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RELOADED | 623: Sacrificing To Kandahar Giants

Jan 26, 2026
A chilling walk through Kandahar family legends about giants, djinn, and ritual livestock offerings in caves. Stories of enormous footprints, vanishing relatives during circles, and prophetic dreams tied to inherited spiritual burdens. Tales blend cultural folklore, martial-arts lore about spirit markings, and warnings about astral travel risks.
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ANECDOTE

From Neglect To Foster Care

  • Ray recounts being placed in foster care after severe neglect and abuse in his childhood home.
  • He describes boarding with a pastor's family who raised him lovingly until adulthood.
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Mavazume: Acid-Tongued Earth Beings

  • A member of Ray's Afghan community told a legend of earth creatures called Mavazume that lick through hills with acidic tongues.
  • The story framed their emergence as an end-times judgment when they finally break to the surface.
ANECDOTE

Dos Mahmud: The Village Giant

  • Ray recounts a village giant, Dos Mahmud, who lifted a waterlogged sack of flour and helped a struggling man.
  • Villagers joked he was part of the jinn and called him an enormous, thick-built man.
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