When the Spanish conquistadors confronted the natives in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1543, they were told about a tribe of giants that once inhabited the land of the Indians. These terrifying giants were killed by fire from the sky.
The Spaniards were surprised by this tale. Apparently the locals created stories to get their attention. But then their attitude changed. The Indians were very convincing and their stories were very detailed and not like fiction.
When the Spaniards discovered large ancient bones and strange marks on the rocks, they realized that something amazing had happened in Ecuador in the distant past.
The unusual archaeological discoveries in the valley where ancient giants died were initiated by Juan de Olmos, Lieutenant Governor of Puerta Viejo, who ordered excavations in the valley where the giants were said to have been killed.
Large ribs, various bones and teeth were found at this site. Whether these were indeed the remains of ancient giants is unknown, but the Spaniards found traces of thunderstorms in the rocks.
Men of gigantic stature with long hair, no beards, dressed in animal skin - this is how the Indians described these giants.
In 1553, Pedro Cieza de Leon published a report on the giants of Guayaquil. He wrote that “the natives tell, from what they heard through their ancestors, who heard and had it from their own, that giants sailed from the sea in large boats. These people were so tall that from the knee down, they were as large as the length of an ordinary person at life size, and the limbs were in proportion to their bodies, so it was monstrous to look at their heads so large and with hair that came down on shoulders. But these giants angered the spirits and were all killed by the fire that came from heaven."
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Pedro Cieza de Leon also says that these huge people were dressed in animal skins, had no beards and sailed without women.
Did the Indians of Guayaquil really face the giants that came from across the sea?