About

The Andrew Dawson Giant On Mountain Sighting or the TikTok Giant is a viral video posted by TikToker @andykapt in April 2022 in which he records what appears to be a giant person standing on a mountain in Canada. The video was proceeded by several other videos where Dawson attempts to see the giant again and claims he's being followed by the CIA. In May, he claimed the video was fake but took that claim back later in the month, making one final video of a building now standing where the giant was before disappearing from the platform. Later that year, unsubstantiated rumors that Dawson died after the final video started to spread online, leading to a conspiracy theory revolving around the event.

Origin

On April 9th, 2022, Canadian TikToker^[1] @andykapt posted a video captioned "ITS A GIANT" in which, from his car, he films a mountain in the distance that shows what appears to be a giant person standing on top of it. One person asks, "What is it?" and Andrew responds, "a person," asking his friend to pull over. The friend insists the shape is not a person. The video gained over 4 million views in eight months (shown below). The video is seemingly taken at Whistler's Peak in Alberta, Canada or Canoe Mountain, BC.

Followup Videos

Over the course of the next month, Dawson posted 13 more videos relating to the giant. On April 11th, 2022, he posted two videos to TikTok^[2][3] responding to people who said his camerawork was shaky and saying it's not realistic to explore the mountain because of how far away and high up it is. On April 12th he posted a video to TikTok^[4] showing a closer view of the mountain, although the giant is not there anymore, garnering over 750,000 views in eight months (shown below, left). That same day he posted an update to TikTok^[5] saying he was told by "some CIA agent" that he had to leave the area due to "some environmental issue," promising the viewers that he'd go back the next day (shown below, right).

On April 13th, Dawson then posted a video to TikTok^[6] of some lights in the sky over the mountain, captioned, "UFO??" writing, "Did the thing on the mountain go home?" that garnered over 678,000 views in eight months. Later that day, he posted^[7] footage of two helicopters flying over the area, saying they were "extracting" something from the area, garnering over 538,000 views in eight months (shown below).

On April 14th, 2022, Dawson posted^[8] a video of himself getting stopped by a person who he claims is the same "CIA agent" he saw before, garnering over 560,000 views in eight months. On April 17th, he posted^[9] a video showing a car outside his home that drives off as he tries to see who it is, suggesting he's being stalked by agents, garnering over 785,000 views in the same span of time (shown below, left). On May 6th, he posted^[10] a video saying he's not dead and hasn't disappeared, just that he's been too busy to update then revealing that the videos were fake (shown below, right). He repeatedly looks out of the corner of his eyes off-camera during the video as if being directed by someone.

On May 16th, he posted^[11] a cryptic video saying "you may never see me again" and that his videos weren't fake, garnering over 995,000 views in seven months (shown below, left). On May 17th he posted^[12] one final video showing the mountain again, this time with a building on top of it, garnering over 1.5 million views in the same rough span of time. Dawson has not posted any more videos since.

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Andrew Dawson Disappearance

Dawson stopped posting updates on the giant following the May 16th, 2022, video, inspiring viewers to wonder what happened to him. On September 17th, 2022, TikToker^[13] @specialkizzay posted a video claiming that Dawson died on July 1st, garnering over 97,000 views in three months (shown below). There has been no other confirmation that he died and many speculate it could be a hoax. On November 8th, TikToker^[14] @the_twilight_emporium posted a video claiming the shape is probably a radio tower.

On December 4th, 2022, TikToker^[15] @richie_mac_freedom_77 posted a video claiming that Dawson died. On the same day, TikToker^[16] @dontghostme posted a video spreading the rumor further, garnering over 630,000 views in four days. Hashtag Hyena^[17] published an article about the video that day. On December 7th, HITC^[18] reported on the video and Dexerto^[19] reported on it on December 8th.

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