India, June 7 -- Canadian arm-wrestling champion and military veteran Devon Larratt has reignited interest in the decades-old "Kandahar Giant" in a recent podcast appearance with Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience.

Larratt, a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces and one of the most successful arm wrestlers in history, said he personally observed a man whom he estimated to be more than eight feet tall while conducting military operations in southern Afghanistan.

While he stopped short of claiming he had encountered the mythical "Kandahar Giant" itself, his remarks drew attention because of similarities to stories that have circulated online for years about alleged giant humanoids in remote Afghan regions.

However, the story has...