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00:00 Today we're on the hunt for Montreal's sleeping giants.

00:05 Walking through Montreal you're bound to come across a lot of street art.

00:18 From tiny pieces like this one that go way under people's radar,

00:21 hidden behind buildings,

00:23 to massive murals that make you feel really small.

00:26 There's something just about everywhere here.

00:29 But today, we're looking for something a bit bigger.

00:33 Spread across the city at this very moment

00:36 are pieces of art called the sleeping giants.

00:39 And they're called the sleeping giants because these things are huge.

00:43 Sometimes as big as the size of a city block.

00:46 So if these pieces really are that big, where are they?

00:50 And why have so few people actually seen them?

00:53 Ella and Peter are a duo from France

00:55 and they're the talent behind the sleeping giants.

00:58 They've hidden their art all over the world.

01:01 The only catch though, they don't tell anyone where they are.

01:04 Seriously, there are entire forums of people trying to figure out

01:07 the locations of some of these pieces.

01:09 But with a lot of research and a little bit of help,

01:12 I managed to track down one of these sleeping giants to here, in Hoxhalaga.

01:16 The thing is, I just have to find the place.

01:19 Now the artists went through a lot of trouble to hide these pieces.

01:23 So I'm going to do them a solid and keep it a secret.

01:26 But I will tell you this, the piece we're going to today

01:29 is not far off from the Olympic Stadium.

01:32 Alright, so I'm here. At least I think I am.

01:35 See, I tracked down the sleeping giant to this white building in Hoxhalaga.

01:39 But on the surface it doesn't really look like anything special at all.

01:43 The only way to know for sure if there is a sleeping giant here

01:46 is to go to the very top of the roof and check for ourselves.

01:49 It's time to go high.

01:51 Higher.

01:53 Higher.

01:55 There it is.

01:57 Whoa, that is huge.

02:00 Oh my god, it's so much bigger than I expected it to be.

02:05 I'd never think for a second that something this big

02:13 was just above me the whole time.

02:16 Okay, hold up.

02:18 It looks like there's two more sleeping giants just a couple blocks from here.

02:21 Let's go.

02:23 Should be around here somewhere.

02:26 Not the easiest things to find.

02:29 And again, it's really hard to make out anything on the rooftops from the ground.

02:32 But this is the direction we're supposed to be moving in.

02:35 I think this is it.

02:37 Should be around here somewhere.

02:39 Here.

02:41 Absolutely wild.

02:44 In case you can't tell, this one measures in at over 6,500 square feet.

02:51 Ella and Peter are famous for these huge murals

02:55 and they've secretly left their mark everywhere from Chile to Norway.

02:59 So this is a really special view that we're getting.

03:03 What we do know is the old woman giant and the giant in the red dress

03:09 were gifts from the artists from their visit to Montreal

03:13 during the 2016 Under Pressure Graffiti Festival.

03:17 [music]

03:20 There really isn't anything else like this in Montreal.

03:32 Art like this is easy to spot in a city,

03:35 but art like the sleeping giants is a little bit harder.

03:38 Even though it's hiding in plain sight, you just have to know where to look.

03:41 Alright, that's it for this episode, but I will see you next time

03:44 for another hidden place in Montreal that you're going to want to know about.

03:47 Take care.

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