A growing number of people in Alwar are becoming abnormally tall; doctors suspect pesticide poisoning

For most of us, the dream to reach an NBA player's height ends at the age of 20, when we stop growing. But 37-year-old Kanchan Pradeep Sharma, a resident of Rajasthan's Alwar town, resumed growing when he was 27, and even after 10 years, his body is still expanding in height and girth.

From an average height of 5 feet and 6 inches a decade ago, today Kanchan is gigantic at 6 foot-plus. One look at his distorted V-shaped head, protruding cheekbones, bloodshot eyes and bulbous nose is enough to scare an adult. And Kanchan's demonic growls can leave even the bravest of us quaking.

When he lumbers down the winding galis of Alwar, children hide behind walls and whisper "Woh aaya danav (here comes the monster)."