Giant People in the bible?

My guess is that anyone over 6 ft was likely considered a giant in the time period covered in the OT. Relatively poor diets, particularly for Hebrew slaves coming out of Egypt and wandering around in the wilderness would not promote maximum growth. Also the fact that Goliath, who was about 7 feet tall if one can believe the text, was considered remarkable, suggests that his height was considerably above average even for the Philistines. All it would take for the spies to carry back tales of "giants" would be to see several above average height men, imo. These were fearful people and the tendency to exaggerate must have been strong indeed. This plus the fact that the spies were likely crouching/crawling in the underbrush probably produced the observation of "giants".

From the OP citing the Dead Sea Scrolls.....