Biblical Nephilim: The Baby-Eating Giant of Switzerland

There’s a statue in the Alps that parents don’t talk about at bedtime...

Standing in the heart of Bern, amid the postcard-perfect sandstone and the gentle curve of the river Aare, a figure looms that belongs in another time entirely. Or perhaps another world.

His mouth is open. There’s a child halfway in.

Three more squirm in the bag slung over his shoulder, and another dangles from his meaty fist. The giant’s eyes bulge with a terrible hunger, or perhaps madness. His pointed hat, once brightly painted, has faded with the centuries but not his appetite.