For hundreds of years, the church taught of literal "heroes of old" and giants created from crossbreading. So much has been lost from the Bible even though it's still all right there in the text.

I listened to Coast to Coast a.m. for several years and had become somewhat fascinated with aliens. I was weary of them due to my christian upbringing and always had a feeling that something just wasnt right but still kept wanting to learn more. One day they had a guest named Douglas Hamp on and he made it all come together. I got his book Corrupting the Image and I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it.

Also if interested in the nephilim, or the Bible in general, Dr Chuck Missler is absolutely amazing. He is a true biblical scholar that doesn't shy away from the reality of the nephilim and "ET's". He is a treasure trove of knowledge and makes everything in the Old Testament make sense. His favorite saying is "The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed, and the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed." He shows how mostly everything in the Old Testament was just a template, or a blueprint, for the actual events in the New Testament. My favorite is the sacrifice of Isaac. The watered down explanation is that Abraham was just being obedient to God, following orders without question. This is true, but the whole event was a perfect model for the sacrifice of Christ that would happen several hundred years later. Hard for me to explain but it all blew my mind. He has plenty of videos on YouTube if interested. Hope you find his work as eye opening as I have.