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well before Neanderthal man and amongst the Giants. | have recorded men started screaming and using developed through evolution to be this widely known and most. sticks from the fire to beat the what they are today. The fascinating story and have proven it monstrous hand away. Horrified, Guadalcanal people also believe to be true. they ran straight through the back that the Giants were there before The Guadalcanal people's. wall of the hut, into the darkness o! they were. Apparently their gene language and the Fijian language are the bush. When they found each pool allows them to breed with the very close. There are over a hundred other the next morning down on the local people. words in common, meaning that a coast, they realised they had Why are they so secretive and Guadalcanal person can go to Fiji dispersed several kilometres apart. universally so shy about being seen and speak Fijian within a week and There is a World War II mystery or known about? I'm sure that vice versa (as my good friend and_ that has never been solved abou within the next decade we'll find out partner Peter Casi found out when why initially there were no Japanese the answer to this question. he and his band of musicians did a_ to resist the Allied Forces at Red It is my belief that the reason why tour there). The Guadalcanal Giants' Beach and Henderson Airfield. This the Solomon Islanders’ was uncharacteristic of the population is far smaller than Japanese who, on other island it should be is because the campaigns, had always fought to Giants of the islands . tau. the very last. When the Allied considered the local people There is a lighting system Forces arrived, they were as food to be eaten. within the Giants' cave expecting to lose one in two Eyewitnesses who have . men, but instead there was no been captured and released dwellings that has no one to be found. have told me that it is just like obvious light source, such At The Borderline, very near daytime inside the as bulbs and lamps Mount Austin, further up the mountains. There is a lighting . road past the Japanese system within the Giants’ cave Memorial, there are three dwellings that has no obvious Guadalcanal tribes. The Simba ight source, such as bulbs is one of those tribes, and living and lamps. not far from them is an old Giant Guadalcanal and Malaita have language is very similar to the couple, a male anda female. Any of iterally hundreds of caves with dialect of the Guadalcanal people. the tribes up that way will tell you all Giant artefacts within. Ezekiel It is well known that Giants do not about them; it's common Alebua, a once Prime Minister and like fire, possibly because of their knowledge. he previous Guadalcanal Premier, long hair. Some months ago, Ezekiel The area is rich with many stories old me of a burial cave in east Alebua told me of an incident that pertaining to the local tribes’ Guadalcanal that his father took him happened on the Weathercoast, tumultuous historical relationship o when he was a child. Within that south Guadalcanal, in 2000 during with the Giants, but so is everywhere cave, there is a perfect Giant the tension. else on Guadalcanal and, for that skeleton laid out that must be Five Tangarare men had gone matter, everywhere else in the around 15 feet in length. unting pig with their bows and Solomon Islands. Luti Mikode is well known by the arrows, and during their hunt they The Giants inhabit all the larger people around Guadalcanal as "the lost track of time. As it was getting islands of the Solomons, but they Chief of the Giants". The story about late and the weather was ominously are known by different names on how he changed the Giants’ attitude turning to rain, they decided to build each of these islands. However, about eating the Guadalcanal asago palm hut quickly and camp "Moo-Moo" (like the cow noise) is people about a century ago is just the night. They were sitting around the universal Solomon Islander extraordinary. Luti Mikode's a fire within the hut, with the rain name for these huge people. education of the Giants—to the pelting down outside, when a huge Choiseul, an island 300 kilometres effect that the Guadalcanal people hand and arm came through the long by 80 kilometres wide, at the had hearts, minds and feelings like hut's wall. An inquisitive Giant had western extremity of the Solomons, themselves, and were not to be leaned over the hut and was feeling apparently has just as many Giant eaten—resulted in inter-clan wars around for what was inside. The five people as Guadalcanal, living in its amongst the Giants. I have recorded this widely known and mos fascinating story and have proven i to be true. The Guadalcanal people's language and the Fijian language are very close. There are over a hundred words in common, meaning that a Guadalcanal person can go to Fiji and speak Fijian within a week and vice versa (as my good friend and partner Peter Casi found out when he and his band of musicians did a tour there). The Guadalcanal Giants’ people's There is a lighting system within the Giants' cave dwellings that has no obvious light source, such as bulbs and lamps. language is very similar to the dialect of the Guadalcanal people. It is well known that Giants do not like fire, possibly because of their long hair. Some months ago, Ezekiel Alebua told me of an incident that happened on the Weathercoast, south Guadalcanal, in 2000 during the tension. Five Tangarare men had gone unting pig with their bows and arrows, and during their hunt they ost track of time. As it was getting ate and the weather was ominously urning to rain, they decided to build a sago palm hut quickly and camp he night. They were sitting around a fire within the hut, with the rain pelting down outside, when a huge and and arm came through the ut's wall. An inquisitive Giant had eaned over the hut and was feeling around for what was inside. The five JUNE — JULY 2009 NEXUS ¢ 67 www.nexusmagazine.com