There was a shaggy, monstrous colossus in the distance, taller than the Himalayas--the man who had been beside them.
The man was so huge, because he was a literal giant.
mnli hypothesis: The man was so huge, because he was a literal giant. premise: There was a shaggy, monstrous colossus in the distance, taller than the Himalayas--the man who had been beside them.