Giant Alien (The Invaders)

The giant aliens are a sapient species of giant humanoids.

Biology
The giant aliens have a human-like appearance, although they stand at about 22 meters tall, estimated by the size of humans compared to them. Their large stature appears to give them a notable resilience to energy weapons, as the human guns, presumably a vaporization ray, only leaves small radiation burns on the skin of this species. The fact that the humans who landed on the giants' homeworld wore armored pressure suits could mean that the atmosphere that the giants live in is inhospitable to humans.

Culture and society
The only member of this species shown on-screen lived a solitary life in a farmhouse, caring for herself for many years. If this is representative of her species, then the race of giant aliens has an agricultural society with little industrial developments. However, it is also possible that other members of the giant aliens are technologically advanced, and that the elderly woman was an exception, implied by the episode's opening narration. The language of this species is unknown, as the woman did not speak on-screen, and it is unknown if she could understand the human astronaut.

History
An elderly, impoverished female member of this species was preparing some vegetables in a pot when she hears a loud sound on her roof. When she goes to investigate, she finds a miniature flying saucer, and sees a human astronaut, a small being to her, exit the craft. The astronaut attempts to interact with her, but the frightened giant kicks it down the open trapdoor. Another astronaut who had exited the craft and takes it as an act of hostility, firing at the giant with some sort of energy weapon. The giant retreats as the two astronauts begin attacking her, using their guns and the giant knives in the kitchen to injure her. However, the giant manages to kill one of the astronauts as the other retreats to the ship. The giant takes a hatchet and follows the astronaut to the ship, where she proceeds to start smashing the craft with the hatchet. She suddenly stops as she hears a voice from within. The astronaut tells an unseen superior via a communications uplink that the planet they had landed on houses an undefeatable race of giants that have killed his partner, and warns against a counterattack. The giant destroys the rest of the craft, which is revealed to be a US Air Force space probe.

Appearances

 * The Twilight Zone s02e15, "The Invaders" (1961)