Special Forces ATTACKED by unidentified creature | The Kandahar Giant 

Hello, I am from Afghanistan. I was sooooooo surprised that finally a western said something good about Afghanistan. Thank you Mr. Ballen.

Somewhere giants are watching vids about how Grimstone Thunderbeard was attacked and killed by a mysterious war-party of dwarves.

I am from Kandahar Afghanistan. I am glad you guys are talking about your experiences in Afghanistan. It's a beautiful place, full of secrets and mysteries that cannot be understood or grasp by any outsiders. There were many eerie reasons why tons of bombs were dropped over seemingly empty valleys, mountains, and plains. Not many can gather the courage to dip deeper in search of truth.

I served with guys who refused to patrol the caves. They would go on sick call” as a means to get out of it. They also wouldn’t talk about it. There are also reports of similar “creatures” in Antarctica.

Imagine training for YEARS to be in a special forces unit just to get speared to death by a giant

Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of Mr Ballen? 👀

Legit one of the craziest most interesting stories I've ever heard. Totally believe it. Highly specialized unit lost a brother-they're not gonna make up such an outlandish story and diminish that loss

Petty Officer Ballen. I was with 3/8 in Northern Helmond Province. We were in those mountains in 2003-2005. Our locals used to have a ceremony praying for the dead men going up there. Speaking as an American Indian, Lakota from SD, I was warned to expect things that eyes would not explain.

The snow leopard was once considered a myth

I heard quite a few crazy stories when I was in Afghanistan. Stuff that cost me many hours of sleep when I was there and kept me up at night for many years after I came home. All heard from people I trust completely. If there's one place in the world that could be considered a safe haven for giants and other monsters, it is Afghanistan. Those mountains are beautiful, massive, inhospitable, and unsettling. The hills really do have eyes in Afghanistan.

I worked with a guy who served in Afghanistan who would tell a story he heard on his base. My colleagues would get him to tell old war stories. I remember his version as he explained about a squad being attacked by a very large feral man that smelled rotten with 6 fingers that lived in a cave that was killed and taken by the us military. We had no reason not to believe his story. Years later I saw this story come up and my mind was blown. I heard about this years ago before it was big news

I was a Marine in Vietnam. Part of the danger was getting lost in the beauty of the surrounding landscapes. Likewise, I thought, how could this be a war zone?

I honestly can’t see these guys lying about something like this, especially when their buddy was killed. I have to say I believe them.

I like this guy, I'm a veteran, and he seems like the most chill seal ever

I've heard about the giant of kandalhar as a kid in the 1990s. It was a well-known story that it lived in the caves. The fact that they found it doesn't surprise me. The government probably took it's samples and kept it's sperm to make supernsoldiers. They probably checked it's ancestry, etc.

A LEGIT BADASS. NAVY SEAL TOUGH GUY... MR. BALLEN! we're lucky to have this guy as our weekly storyteller!

My family is from Afghanistan...recently, my mom told me a story of goat-man and confirmed that some of her villager friends had seen these giants and that they live deep in the mountains. Afghanistan has some of the most isolated and high mountains making human existence almost impossible. Needless to say, it is a hot spot for the unknown!

I’ve been told that the training to become a Navy Seal is very near impossible. Most can’t take it. I’m amazed and I have the utmost respect for MrBallen for being a Navy Seal.#hero

I had heard of the story from some of my friends who went to Afghanistan and most were convinced that it was true, there are some FOIA requests as well. I served from 1983-1995, my MOS was 15 Echo(Pershing Missile) and my 1st duty was in West Germany with the 74th USAFAD. We were in custody and control of the Nuke Warheads and the German Luftwaffe was in charge of the delivery device(missile). It was a mobile missile system but we had a QRA where they were fixed in a Berg called Site Ochsenhof, fucking Disney Land shit, gorgeous. We had 3 "pads" with 3 missiles on each launch pad. One night I was on Guard with my German counter part (2 guards per pad) and we both see this light(s), red, yellow, blue, green, about 1/2 mile up in the sky so I call the guard room and Komrade calls his. The lead guard(s) are getting calls from each pad and so he calls the SDO (staff duty officer), then the lights come down closer and i'm ready to shoot this thing. It sits there for about 10 minutes and everyone is out of their bunks and outside looking up at this thing. It abruptly shoots straight up in a millisecond and shoots off to the South, just then 2, then 4 more F-104 Starfighters (luftwaffe) give chase to it. The next day, we'r all de-briefed by some civilian dudes and told I didn't see shit and ifI said anything it was my ass. Just thought i'd share it with you, new sub.

My great grandmother always told us the story of a Giant that lived in the mountains by the town she lived in in NE Germany. We all laughed at her but she never relented her story. After hearing this story it matches he description to a tee. She said their livestock was always getting stolen by this Giant. Kind of wished I would have listened to her

Makes you wonder how often stuff like this actually does occur and people just aren’t allowed to talk about it, and it is made top secret as well.

Both of my parents are afghans, from Panjsher and Nooristan both just north of Kabul. They always spoke of the mountains, their beauty but also the stories of the mysterious people/creatures that filled the valleys they lived in, for ages! So intriguing. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for your service! Everyone who has risked their lives for us deserve to hear it.

I live in Cornwall UK where there are lots of legends & folk tales of giants that lived on the local hills, some troublesome & some friendly. It is said that the people descended from the giants have six digits. I have a Cornish friend who’s family are born with 6 toes, they’re not particularly tall in stature though!

I beleive that there's living things out there in the world that we don't even know about.

I love how humble Mr. Ballen is. He's a SEAL and still refers to himself as a commoner.

John that was amazing stories the way you delivered step by steps its scary those giant still exist in this world, thanks for sharing this story 👍watching from Chicago 🇵🇭🇺🇸

I've actually heard this story from different sources. One was one of the troops in the confrontation with the giant and the other was from one of the actual helicopter crew that picked it up. Both were "blacked out" to protect their identites, but both basically told the same story.

My nephew, David Drakulich, gave his life in Afghanistan. God bless him. Also, thank you very much for your service. I’ve heard of this event, and you’re right, it was quickly squashed into quiet. I’m glad you covered it!

As a retired Green Beret who has been watching your videos for the last month or so, I never knew you were a SEAL. Which means I will no longer be watching.... no just kidding you are very humble , especially for a SEAL. Your military speech and lingo is on point! I will be subscribing! Also thanks for using Special Operations and Special Forces correctly!

Damn didnt know you were a SEAL mr Ballen, big respect

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TO ALL YOU SERVICE MEN. I AM HAPPY YOU LIVED TO TELL YOUR STORIES!

My mind is blown. When I was in 7th grade I went to an inner city high school in Pittsburgh and there are a lot of Slavic people who live around the area. I remember talking to this old Russian man at an army navy store that sold military surplus items and he told me all about this story... this is 15 years ago. I used to tell all my friends this story and always thought it was kinda bullshit. The guy gave me all sorts of Russian army stuff and spetsnaz patches... I just found your channel tonight and scrolling through your video I had chills run down my spine when I read the title and I said to myself there is no way this was in Afghanistan (like the old guy said) and sure the fuck enough it was. My mind is blown right now. I’m absolutely awestruck

I met a guy that came from that region of Afghanistan and I ask him about this story. He said he grew up in Kandahar. He know that area well. His parents told he not to go in that area not even if the animals went up there. They have known about giants there for ages. Many of his Klang disappeared and never seen again.

Bet I’ve watched this video 4-5 times since you released this episode. Classic ballen. Been here with ya the whole time. Keep it up.

Thanks again, you have a wonderful way to get the story out, my highest regards to you

If the Sentinelese can live in an isolated island for thousands of years with almost no contact with the outside world, it is very believable that giants can live in the isolated Afghan mountains without being discovered.

The way you speak of Afghanistan being beautiful is the exact feeling I had when I deployed to Iraq. We were staying in a house right off the Euphrates River. The sun rises and sun sets were stunning. It literally baffled my mind to realize, this is a war zone.

Thank You for your service!

This is new for me as well! I am always proud of all of our servicemen and servicewomen. Because of all your sacrifices, we have freedoms others in the world can only dream about. Thanks to y'all we don't have to look over shoulders all the time. I wish I could have served my country but I have CP. You folks are beautiful!

I believe it, as a Marine I can’t imagine why anyone would make up a story like that where a teammate lost his life .

Who else is on a binge of mrballen's vids during quarantine? Edit: who else is on a binge of mrballen's vids to celebrate quarantine being over? (Any reason is a good reason!) 😉

We have a cryptid here in Algeria that fits the description of the giant to a tee: over 10 feet tall, long limbs and six fingers and toes on each hand/foot, we call it Rohban and the legend says that these creatures are actually smart and are known to dabble in trade. My grandma lived in the mountain and used to tell me stories on how she used to see packs of them traveling together every morning, usually to buy essentials from the city by blending in with the crowds. I was shocked to learn that these creatures exist outside too

Great story Mr. Ballen and that you for your service

bro, before you even described the giant, i knew you were going to be talking about the red headed giants... they are supposed to be a race and species that were thought extinct until recently. My buddy was also in Afghanistan and lost both legs and part of one hand in an IED explosion. He travels the country at different times during the year and meets a lot of other military personnel and stars. He met someone who also had first hand info about this as well out on a ranch while hunting out west. Its crazy to think what all we never encounter just because we simply can't access the location. The rainforest is as unexplored as the ocean and it is HUGE. imagine what lives in that thing. id love to see some rain forest stories if you get a chance John!

I’ve actually been following this story for a few years now. Apparently this isn’t the first sighting of red headed giants around the world either. It’s pretty spooky honestly

Thank You for your service

This is a very common occurrence and I’m not surprised. In fact I had a friend who’s dad was in the us army. He told her some things about the military having access to actual portals that lead to other dimensions. She also told me that there were things he saw that he couldn’t even tell his family about.

Every culture that has ever lived has legends of Giants. I believe this completely.

My dad was a Master Sgt in the Marine Corp and did 2 tours of Viet Nam. Although he never shared his experience in any real detail, he always said to us to always maintain an open mind about what you were taught was impossible. He experienced things there that changed his perception of reality. He died 10 years ago due to complications from Agent Orange exposure.

Former Navy Corpsman here. I believe this story is real. I served with a guy who later joined a private "Special Ops" group of some sort. We've stayed friends for years. He was in Kandahar around the time this was alleged to have happened. 10 years ago I first heard of this story and I called him. I asked what he knew about "The Giant of Kandahar". He said, "No comment, Scotty." That's it. Past conversations he would normally give me some cool info or have a cool story about stuff. But not about this. Then, we chatted 2 years ago and I hinted about it. He said: "Please don't bring it up again. I will not discuss it. I can't. Ok?". That's the last we spoke of it. He's fearless. He used to ride horses and bulls in rodeos. He's seen some messed up stuff before. But he will not talk about this with anyone.

I love your channel my friend. Keep on everything!

I heard from a friend who is in the marines that when he deployed to Afghanistan in late 2011 that his platoon was attacked by what he described as a giant creature with reddish hair.

I really don’t think it would hurt the government to tell those Green Berets what they learned about the giant. If anyone deserves to know, it’s them.

Watching this from your first video to your newest. The fact that you went from trying to put out 2 videos a week, maybe, to 3-4 in like 20 videos is insane. I found you on youtube because i dont have tiktok. Your videos are amazing

Thank you for your services.

Just imagine, his child will say Daddy, tell me a story. Then the child will say Mommy tell Daddy not to tell me any more stories.

literally the fact alone that it was made top secret instantly confirms that he was telling the truth

It’s pretty cool going back and watching old MrBallen videos. You can really see how his confidence as a RU-vidr has grown, but ya don’t really notice it unless you go back. I think was the first MrBallen video I ever watched…and have been a loyal fan since. Anyway, I absolutely believe this story. There were giants in North America too. The Lovelock Cave giants is a very well known and VERY credible conflict that happened between Native Americans and giants. The giants were cannibals and a few Native Americans stated a huge fire at the entrance of their cave and killed them. Those giants also had red hair and 6 fingers on each hand and foot. The burn marks are still there on the rocks, archeological and professionals like that have found the giants bones, but as always happens, the Smithsonian came and took the bones and covered it up. There’s an international effort to cover up that giants ever really existed. I don’t understand why they would wanna even do that since stories of giants are in every religion and culture there is. There was also that American RU-vidr who recently recorded a giant way up on a mountain a few years ago, uploaded it, tried to drive up the mountain and was stopped and told to turn around, the next day he recorded a helicopter lifting someone off the mountain, uploaded it, got stalked, threatened, then uploaded a weird video where he looks like a hostage and says it was all fake, then uploads another video saying it WAS all real and his life was threatened to make that last video and he’s in danger, then he was found dead by mysterious circumstances soon after that. For whatever reason ‘they’ don’t want the truth about giants getting out.

Gratitude for your service! Those who've risked their lives for us truly deserve to hear it.

I flew the F-15C for Uncle Sugar for 12 years. After leaving the AF I went to Alaska to be a bush pilot. There are a lot of myths up there about a race of giants. One time I was flying a King Air 200 into a very remote village in the mountains, up near the north slope. We were a medical flight, equipped with a medbed module flying in to pick up a teenaged girl who had attempted suicide by jumping off of the water tower. The weather, as usual, was shit. The only way in was to fly the river valley at about 100 feet. 1/4 mile visibility and mountains on both sides going up to 10-12,000 feet. Illegal and dicey, but...medivac flight. Nobody in the village had medical training except one young EMT-B. The girl would die if we didn't get her to a hospital. I was focused on wingtip clearance and maintaining clear of the above cloud deck at about 150 feet, when my copilot yelled "Holy shit"! Not what you want to hear in that situation. I glanced over at him, his eyes were huge. I looked along his sight line and saw a man, walking along the river bank. He was covered in skins, and had long dirty hair. He had to have been 12-15 feet tall...he was HUGE. Unfortunately we were moving along at about 200 mph and it was far too narrow to turn around, so I got a short look and he passed beneath us. I swear we made eye contact...and he was angry. Why, I have no idea. I couldn't tell if he had red hair, it was dark and greasy looking. Otherwise it's a remarkable match. None of the natives I told this story to were remotely surprised. They all knew about the giants- I heard several names for them, in native languages. The girl survived, moved to Fairbanks, married, and had kids.

When my husband was stationed at Ft. Bragg, I had a dear friend whose husband was Special Forces. This man was the the most leveled headed man that I have EVER met. I do believe this happened.

In 2002 I was stationed at PRT Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province and the other half of our unit was in Kandahar, when we met up at Bagram air force base they were talking about this, saying they heard from the locals this exact scenario we all laughed about it then. Here I am 19 years later seeing this video and thinking holy shit....maybe it was true.

I know a guy he was a Marine that spent time in Afghanistan. He said that he found it strange that in their training before they went they were told to aim for the head and did target shooting where they would aim for the head instead of the center Mass like normal. He said when he asked the commanding officer why are they aiming for the head the officer just said in case you meet someone really tall and that's all the officer would say. After showing him this story he said wow it all makes sense now.

Thank you so much for your service 🇺🇸 You are a true hero kids should be looking up to. God bless you and your family for the sacrifices made while you served. Also thank you for all your hard work on RU-vid and Podcast. You're my husband and my favorite !!

From a fellow Vet, thank you for your service!!

I was there in Afghanistan that year. I wasn’t part of the unit, but I was on the base when it happened. Everybody on base talked about it but the higher ups never fully acknowledged it. I’ve dedicated my life to holding people accountable. One day we’ll get these bastards.

I was born in the Caucasus mountains, and I live in the US now. Every time we go back to visit my relatives, we hear all kinds of stories like this. My dad fought in Afghanistan when he served as a spetznaz operative. He said that the Caucasus and baba mountains have the same skin crawling energy at times.

Crazy story. There's so much about this world to discover.

This guy is the most humble SEAL I've ever seen, and I was in the Navy myself as a younger feller. I've met a few. The way you know they're a seal is they tell you. Every opportunity they get. The ones I'd met would never in a million year call Green Berets an elite fighting force, unless it was intended as pure sarcasm.

I’ve retold this story myself quite a few times. I 100% believe it. Giants are well documented throughout history. To me it helps explain why so many ancient structures have such massive doorways.

I can remember an old elementary school teacher telling me that when society finally comes to the truth of "everything," it will amaze us, just how dumb we really are. I was ten years old at that time. That old bird was really something.!

Awesome thanks for the info.

This just popped up and my actual words were, "Ah sweet! Mr Ballen's done this one! Whoop!" *I may or may not have actually said "Whoop"... Thanks man! *rubs hands in anticipation

I am from Afghanistan myself, such an interesting story. Majority of Afghanistan deep mountains are not explored by anyone for abvious reasons (war). Mostly are full of mines planted by Russians and other mujahidan in the 80s. Local are afraid of going into deep mountains so have no idea what sort things/creatures live there. Nice videos 👍

There's a native American legend about exactly that!!! There was a tribe in Utah (I think). That had a legend of red haired cannibal giants with six fingers, and six toes. They were huge, and violent! There might actually be truth in this legend? R.I.P warriors.

Amazing story telling!

Thank you for your service

I remember when I deployed to Afghanistan, the troops who've been in country a while told us to aim high. I never understood why until a few years later after hearing about this story. It definitely sent chills down my spine. I was in RC South, Kandahar Province when I experienced a few occurrences like seeing weird stuff through CRoWS thermals, like what I thought was a small cat that turned out to be some kind of cryptid known as a Kandahar cougar. Everyone who was on my side of the towers saw it including the NCOIC of the gurards. Mysterious figures, usually 2-3 people, wondering in the distance then disappearing when they were in the middle of a large open field with no cover. Footsteps under the stairs of my guard tower, that i go to see who was there and there was nothing. Coughing, laughing, whimpering in the distance in front of me. Footsteps along the HESCO barriers on the outside of the walls but nobody was down there. I believe there is a lot of supernatural/paranormal things over there.

My daughter Maia is a huge fan of this guy. She has been telling me to watch his videos and now I'm hooked.

I was stationed at Kandahar air base that same year, never heard of this situation. But I wasn’t a Green Beret or Special Forces either at that time. As a Christian and believer in the BIBLE, I believe every word of their story. Also, no matter what position we hold as soldiers, we are brothers and watch each others back when in combat. So, knowing these men lost one of their brothers, what reason would they have to lie and dishonor him with a false narrative, other than the Govt trying to hide it?

I was in Afghanistan in 2006. I confirm Afghanistan is so beautiful. Back then reconstruction was in full swing and people had hope...

I remember this story! You forgot to mention how the team was blown away by how fast this thing supposedly was. Movies portray large beings as hulking slow things. Apparently this was not the case at all with this thing. Must have been terrifying.

Two points I'd like to make: 1. The moment something is redacted, covered up, and declared TOP SECRET is the moment I'm thinking it's probably true. 2. I'm not foolish enough to think that the only things that exists on this planet, whether on land or in the ocean, are the things that we have seen.

Thank you for your service!! My husband served 30 years in which most of his service record is redacted! A lot of secret stuff! God Bless You All For Protection of Our Nation!

You are truly the man,Mr.Ballen. The best story teller ever.I truly this particular story.A soldier died traged.

They’ve been coming across giant footprints for years,across the mountains of Nepal etc some 20-25000 ft up,as the one and only Sir David Attenborough said,no one in their right mind would travel that far up just to pull a hoax

About 15 years ago I had a flatmate called Ahmad who was a refugee from Iran, he had hidden next to a ships boiler and snuck into my country with the hope of getting a job and bringing his wife and children to our country. He was very religious and incredibly warm and honest, a genuinely lovely man. Once I bought him a small Arabic-inspired carpet for him to pray on and he broke down in tears thanking me (he couldn’t afford to buy anything other than food and second hand clothes to live). His English was quite broken but we still communicated fine. We would stay up late sometimes talking about the world, and really enjoyed each other’s company. One night while we were talking, I asked him if there were any famous ghost stories or legends from Iran or his territory ,and his entire demeanour changed. Usually a smiling polite guy, his face kind of dropped and he became very serious and said “we have many stories, but I only ever saw one thing”. When I asked him about it he told me an interesting story. When he was about 11 years old, he and his brother and two cousins were accompanying his older uncle on a camping trip. They built an open air fire at their camp spot and were brewing tea and eating some snacks as the sun went down. At around 9pm when it was dark, something very strange happened. “We look to see what makes a noise in the bushes near to us, and then I see my uncle walk out of the bushes with a big smile and his eyes look very crazy, but my uncle is sitting next to me at the fire so I know it’s not my uncle. This person sit across the fire from my uncle and stare at him, always smiling and eyes very open, I can see my uncles face he is very serious. Everything my uncle does this thing is copy him,he pull his beard and this person pull his beard, my uncle drink tea and this person act like drinking tea. It is copy my uncle for about 10 minutes, me and my brother and cousins are very terrified and say nothing and don’t move, then my uncle put his cup down and he put his hand in the fire, this person also put hand in fire and scream like a sound I never hear before from any person , it jump up and run off into the bushes very very fast. When I ask my uncle he just said don’t ask about things like that and we never really talk about it again with him, but when I ask other older people they often knew similar things have happened to people in Iran” Scared the hell out of me, and wether it was true or not I know Ahmad believed everything he had seen beyond a shadow of a doubt. If I’d heard that story from anyone else I’d probably be very sceptical, but he was one of the most standup honest dudes I’ve ever met.

@Mr. Ballen. As a former U.S. ARMY Veteran (2016 - 2020) Delta 6-52 ADA - 14T South Korea 🇰🇷 Osan Air Force Base where I was stationed and then in Fort Bliss, TX. You have my respect Brother. I Subscribed too.

thank you for your service mr ballen

The moment it became top secret and redacted is enough for me to believe it

Damn, I thought for a minute you were going to be like “it’s time to come clean, I am a survivor of the Kandahar mountain team, this is our story” that would have been crazy.

Second time hearing you tell this story and it's just as interesting as the first time. Nothing new is believable until the preponderance of evidence becomes undeniable.

I love this story. I’ve heard about giant bones being unearthed in Lompoc CA in the 1800’s.

How quickly things are covered up. It makes you wonder what's really going on in this world that we have no clue about.

Did a year in Kandahar with the Army, and this story was making the rounds when I got there. I was a fobit so I don't have many good stories (although attached to SOCOM so cool by association :) I'm conflicted as to the validity of the story, but I will say if it happened, then the military would definitely cover it up.

This was reported years ago. RU-vid took it all down

Mr. Ballen is a Afghan combat veteran? i had no idea....respect.

When I lived in The Middle East in the 90’s I was told by an ex Israeli special forces commando that they had come across the exact same thing. He described it in detail, red hair with 6 fingers and toes. He also said it had two rows of teeth . He couldn’t tell me in which country he was in when they killed it as they weren’t supposed to be there. But it wiped out several of his team. He now lives on a kibbutz and is not allowed to leave it Ever! Everyone else on kibbutz always made out he was a mental case, but I believed his story. Year’s later this story came out and now I know for sure he was telling the truth.

A few years ago, I was doing some research in a newspaper's microfiche section. I was investigating an event that happened in the mid 1800's , and was reported in the local newspaper. This was near Newark, Ohio. A giant skeleton had been unearthed in one of the many dirt mounds located around Newark. The skeleton was close to 10 feet tall, had red hair, 6 toes and fingers and two rows of teeth. The skeleton was shipped off to the Smithsonian. From there it just vanished. It was reported in the newspaper. I read the microfiche myself.