News show episode · Unreported · October 2026
'Killer giants' in Afghanistan (Timothy Alberino, part 2)
Meagan Medick with Timothy Alberino, in the second part of their NewsNation conversation, on the Kandahar giant, the giant skeletons said to have been found at Sardara in Sardinia, and the Smithsonian's mound reports.
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1980-84
Ugas and Usai dig Sant'Anastasia, SardaraLaborers later describe giant skeletons
2002
Cave fight with a giant near KandaharAnonymous 2016 account
2005
C-130 flies the body from Bagram to QatarAnonymous pilot via Alberino
2016
DoD tells Snopes it has no recordOf a special forces member killed by a giant
The claims, checked
On the record (3)
The DoD told Snopes it has no record of a special forces member killed by a giant in Kandahar.2016; a narrow denial that does not cover a transport or a body.firsthandUS Department of Defense, via Snopes
A University of Cagliari professor, 'Dr. Ugos', led the Sant'Anastasia dig in 1979-84.Giovanni Ugas with Luisanna Usai, 1980-84, published 1987.firsthandexcavation record
The Smithsonian's own reports catalog giant skeletons from the mounds.True for 7 to 7½ ft skeletons; nothing taller in the reports checked.firsthandThe Smithsonian's mound 'giant' reports
Alleged / one person's word (4)
A C-130 pilot flew the body of a 10-12 ft, six-fingered giant from Bagram to Qatar in 2005.Anonymous pilot via his mother, Steve Quayle and Alberino; no document.anonymousC-130 pilot (firsthand) → his mother → Steve Quayle → Timothy Alberino → told it
Air Force officers confirm giants have been killed in Afghanistan and have killed US personnel.Unnamed sources.anonymous
Laborers on that dig uncovered 9-12 ft skeletons that were taken away overnight.Two laborers via Alberino; the published summaries list no skeletons.secondhandGiuseppe Pulighe and a second laborer → Timothy Alberino → told it
A man was shown a drawer of giant femurs in an underground Smithsonian warehouse.One unnamed man, via Alberino and Quayle.anonymousThe Smithsonian's mound 'giant' reports
Doesn't hold as stated (1)
A Smithsonian jaw fit over a man's entire head.Not found in the reports checked; the story's first printed source is unnamed.secondhandThe Smithsonian's mound 'giant' reports