A great article on the Nephilim

http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=626


This article says most everything I'd say about the Nephilim.  But since someone else has already done my work for me, I'll just post a link.  Seriously, read the article.  There are some deep mysteries in the Bible, many of which we lose simply because of translation.  This is one of these.  It answers a lot of questions about why God had to mete out certain judgements in the Old Testament.