At some point in the 19th Century, white armed settlers attacked a small Navajo community. All but one child were killed in the massacre. In mourning but enraged, the boy prayed to the Navajo spirit god known as the Coyote, seeking protection and revenge. The Coyote offered revenge upon the invaders when they would thirst. The boy then slid into the disemboweled carcass of a coyote. The boy was encased in the coyote carcass, which mutated into a gigantic form, and became buried upright several meters into the ground.