We now know how the giant Easter Island statues got to where they are. Kinda. [Not Quite Bigfoot]


Researchers think they may have finally figured it out how the giant Moia statues on Easter Island made it to their sacred spot. Spoiler: It has nothing to do with UFOs. According to a National Geographic/NOVA special, Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo believe the statues may have been "walked" there using ropes.

Watch below:


[via ngm.nationalgeographic.com]

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  1. That is amazing! I always think it is neat when things like that are theorized and tested. Looks like it could be a valid theory

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  2. Not saying it was aliens.... but it was aliens

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    1. Oh yes, man himself just couldn't get it done. Pfffft. You Alien freaks make me laugh hysterically.

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  3. Man, how many people would it have taken for the 50 -80 ton actual statues?

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  4. It makes me crazy people are still saying we dont know how they done it.
    Im from the Czech republic. We have an engineer there (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Pavel), that was fascinated with ancient cultures and the way they sailed and buil the monuments. He has uncovered the exact way the ancient people moved the statues. IT WAS SOLVED already by Pavel Pavel in 70s. End of story. All czech republic knows about it, hes famous here. But you still see people say "we dont know how the statues got there, its imposible". Makes me crazy :D

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  5. "Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki, Pavel Pavel set out to demonstrate how the monolithic Moai of Easter Island might have been moved into place by a small number of people using only rudimentary technologies. He conducted a practice experiment in 1982 in south Bohemia using a concrete model (4.5 m, 12 tonnes). In 1986 he was invited by Heyerdahl to Easter Island to test his experiment in its actual setting, where he successfully replicated the experiment. Only 16 people with one leader were needed for relatively fast statue transportation. [2]"

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  6. He then performed some further experiments. He and five assistants using only wooden sledges erected and moved a 30-ton rocking stone at the village of Kadov (in Strakonice District) to its original location, from where it had been removed by unknown vandals in the 19th century. [3] He estimated that only 160 people with similar simple technology would have been necessary for transportation of the 800 ton stones in Baalbek.

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  7. !!!160 people can transport 800 ton stones!!!
    Ancient aliens my ass :D

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  8. But I have big hair and a sprayed-on tan and spent my entire allowance on Erich von Däniken books! I'm telling you it was ancient aliens!

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  9. There are many statues on Easter Island that are full body, this doesn't explain those.

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  10. Some of those statues are way bigger than that one...

    http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=637&tbm=isch&tbnid=OMRqifk-99FdoM:&imgrefurl=http://redicecreations.com/article.php%3Fid%3D17288&docid=Eu-Rut7--5mnMM&imgurl=http://redicecreations.com/ul_img/17287easterislandstatue.jpg&w=600&h=752&ei=9czoT-XkMfC62gWbi8npCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=117&vpy=126&dur=1843&hovh=251&hovw=200&tx=108&ty=129&sig=100302272090090474265&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=113&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:75

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