach them with both critical thinking and an open mind, 88 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:31.959 for in the space between skepticism and belief, we may 89 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.199 find truths more remarkable than fiction. Our journey begins in 90 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:39.800 the mist shrouded mountains of Pakistan, where the story of 91 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:44.279 one researcher's ultimate sacrifice reveals the dangerous lengths some will 92 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:49.040 go to document what science tells us cannot exist. In 93 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:52.680 the shadow of the Hindu Kush Mountains, where ancient civilizations 94 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:56.079 have thrived for millennia, something else may lurk in the 95 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:59.920 mist shrouded valleys, something that walks upright like a man, 96 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.279 but carries the primal ferocity of a beast. The locals 97 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:08.759 call it Barmenu, the big hairy one. For century, shepherds 98 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:12.000 have whispered tales of encounters with this creature, said to 99 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:16.519 stalk the remote mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. But 100 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.800 for one man, the quest to document this elusive being 101 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.399 would end not with scientific acclaim, but with his throat 102 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:27.199 cut in a blood soaked room, his life's work scattered 103 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.720 to the winds. This is the story of Jordi mcgranor, 104 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:34.759 the zoologist who dedicated his life to tracking Pakistan's Bigfoot 105 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:38.480 and paid the ultimate price. Welcome to the dark and 106 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:42.879 mysterious world of the Barmenu, where science, folklore, and murder 107 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.560 create a potent cocktail of intrigue that remains unsolved to 108 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:51.199 this day. The Barmanu is Pakistan's version of Bigfoot, a 109 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:55.399 bipedal humanoid primate said to inhabit the remote mountainous regions 110 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:00.240 along the Pakistan Afghanistan border. Local witnesses describe a hair 111 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:04.079 covered creature standing six to seven feet tall, possessing both 112 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:08.959 human and apelike characteristics. According to numerous accounts, the Barmanu 113 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.240 emits a foul stench, often compared to rotting garbage and 114 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:17.399 makes distinctive guttural sounds, unlike any known animal in the region. 115 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.879 What separates the Barmanu from other cryptids is one particularly 116 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:26.360 unusual trait. It reportedly wears animal skins on its back 117 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:31.319 and head, suggesting a primitive intelligence and tool usage. This 118 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.519 behavior has led some researchers to speculate that the Barmanu 119 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:39.959 might represent a relic population of early hominids, possibly even Neanderthals, 120 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:44.160 that somehow survived into the modern era. The creature's range 121 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:48.600 spans the Chitral and Caricorum mountain ranges, placing it geographically 122 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:52.560 between two other famous cryptids, the Almas of Central Asia 123 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:56.720 and the Yetti of the Himalayas. In Pakistani folklore, it 124 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:00.319 has earned a sinister reputation for allegedly abducting women and 125 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:03.319 attempting to mate with them, making it both feared and 126 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:08.360 reviled among local populations. The name Barmanu originates from the 127 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:12.399 Kowar language, where it translates roughly to big hairy one, 128 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:15.839 though variants of the name appear in several regional languages, 129 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:21.360 including Urdu, Shina, Pashto, and Kashmiri. Regardless of what it's 130 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:26.000 called shepherds and villagers throughout northern Pakistan's remote valleys speak 131 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:29.600 of it with a mixture of dread and fascination. Enter 132 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:33.279 Jordie mcgrainer, a Spanish zoologist who would become the Barmanu's 133 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:38.759 most dedicated investigator and possibly its most famous victim. Born 134 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.639 in Catalonia, Spain in nineteen sixty seven, mcgrainer lived in 135 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.799 France before embarking on what would become his life's passion 136 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.919 searching for evidence of unknown hominids in the remote mountains 137 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:54.639 of Pakistan. Inspired by the work of Bernard Hovelman's often 138 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:59.080 considered the father of cryptozoology, mcgrainer conducted the first formal 139 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:02.840 search for the Barmeknew between nineteen eighty seven and nineteen ninety. 140 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:08.360 During this initial expedition, he methodically collected eyewitness testimonies and 141 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:13.279 documented potential evidence, writing a scientific paper titled less Omini 142 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:18.840 de relique Dazi Sanrial Relict Hominids of Central Asia. Unlike 143 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.879 many cryptid hunters, mcgrainer approached his work with scientific rigor. 144 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:27.240 He developed a structured questionnaire about the creature's anatomy, based 145 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:31.360 in part on descriptions of the controversial Minnesota Iceman specimen 146 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:35.600 that cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans had examined in nineteen sixty eight. 147 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:40.159 The Minnesota Iceman was a purported missing link displayed in 148 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.960 a block of ice at carnivals and fairs across America 149 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:46.639 in the late nineteen sixties, which Heuvelmans had classified as 150 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:52.799 homopongoids ape like man, mcgrainer's dedication to the search was remarkable. 151 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:57.120 He immersed himself in local culture, learning the language, adopting 152 00:09:57.159 --> 00:10:00.679 traditional dress, and living like the natives in the Shittre region. 153 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.720 With his seven dogs and two horses as companions, he 154 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.840 would venture alone into the wilderness for weeks at a time, 155 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:11.840 tracking the elusive creature through some of the most inhospitable 156 00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:16.360 terrain on Earth. Between nineteen ninety two and nineteen ninety four, 157 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:21.000 mcgrainor intensified his research, joined by doctor Anne Malasey and 158 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:25.399 other associates. During this period, they compiled an impressive body 159 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:30.200 of evidence. Mcgrainor meticulously gathered over fifty first hand eyewitness 160 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.360 accounts from local shepherds and villagers who claimed to have 161 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:38.879 encountered the creature. The team documented large humanoid footprints discovered 162 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:42.960 in remote areas where human traffic was minimal. Perhaps most 163 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:46.919 compelling were the recordings of strange guttural vocalizations heard in 164 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.200 the shishi Ku valley that researchers believed could only have 165 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.279 been produced by what they described as a primitive primate 166 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:57.159 voice box, sounds unlike any known wildlife in the region. 167 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:01.799 Perhaps most intriguingly, when mcgrainer's showed locals his identification kit 168 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:06.440 containing images of various primates, fossil hominids, and other creatures, 169 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:13.240 they consistently identified Huelman's homopondoids the Minnesota iceman as most 170 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:18.000 closely resembling the Barmanu. They had encountered. The geographical positioning 171 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:21.799 of the Barmanu between the territories of other reported relic hominids, 172 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:25.360 the Almas of Central Asia and the Yeti of the Himalayas, 173 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:29.919 suggested to mcgrainer the possibility of surviving populations of ancient 174 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:34.480 human relatives. The Hindu, Kush and Karakorum Mountains, with their 175 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:39.279 isolated valleys and difficult terrain, could theoretically have provided refuge 176 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:43.440 for such creatures, allowing them to escape detection by modern science. 177 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:48.360 Despite his methodical approach and growing body of evidence, mcgrainer's 178 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:52.120 work would come to a premature and violent end. The 179 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.799 political landscape of the region had become increasingly volatile following 180 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:58.480 the Soviet Afghan War and the rise of the Taliban. 181 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:02.600 After nine e l eleven, the situation deteriorated further as 182 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:06.639 militants and warlords fought for control of the porous border regions. 183 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.840 In this dangerous environment, mcgrainer continued his research, often crossing 184 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:16.919 illegally into Afghanistan's Neurostan province. According to local accounts, he 185 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.919 had once been held hostage by militants for three months, 186 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.360 only gaining his release by pretending to convert to Islam 187 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:27.480 and growing a beard. Upon his release, however, he reportedly 188 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:31.080 denounced his supposed conversion and resumed his criticism of the 189 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:34.759 extremists who had held him a dangerous stance in an 190 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:39.840 increasingly radicalized region. On August second, two thousand and two, 191 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.559 Jordie mcgrainor and a twelve year old boy who worked 192 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:44.840 for him were found murdered in their home in the 193 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:45.840 Boombret Valley. 194 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:47.759 Their throats had been cut. 195 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:51.600 Mcgrainer was just forty four years old and was reportedly 196 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:54.799 planning to return to France the following month, bringing with 197 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.360 him fifteen years of research data on the Barmanu. The 198 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:02.879 circumstances surrounding his death remain murky. Some reports suggested that 199 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.840 his guide might have been involved, while others pointed to 200 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:10.120 Taliban extremists. False rumors circulated that he was a spy. 201 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.639 The Pakistani authorities never identified a killer, and the case 202 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:20.080 remains unsolved to this day. With mcgrainer's death, his extensive research, 203 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:25.559 including recordings, photographs, and detailed field notes, was scattered and lost. 204 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.320 His meticulous documentation of the Barmenu, which might have provided 205 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:34.759 the scientific community with valuable insights into this cryptid disappeared 206 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:38.279 into the fog of war and political instability that has 207 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:42.559 long plagued the region. Today, the Barmanu remains an enigma, 208 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:47.080 a creature of folklore that might represent something more. Jordi 209 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:51.519 mcgrainer's work brought international attention to these reports, suggesting the 210 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:55.559 possibility that an unknown hominid species might still exist in 211 00:13:55.600 --> 00:14:00.120 the remote mountains between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The regions were 212 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.240 the Barmanu is said to dwell, the Chitral Valley, the 213 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:07.120 Shishiku Valley, and the Ally valleys of the Battagram District 214 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:12.320 remain largely unexplored by science. These areas are characterized by 215 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:18.200 rugged terrain, sparse human population, and continuing political instability, making 216 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:21.279 them perfect hiding places for a creature wishing to avoid 217 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:26.240 human contact. Local testimonies continue to emerge from these regions. 218 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.440 Some villagers and nomadic Gujar shepherds taking herds to remote 219 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.919 pastures in the high mountains consider encounters with the wild 220 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.919 ape man a matter of routine. Yet without a dedicated 221 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.960 researcher to document these accounts with mcgrainer's level of scientific rigor, 222 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.519 they remain anecdotal. In the years since mcgrainer's death, no 223 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:49.480 one has taken up his mantle to conduct systematic research 224 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:50.240 on the Barmenu. 225 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:52.000 The mystery of what. 226 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.519 Happened to his research materials compounds the tragedy of his murder. 227 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:58.639 Had he lived to return to France with his findings. 228 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:02.399 With the scientific unity now recognize the existence of a 229 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:06.039 relict hominid in the mountains of Pakistan, we may never 230 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:10.360 know the story of the Barmanu and Jordi. Mcgrainer reminds 231 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:12.879 us that the quest for knowledge sometimes comes at a 232 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:17.080 terrible price. In the misty valleys of northern Pakistan, where 233 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:21.960 ancient traditions blend with modern geopolitical realities. The truth about 234 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:25.519 this mysterious creature remains as elusive as the Barmanu itself. 235 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:29.080 For now, the creature remains in the shadow of myth 236 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:33.919 and legend, something glimpsed fleetingly by shepherds, something that makes 237 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.840 inhuman sounds in the darkness, something that moves between the 238 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.039 worlds of man and beast. And somewhere in those same 239 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:44.600 mountains lies the answer to not one but two mysteries. 240 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.679 Does the Barmanu truly exist? And who silenced the man 241 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:52.399 who came closest to proving it? The hunt for Pakistan's 242 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:56.799 big Foot continues, but without its most dedicated tracker. In 243 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:59.720 the end, the most haunting aspect of this story may 244 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:03.279 not be the potential existence of an unknown hominid, but 245 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.200 rather the silencing of a scientist whose work might have 246 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:11.320 changed our understanding of human evolution and survival. Perhaps someday 247 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.039 another researcher will brave the dangers of this volatile region 248 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:20.120 to continue Magrainer's work. Until then, the Barmanu remains free 249 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:24.559 to roam its mountain kingdom, its guttural cries echoing unanswered 250 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:27.759 through the valleys of the Hindu Kush, from the misty 251 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.879 mountains of Pakistan to the rugged terrain of Afghanistan. Tales 252 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:35.919 of strange humanoid creatures have persisted throughout the regions for centuries, 253 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:39.840 while the Barmanu continues to remain a mysterious figure in 254 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:44.759 Pakistani folklore. Another extraordinary encounter allegedly occurred just across the 255 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:49.200 border in Afghanistan, one that, if true, would provide far 256 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:52.320 more concrete evidence than Jordi mcgrainer could ever have hoped 257 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:52.960 to document. 258 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:54.440 The year was. 259 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:56.759 Two thousand and two, during the early phases of the 260 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:02.320 US military operations in Afghanistan. According to several anonymous testimonies, 261 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:06.000 a US patrol had gone missing in a remote mountainous area. 262 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:10.039 Following standard protocol, a second patrol was dispatched on a 263 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.960 search and rescue mission. As they rounded the side of 264 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:16.519 a mountain, what they discovered would forever change their understanding 265 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:20.079 of what lurks in these ancient lands. As we bent 266 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:22.759 around this corner, you could see the opening of the cave, 267 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:26.839 recounted one soldier who wished to remain anonymous. And then 268 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:29.119 I see a lot of rocks, which is another oddity. 269 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:33.039 And then bone matter. I'm not close enough to identify 270 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:35.319 what kind of bones, but I did see what I 271 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.880 knew to be a piece of our communications equipment. The 272 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:43.039 patrol immediately went on alert, forming a defensive dispersal formation 273 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.839 in case of ambush. What emerged from the cave, however, 274 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.000 was something none of their military training had prepared them for, 275 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:55.599 a humanoid figure of impossible proportions. According to the soldier's testimony, 276 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:59.960 they encountered a being standing between twelve to fifteen feet tall, 277 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.119 with long, reddish hair flowing past its shoulders and a 278 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:08.240 scarlet beard. This wasn't just an unusually tall human, this was, 279 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:12.960 in the soldier's own words, a monster. The encounter quickly 280 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:17.200 escalated to violence. One of the soldiers, identified only as Dan, 281 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:20.759 charged toward the giant and opened fire. The rest of 282 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:24.119 the patrol followed suit, but the giant reportedly managed to 283 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.160 impale Dan on what was described as a pikelike weapon. 284 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:32.240 Despite sustaining multiple gunshot wounds, the enormous being continued its 285 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:36.440 attack until the concentrated firepower of the entire patrol finally 286 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:40.680 brought it down. What makes this account particularly intriguing are 287 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:45.359 the anatomical details described the soldiers reported that the giant 288 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.440 had six fingers on each hand and six toes on 289 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.319 each foot, a condition known as polydactyle that appears in 290 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:57.039 various giant legends throughout human history. The being also had 291 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:01.640 fair skin, unlike the local population, contributing to the otherworldly 292 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:05.480 nature of their encounter. The aftermath of this incident is 293 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:09.240 where the story takes an even stranger turn. According to 294 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.039 the soldiers, they were instructed to bundle the giant's body 295 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:16.920 in cargo netting. Soon after, a helicopter arrived, collected the remains, 296 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:21.119 and departed. Perhaps most tellingly, the patrol members claimed they 297 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:24.799 were ordered to rewrite their after action reports, presumably to 298 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:29.440 remove any mention of the giant, corroborating this extraordinary account. 299 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:33.240 Another Special Operation soldier stationed in Afghanistan during the same 300 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:37.400 period shared his experience. Though not a direct witness to 301 00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:40.880 the encounter, he described how rumors began circulating throughout the 302 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:43.559 base about a unit that had killed what they called 303 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:48.240 a really tall person. Initially dismissive, his interest was piqued 304 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:52.039 when details emerged, claiming the being was three times the 305 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:54.480 size of a man, with extra digits on both hands 306 00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:58.119 and feet, and the distinctive red hair. When you first 307 00:19:58.160 --> 00:20:00.559 hear your thinking like, this has got to be a joke, 308 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:03.359 the soldier explained, this has got to be a hoax. 309 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:06.279 Then after things go down a certain way and you 310 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:09.160 keep hearing it, you start to realize it's not a joke, 311 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.039 and stay tuned for more Sasquatchy goat to see, We'll 312 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:21.200 be right back after these messages. Perhaps the most compelling 313 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:24.519 testimony comes from a pilot who claims to have transported 314 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:28.400 the Giant's remains. Interviewed on Coast to Coast AM with 315 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:31.680 host George Nori, the pilot described landing at a base 316 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:34.400 in Afghanistan where he was instructed to pick up special 317 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:39.359 cargo with absolutely no cameras allowed. What he saw defies 318 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:44.359 conventional explanation. It was basically a dead guy, the pilot recounted. 319 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:48.000 And this guy was extremely large. And when I say large, 320 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:51.960 our pallets are basically, if I remember correctly, about nine 321 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.759 by twelve feet or so. And this guy was laying 322 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:57.680 in a fetal position on the pallette and he filled 323 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:00.920 the palette. He was around an eleven hund undred pound guy. 324 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.559 The pilot's description matched the soldier's accounts in remarkable detail, 325 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:09.240 noting the fair skin, red hair, and extra digits on 326 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:13.359 both hands and feet. This level of consistency across independent 327 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:16.440 testimonies has led some researchers to refer to this being 328 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:21.279 as the Kandahar Giant. The Department of Defense, when questioned 329 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:25.079 about this incident in twenty sixteen, stated they had no 330 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:28.759 record or information about a Special Forces member killed by 331 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:33.279 a giant in Kandahar. This denial has only fueled speculation 332 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.039 among those who believe the government might have reasons to 333 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:40.480 conceal evidence of such beings. The story gained wider attention 334 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:44.599 when researcher and author La Marzouli featured interviews with these 335 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:49.480 witnesses in his video series. Marzuli, who has extensively investigated 336 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:53.519 claims of giants throughout history, connects these modern sightings to 337 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:58.119 ancient accounts found in various religious texts, particularly the Nephelum 338 00:21:58.119 --> 00:22:01.559 mentioned in the Book of Genesis, described as offspring of 339 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:04.119 divine beings and humans who were said to be of 340 00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:07.720 great size and strength. Could there be a connection between 341 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:11.519 the Barmanu of Pakistan and the alleged giant of Afghanistan. 342 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:17.039 Both share the remote, mountainous territory of the Hindu Kush Range. 343 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:20.559 Both are humanoid yet distinctly different from modern humans in 344 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:24.119 their proportions and features, and both have managed to remain 345 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:29.000 largely hidden from scientific scrutiny. Unlike the Barmaneux, however, which 346 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:33.440 continues to exist primarily in folklore and eyewitness accounts, the 347 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:38.640 Afghanistan Giant incident allegedly left behind physical evidence a body that, 348 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:42.880 if the testimonies are accurate, was recovered by military personnel 349 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:47.920 and transported to an unknown location. This crucial difference transforms 350 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:51.200 what might otherwise be dismissed as another cryptid tale into 351 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:55.519 something potentially more significant, physical proof of beings that challenge 352 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:59.680 our understanding of human evolution and history. Critics point out 353 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:03.039 that no photographs, video, or other tangible evidence has ever 354 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:06.920 surfaced from this alleged encounter. In an age where nearly 355 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:10.799 every soldier carries some form of recording device, the complete 356 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:15.400 absence of visual evidence strains credibility. Additionally, the Department of 357 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:18.480 Defense has no record of a soldier named Dan being 358 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:21.599 killed in the manner described during operations in that region, 359 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.400 yet the testimonies persist, joining a growing collection of unusual 360 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:31.240 accounts from military personnel deployed to Afghanistan, a land whose 361 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:35.640 remote mountainous regions remain among the least explored places on Earth. 362 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:42.000 Whether these stories represent genuine encounters with unknown hominids, misidentifications 363 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.839 in the fog of war, or simply the evolution of 364 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:49.079 modern military folklore, they continue to captivate those interested in 365 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:51.559 the mysteries that may still lurk in the world's most 366 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:56.599 inaccessible places. As with the Barmanu, the truth remains elusive, 367 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:00.640 but these accounts remind us that our planets still hold secrets, 368 00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:05.119 and that the ancient mountains spanning Pakistan and Afghanistan may 369 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:09.680 harbor more than just the conventional wildlife documented in biology textbooks. 370 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:14.039 Perhaps somewhere in those peaks, beings thought to exist only 371 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:18.240 in myth continue to roam, occasionally crossing paths with humans 372 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:22.240 who venture into their domain. As extraordinary as the tale 373 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:25.759 of the Kandahar Giant may seem, it represents just one 374 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:30.599 chapter in humanity's long fascination with mysterious hominids that exist 375 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:34.279 at the fringes of our understanding. From the misty mountains 376 00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:37.480 of Afghanistan, our journey now takes us eastward across the 377 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.720 ancient lands of Central Asia, where another legend of humanoid 378 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.799 creatures has persisted for centuries. In the rugged terrain where 379 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:50.640 the borders of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and China converge, a landscape 380 00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:55.480 defined by towering peaks, remote valleys, and nomadic peoples, stories 381 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:58.480 tell of creatures that walk the line between human and beast. 382 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:02.400 They are known as the Almas, and their legend offers 383 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:07.039 a compelling glimpse into how scientific inquiry and folklore intertwine 384 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:11.200 in the search for truth about our evolutionary cousins. The 385 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:14.440 wind whistles through the rocky crags of the Altai Mountains, 386 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:18.279 carrying whispers of creatures that are neither fully human nor 387 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:23.440 fully beast. For generations, shepherds and nomads traversing these remote 388 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:27.359 regions have shared tales of encounters with the Almas, mysterious 389 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:30.480 bipedal beings that have become Central Asia's answer to the 390 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:34.680 Sasquatch or Yetti. Standing between five and six feet tall 391 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:37.880 with bodies covered in reddish brown hair except for their 392 00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:41.039 faces and hands, the Almas are said to inhabit the 393 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:44.680 mountain ranges spanning from the Caucasus, through the Pameres and 394 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:49.400 into the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Unlike some cryptids attributed 395 00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:53.799 with supernatural abilities or demonic features, the Almas are described 396 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:58.319 in remarkably consistent and mundane terms. They are simply primitive 397 00:25:58.440 --> 00:26:02.279 human like creatures living on the margins of civilization. What 398 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:06.319 makes the Almas particularly intriguing to researchers is their striking 399 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:10.319 resemblance to what we might expect from surviving Neanderthals or 400 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:14.640 other ancient human relatives. They are described as having prominent 401 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:20.119