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NARRATOR: For centuries,
visitors to the Mediterranean
island of Sardinia
had been greeted
with strange and mysterious
stories that a race of giants
once lived there
thousands of years ago.
But other than the
presence of hundreds
of bizarre monolithic
stone structures,
there had been little
physical evidence after 1953
to convince mainstream
archaeologists, or even
ancient astronaut theorists,
that the myths about giants
ever had a basis in reality.
That is, until 1979, when more
giant bones were reportedly
discovered during
one of the island's
many archaeological excavations.
I interviewed two individuals
who worked on the excavation
of the Nuragic Ruins
in the town of Sardara,
underneath the Church
of Saint Anastasia.
Both of these
individuals dug up,
at different periods of time,
multiple skeletons of giants
from 9 to 12 feet tall.
And then the bones of the
giants would go into the church
and then disappear overnight.
There have been
hundreds of excavations
in which the bones of giants
have been allegedly unearthed
and then secreted away.
GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Before
we left the island of Sardinia,
Marty and I were
supposed to finally get
access to an actual giant bone.
That was all set, and then
we received notifications
that the guy pulled out
and he was not going
to show us the giant bone.
Why did he pull out?
One could argue that
some type of censorship
is going on in Sardinia.
MARTY LAGINA: Hey, I
want to ask you this.
Did ancient astronauts
visit Sardinia?
I think there is no doubt
that extraterrestrials visited
Sardinia in ancient
times because there are
similar megalithic structures
of inexplicable origin
elsewhere on the planet.
Right, because it's a piece
of what you've seen elsewhere.
GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Yes.
It adds to the bigger picture.
Yeah, OK.
Our ancestors were all
visited by the same teachers.
You know what?
I respect that
immensely because I
think that's the
correct scientific way
to go about things.
You start with a
supposition, and then
put it to the reality test.
Put it to the real world.
Put it to the evidence.
I want to become
convinced by the data.
GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: Well, if
I have accomplished anything
with you, I hope that
you continue looking
at other places and be like,
you know, that Giorgio guy,
he has a point.
You want me to be convinced?
Yes, exactly.
And that's a key point.
You look me in the eye and
you say, you know what?
I am convinced that ancient
astronauts visited this planet
and sowed the seeds
of what inspired
people to build these things.
I can't prove you wrong, OK?
[laughs]
I can't, and I don't know
anybody who can do that.
So the book is still open.
Yes, and I hope you will
read the next chapter.
You write it,
I'll read it, OK?
[laughter]
I'll read it.
