Giants of Guadalcanal

The Solomon Islands—an archipelago located miles east of Papua New Guinea—hold a deep and haunting history. With nearly 1,000 islands spread across 11,000 square miles, these islands seem to hide their secrets in plain sight. While their discovery in 1568 by Spanish explorers is often noted in history, the islands are most famously tied to the bloodshed of World War II. Guadalcanal, the largest island in the group, became the center of a brutal campaign between American and Japanese forces. For six long months, fierce battles ravaged the island, and the consequences were staggering. Over 30,000 men perished, and 41 warships sank beneath the waves. The remnants of that war still linger today—the wrecks of ships and tanks scattered across the land, silent reminders of a past that refuses to be forgotten.

But there’s something else about Guadalcanal that lingers in the air—something not easily explained. For centuries, locals have shared stories of giants—massive beings, some said to protect the people, others feared for their violent ways. These tales aren’t just folklore. They are rooted in the island’s ancient history and have been passed down through generations. Some locals claim the giants are still out there, hidden deep in the mountains or beneath the earth. Some say they were once human-like but grew into powerful, otherworldly creatures.

It wasn’t until 1998 that a strange event seemed to bring the legends to life. A group of gold miners working on Guadalcanal had left their bulldozer overnight for repairs. The next morning, they were stunned to find that a massive 10-ton blade had been moved several meters from where it was left. There, in the soft mud surrounding the machine, were enormous footprints—too large and deep to be made by any normal human. The workers, rattled and unsure of what they had witnessed, could only wonder if the giants of Guadalcanal were real.

But the story doesn’t end there. Marius Boyron, a retired helicopter engineer who had spent years living on the island, spent his time talking to locals and piecing together stories from different sources. What he uncovered was even more bizarre. Boyron believed that the giants were somehow connected to UFOs. He suggested that deep within the mountains of central Guadalcanal, there might be an ancient UFO base. The strange sightings of flying objects over the wreckage of warships, reports of lights rising from the ocean, and the bizarre disappearances of fishermen led Boyron to suspect that something more than mythology was at play.

Locals have long shared tales of strange lights in the sky, often accompanied by reports of UFOs flying just above the ocean’s surface. Some fishermen even claim to have felt the intense heat of these crafts as they passed overhead. Even more unsettling are the accounts of people disappearing after coming into contact with these strange phenomena. Many locals believe these disappearances are linked to extraterrestrial encounters—some even whisper of abductions.

Could the legends of Guadalcanal’s giants be connected to these UFO sightings? Could it be that Guadalcanal is home to a hidden alien base—guarded by these mysterious creatures? Ancient astronaut theorists propose that the giants and other bizarre beings, like the half-fish, half-human "Adarro" that locals speak of, might not just be creatures of myth. Instead, they could be extraterrestrials, placed on Earth to protect secrets that we aren’t meant to discover. Perhaps the stories of giants and sea monsters are actually ancient accounts of extraterrestrial beings, shaping their forms to scare off anyone who might stumble upon the truth.

Guadalcanal’s mysteries run deep, and as much as the island is defined by the remnants of war, it is also defined by its secrets—secrets that may be far older and stranger than anyone could imagine. Could the island truly be hiding an extraterrestrial presence, a hidden base beneath the earth and the sea? The truth may be far more than just legends. It may be waiting to be uncovered—if we’re brave enough to seek it.