I have been interested in Solomon Islands mysteries (of which there are four, not necessarily connected with each other, namely giants, “small people”, strange lights in the sky and mysterious ancient (?) ruins) for at least the last four or five years.

In 2008 I managed to go to Solomon Islands to try and check the veracity of Mr Marius Boirayon’s claims that he put in his articles and his book. Obviously four weeks (that was all the time I had at the moment) was far too short to be able to do it properly, but I have made an observation of lights in the sky (while obviously very far from claiming – without further clarification – that these ware alien craft, they were nevertheless unidentified and therefore UFOs), and – judging from some mails on some little-known Guadalcanal and Malaita social forums – they may have been some secret military technology.

Since my return, I have been itching to go to Solomon Islands, this time for a much longer time, to research all four mysteries in more detail. Obviously, money is the major obstacle, but I am determined and hoping to go in the second half of 2011.

What you are saying is amazingly interesting!

The report made by Japanese soldiers is interesting, and I may add no particularly unusual. It is interesting when one looks into the old accounts, just how many reports of strange creatures popped up during World War II in various far flung Pacific Islands. Many of these islands were remote and long isolated from the presence of outsiders, yet exhibiting a great many strange, ethnoknown creatures. Japanese soldiers produced a great many accounts of bizarre animals in these places such as these giants, many of which were hardly ever mentioned again after the war ended. I often wonder why it is that these reports, perhaps the first time outsiders had ever been exposed to these potentially new creatures, so often faded away.

I know of a great many stories concerning bizarre creatures purportedly encountered by Japanese soldiers, and it seems like an area ripe for digging deeper into. I commend the author of this book for making an effort to glean more information from these obscure reports.

The giants themselves also make for a great discussion on the biology involved. What are they? How would they fit into the ecosystem? In what ways were their physiologies able to adapt to overcome the challenges that come with such a large size? While possible for quadrupeds, with the structure of a true biped, how is it that they have evolved to be able to stand 20 feet tall?

There are some possible answers I can think of. Perhaps these are the descendants of early hominids that displayed island gigantism, similarly to how conversely Homo floresiensis is thought to be hominds who went the other route and miniturized due to insular dwarfism. Yet, 20 feet tall? It is interesting to ponder such a size, how the creature could have gotten to that point, how it would have adapted, and what it’s place in the natural world would be.

So many questions. Perhaps Boirayon can help to uncover some answers.