Giant Sherpa

The Giant Sherpa was a hulking sidekick of Toht who wrestled Indiana Jones in The Raven in 1936.

Biography
Recruited off the streets of Kathmandu by Arnold Ernst Toht, the Giant Sherpa waited outside Marion Ravenwood's bar The Raven while the others went in to take the medallion from her. Seeing that Indiana Jones was spoiling things inside, the huge man burst in and started to grapple with the archaeologist.

Pulling Jones away from his doorway hiding place, the Sherpa threw Jones against the bar and pinned him on the bar counter. Toht knocked over some alcohol and ignited it, letting the flame run down the bar toward Jones. Jones asked Ravenwood, hiding behind the bar after knocking out the Mean Mongolian, for some whiskey. After getting a bottle of whiskey, Jones smashed it on the head of the sherpa, who momentarily let go of Jones. Escaping from the line of flames on the counter, Jones was grabbed again by the sherpa, who simultaneously tried to choke Jones and grapple for his pistol.



As the Sherpa fought with Jones over control of Jones' pistol, Toht ordered the other Nazi to simply shoot both brawlers. Realizing that they had a common enemy, the sherpa and Jones aimed the gun in the direction of the machine-gun toting German and fired it several times, killing the thug. Distracted, Jones slipped away from the Sherpa again, who followed him.

Jones tried to push him into the fireplace but only succeeded in losing his gun and setting the goon's arm on fire. Shrugging off the pain, the Sherpa swung at Jones with his burning sleeve several times and continued fighting. While his back was turned, Jones took him down with a chair to the head and the Sherpa was abandoned inside the burning Raven.

Behind the scenes
The Giant Sherpa was portrayed by Pat Roach, who also played the German Mechanic.

Appearances

 * Raiders of the Lost Ark novel
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark

Notes and references
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