Scientists Finally Discovered the Truth About Easter Island

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  • Опубліковано 28 жов 2017
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    We all know that the easter island heads have bodies - that’s not a mystery at all. But how did the easter island population build hundreds of statues? Scientists have recently solved this mystery and discovered where these people disappeared to and why.
    For many decades, people's minds have been occupied with the mystery of Easter Island. A remote piece of volcanic soil, far away in the Pacific Ocean... But our planet hosts thousands of such lonely islands, what is so particular about this one?
    The mystery is concealed not in the island itself but giant stone statues covering it. Who created the world-famous huge stone heads? Did they serve any specific purpose? Where did their creators arrive from and where did they disappear?
    Well, it seems the answer is finally just around the corner!
    #easterisland #mystery #easterislandheads
    TIMESTAMPS
    What do we know about Easter Island? 1:05
    Amazing facts about Easter Island 2:18
    How have the statues been moved around the island? 5:25
    How could create Easter Island monuments? 7:24
    What happened to people on Easter Island? 8:09
    SUMMARY
    - Where is Easter Island located?
    Rapa Nui (which is the name given to Easter Island by its first inhabitants) is the territory of Chile and is situated in the southern Pacific Ocean. And it is so, so far that you can easily consider it one of the most distant places on the world's map. It lies 1,200 miles away from Pitcairn, which is its closest neighbor.
    - What's the main secret of the statues?
    Most statues (834 out of 887) were carved from the material called tuff which is, in fact, compressed volcanic ash. Curiously, all the statues except one group face inland. It means their backs are turned to the ocean. Perhaps the reason for that was the belief that the statues were the protectors of the villagers that's why they overlooked the settlement. The only statues not fitting into this pattern can be found at Ahu Akivi, a sacred place for the people of Rapa Nui.
    - Theories about how the statues had been moved.
    One of the most popular ones among the lovers of mysteries was the belief that the statues had been created and moved by aliens. But even if you like this theory, we are sorry to debunk it. The stone the statues were built from originates from the island itself. The birthplace of most of the material was an extinct volcano situated in the north-east of Easter Island and not another planet.
    - A new study about the island.
    A new study has been conducted recently to specify the maximum number of the inhabitants in the heyday of the island's civilization.
    The results arrived, and they were quite unexpected. It turned out that as many as 17 and a half thousand people could comfortably live on the island. At least 19 percent of the land could be covered with the fields of sweet potatoes that used to be the main source of food for the population. What is more, the islanders consumed quite a lot of seafood and fish.
    - Why did people on Easter Island disappear?
    At first, it was believed that the reason for such a decrease of the population was an ecocide. The natives cut out large forests and palm trees making spare room for moving the statues around as well as agriculture. They thought the trees were going to grow back fast enough. It was a misleading concept. The deterioration of the environment resulted in hunger. And this, in turn, led to wars and cannibalism.
    Nowadays, however, such a theory has been proven wrong. First of all, Rapa Nui inhabitants seemed to be very talented agricultural engineers. They deliberately fertilized the fields with the volcanic rock. In fact, another research has shown that people had been living on the island for many centuries. And the population only started to decrease when Europeans began visiting.
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  • @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL
    @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL  5 років тому +4198

    Guys, what do you think was the purpose of the Easter Island heads?

    • @rodelcasem8787
      @rodelcasem8787 5 років тому +116

      No have evidence an aliens in universe." Stone ages have tools to make any thing that way they community's and civilization..

    • @Desdemonya
      @Desdemonya 5 років тому +290

      defending against possible invasion by scaring the enemy

    • @Desdemonya
      @Desdemonya 5 років тому +90

      or once they built them all their eyes lit up and the people were taken to an alien planet (not even really a joke... It's what I think happened with Atlantis and other civilisations)

    • @brianflowers2517
      @brianflowers2517 5 років тому +204

      they got bored and needed something to do.I mean what else is there to do on a barren island?

    • @crampedcat
      @crampedcat 5 років тому +84

      Maybe they wertheir gods??🤔

  • @feenux
    @feenux 5 років тому +4035

    “ How could a handful of inhabitants create such magnificent and numerous monuments?”
    They had lots of TIME and no internet

  • @larryyeadeke7409
    @larryyeadeke7409 3 роки тому +528

    I was surprised by one of the first things they said. I had no idea there were over 800 of those things. Every time you see pictures they show 8 or 10.

  • @notslimjustshady
    @notslimjustshady Рік тому +11

    My friend visited easter island a few years ago he only caught internet at his hotel but shared so many stories that the people who occupy the island believed

  • @charlescoryn9614
    @charlescoryn9614 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent video........ it answered a couple of the questions I've been carrying around in my head for a lifetime!

  • @benjaminaldismo6832
    @benjaminaldismo6832 3 роки тому +1477

    I'm from the Pacific Islands, and from what I've learned, the clans of Rapa Nui would compete with each other by seeing who could carve bigger statues. It was a way to show dominance. And I'm not sure if I remember this correctly, but each statue that was carved is supposed to represent a member of their respective clans.
    And one common belief that most of us islanders share is that our ancestors were humongous. They were extremely tall and big. That may be why they were able to move the statues.

    • @medi2743
      @medi2743 3 роки тому +11

      Yeah I learn that to

    • @tiffanymarieelizabeth
      @tiffanymarieelizabeth 3 роки тому +62

      Evolution tells us that our ancestors were short. We’ve seen skeletons. A few thousand years ago, men that were 5 ft tall were considered tall. Now we consider that short. Utzi the iceman from 5k years ago was around that height.

    • @uzairabdullah208
      @uzairabdullah208 3 роки тому +36

      Yes ages ago people had long lives,meaning they lived for hundreds and before that ,even thousands of years.they were much more taller (they were gigantic!),had much much more strength !
      But you know every thing has its pros and cons,they were strong but didn't have much brains,at least much lesser than ours.
      Humans are constantly adapting so now,we may not be that strong physically,but mentally,we are getting better every day!

    • @nirradyen-tolobaz3727
      @nirradyen-tolobaz3727 3 роки тому +50

      Perhaps ,an island of the Nephilim of antiquity !🤔

    • @evanlarsen-chaney2301
      @evanlarsen-chaney2301 3 роки тому +12

      Which Pacific Island are you from?

  • @traceycrouch5532
    @traceycrouch5532 2 роки тому +6

    I just love ❤ this kind of stuff. Always eager to learn more about everything 💯. The more you think you know, is when you don't really know anything. Thanks guys for giving more knowledge to me.

  • @abeautifulmindispoetrydefi5323

    What we need to do is think outside the box on this mystery. So that would need a big think tank, what is going on here? As this remains one of the biggest mystery yet to be solved.
    1. Aside from being a monumental achievement possibly on one of the largest collections of "Stonemason monuments ever left behind", has earnt it the respect it so well deserves. Now to solve the why?
    2. If I left you as in "Mankind" a puzzle to work out the least I would expect you to do is work it out. This is exactly one of those occasions. Who, why, would you leave such a puzzle behind. The obvious reason, is that at some point someone will work it out. That firstly it is a puzzle, and secondly it's trying to tell us a message, but that message will have to wait a long, long time. Here's the kicker' the people who left the message knew that their message and the secrets it holds would be brought to light when it was nearing the right time, which is clearly now.
    3. The first and foremost question that one would rationally ask is in what direction/s do each of the heads point? Now the suggestion that it is over looking the tribe is both a little over dramatic and totally non-sensical. Yes, if you want to suggest or think they were so absorbed of themselves, you could allow yourself to reach that conclusion in a heartbeat, but really!!! Let's give this tribe a little more respect for being intelligent and have a more meaning purpose.
    4. We know that all the materials came from the Island. We also know that all the heads point in one particular direction? What is symbolic about the shape of the head, as they are not a usual head shape? Do the tops of the heads point to any star constellation in our Universe? Is the line of sight if drawn around the globe tie in with any coincidental location that would be some testimony to this tribe? If you join all the dots of where the heads are placed around the Island does it form a big arrow pointing to what? Exactly?
    5. Historians throughout the centuries have been left pieces of a puzzle which eventually all interlocks to form the "Big Picture" my understanding is that big picture is the same as "As Above, So Below" we just have to work it out. Just the same way that the "Great Pyramids of Giza" on Earth represents "Orion" up above!

    • @SpicyRemix
      @SpicyRemix Рік тому +2

      Thanks for my annual reading lesson.

  • @sw1tchbl4de_
    @sw1tchbl4de_ 3 роки тому +3702

    Nobody:
    The thumbnail:
    🗿
    💪

  • @skinnybuddha8988
    @skinnybuddha8988 4 роки тому +3084

    My version of heaven will be just basically flying through time and getting answers to all the world's mysteries.

  • @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
    @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy Рік тому +29

    Another mystery about the Island ( for me anyways ) is how was such a tiny and remote island discovered in the first place hundreds of years ago? It may seem to have been beyond the navigation technology, but it could have been a very simple explanation; birds. They release the birds on the boat out at sea and then follow the birds path, as they would instinctively find the nearest land.

    • @Gsrsourkrause
      @Gsrsourkrause Рік тому +2

      Probably an accident...they didn't have navigation..lol simple answer

    • @io950
      @io950 11 місяців тому +1

      I don't think people would head out to the sea with birds trying to find other lands.

  • @craigskrishna5497
    @craigskrishna5497 2 роки тому +3

    Its a wonderful video with lots of unknown facts.
    thanks.

  • @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL
    @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL  5 років тому +172

    TIMESTAMPS
    What do we know about Easter Island? 1:05
    Amazing facts about Easter Island 2:18
    How have the statues been moved around the island? 5:25
    How could create Easter Island monuments? 7:24
    What happened to people on Easter Island? 8:09

    • @shiagreybull3424
      @shiagreybull3424 5 років тому

      BRIGHT SIDE right

    • @thegoldenblock1213
      @thegoldenblock1213 5 років тому

      BRIGHT SIDE hi

    • @itzv9612
      @itzv9612 5 років тому +1

      Wow bright side you are amazing. I am telling everybody I know about you thx.

    • @ejonesss
      @ejonesss 5 років тому

      that is the music you used in the clip?

    • @gemmaayoor7986
      @gemmaayoor7986 5 років тому

      The real real question is who made the Easter island

  • @yummydogs5080
    @yummydogs5080 2 роки тому +502

    These videos are so much more interesting when I’m supposed to be asleep

  • @brit16gameing33
    @brit16gameing33 2 роки тому

    Thank you for introducing theses stories

  • @josedavidpaltanortiz6660
    @josedavidpaltanortiz6660 12 днів тому +1

    Very interesting! Thank you for Sharing!

  • @hl254
    @hl254 5 років тому +276

    i legit thought this was clickbait but it actually taught me something

    • @laumay7364
      @laumay7364 5 років тому

      Hugo L how did they get 5/8 of the statue buried?

    • @twilightundersky8658
      @twilightundersky8658 5 років тому +2

      @lau May natural weather, think about it, it’s about 400-500 years old and they’re pretty strong. All of these weather made the land change soon it’s pretty much buried except for their heads

    • @sparkle95star
      @sparkle95star 5 років тому +2

      Squidward's house has a basement

  • @lukemailander4538
    @lukemailander4538 5 років тому +659

    im like 2 years late in june 2019. who's still watching?

  • @Devon.with.an.i
    @Devon.with.an.i 2 роки тому +2

    It’s so weird how there’s easter eggs in real life. Stonehenge, easter island, and probably some other things we haven’t seen yet

  • @mcmuffin8969
    @mcmuffin8969 2 роки тому

    I’ve seen this video a million times and just now decided to watch it

  • @berandacostabobo6409
    @berandacostabobo6409 5 років тому +3581

    Who,is watching this in 2019

  • @selenesweetbrier9447
    @selenesweetbrier9447 3 роки тому +911

    Lol the first time I showed my little sister the statues, she said “maybe there is a body underneath”

  • @witheredboifelix
    @witheredboifelix 2 роки тому +4

    People in 2017: OMG!!1!!11!!!
    People in 2022: moai 🗿

    • @Bob-gu2zw
      @Bob-gu2zw 25 днів тому

      2024: giga Chad 🗿

  • @ms.bekzadaonlineschool22
    @ms.bekzadaonlineschool22 Рік тому

    Thank you for video!

  • @macdi7267
    @macdi7267 4 роки тому +1461

    The population decreased when Europeans started to visit. Where have we heard this before. Oh yes, everywhere!

    • @theblackmesaresearchfacili1079
      @theblackmesaresearchfacili1079 4 роки тому +146

      Europe is the key to chaos

    • @solidsnake3292
      @solidsnake3292 4 роки тому +93

      same thing happened to north, central, and South America.

    • @remrandom5485
      @remrandom5485 4 роки тому +34

      @@theblackmesaresearchfacili1079 and European did something to Canada that made orange shirt day and now us Canadians celebrate the day were we got freedom

    • @Its_hinaa
      @Its_hinaa 4 роки тому +7

      Even heard it in my own writing

    • @rebirthgamma7292
      @rebirthgamma7292 4 роки тому +3

      Aye

  • @Name-tj7iz
    @Name-tj7iz 4 роки тому +288

    I’m native Polynesian and my grandpa always told me that Rapanui was the library of Alexandria of Polynesia. Everything from plants and people were archived there-even the Polynesian written language was preserved there. Several thousands of years ago people of the pacific would meet frequently at taputapuatea in raiatea (the Piko or center of Polynesia) to update each other of progress and expansion. A dispute broke out there at taputapuatea and the islands of the pacific started to live in isolation (I have a longer story of this that I will spare you from).

    • @alora9829
      @alora9829 3 роки тому +5

      Wow..it's crazy ...

    • @TheGreatAshar
      @TheGreatAshar 3 роки тому +25

      Then you should write a book. :)

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 3 роки тому +10

      @Kintani A, hmm, interesting, and I second what @the Mighty Ashar said...who knows...maybe in the research of what your grandfather knew, he could hold some knowledge as to what is truly on Easter Island with the Maoi statues? I just hope that they do not fire laser beams, laser rings, and small Maoi heads, though.

    • @jonathanstoutenburg8634
      @jonathanstoutenburg8634 3 роки тому +9

      This is highly believable, thank you for sharing your story. 👍🙋‍♂️

    • @Name-tj7iz
      @Name-tj7iz 3 роки тому +32

      Pax Humana There are a lot of wonderful stories dying with the times because of lazy people like myself. I’m well into my adult life and sharing here has brought back some of the magic and mystery I felt when hearing stories from my youth. Coupled with the science and information today my amazement of the indigenous/aboriginal knowledge I’ve acquired in my youth has reawakened. In Polynesia we have an origin story called the kumulipo and in there it chants that the universe is constantly destroyed and rebuilt. The only animal to escape the last destruction was the he’e (octopus)-science today reveals that the cephalopod RNA is fascinatingly different from anything else other loving creature on this planet... I have hundreds of these inferences and I’ll try not to be lazy and write them down someday, I feel like my grandparents may be shaking their heads at us for not doing so...

  • @prasantapathak7724
    @prasantapathak7724 Місяць тому

    Quite interesting and the explanation is quite acceptable. Liked very much the vdo.

  • @chonacastilla8610
    @chonacastilla8610 Рік тому +2

    My theory on how small number of peopke can create 800 statues is that people make them generation to generation. what I mean to say is that people from previous generation makes their own number of statued then the next generation will make their own statues and so on..

  • @obamagayming9508
    @obamagayming9508 2 роки тому +858

    Everyone watching this be like : 🗿

  • @zdarknve8597
    @zdarknve8597 6 років тому +3990

    Clicks on the video... scrolls straight to the comments (that's a lot of likes 😂)

  • @safiahukamdad2022
    @safiahukamdad2022 2 роки тому

    My great great great grandfather studied this in school back in 1910 when he was 30!

  • @urmomfat7662
    @urmomfat7662 2 роки тому

    Little did these stones know they would become a emoji that millions of people use to symbolize that the video was bad

  • @xdBlueDingo
    @xdBlueDingo 6 років тому +2043

    Anyone else notice the massive pauses they do to make the video Longer XD

    • @invictuz4803
      @invictuz4803 6 років тому +113

      You mean that intermission where he asks if we are finding the video interesting, then tells us to continue watching as if we were going to stop watching if he hadn't interrupted the video?

    • @Lilpeepkinn
      @Lilpeepkinn 6 років тому +71

      ll BlueDingo ll They gotta get dem 10min. mark for the youtube moneyzz.

    • @abcdefjimin
      @abcdefjimin 6 років тому +24

      gotta get the 10 minute mark

    • @YayaBunWa
      @YayaBunWa 6 років тому +11

      But can your statue DO THIS?!

    • @captainnepnep3935
      @captainnepnep3935 6 років тому +15

      N Unicorn telling us to KEEP WATCHING!! And then staying silent for like 10 seconds is supposed to keep things interesting? OK...

  • @gutar5675
    @gutar5675 4 роки тому +387

    It's amazing how many "impossible" things can be done with a little human ingenuity

    • @impulseproman
      @impulseproman 3 роки тому +38

      And we sit back right now to let the 1% tell us what's best for our lives

    • @mr.bananadude5595
      @mr.bananadude5595 3 роки тому +1

      True

    • @veglau6364
      @veglau6364 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, like Egypt pyramids

    • @troubletrouble973
      @troubletrouble973 Рік тому

      People definitely don’t know .. we weren’t there.. with theories there is always something that will not back up the theory

    • @turkishmaid
      @turkishmaid Рік тому

      I‘m using this „walkining statue“ approach every time I have to assemble an IKEA shelf and the package is too heavy for me weak lady 🤪 so why do people think you need UFOs to do what every IKEA customer has to invent?

  • @ele4853
    @ele4853 Рік тому

    Awesome explanation!

  • @1417_
    @1417_ 2 роки тому

    Imagine ur the first people to find this place in modern times and you just see massive statues scattered around the island

  • @brama100
    @brama100 6 років тому +626

    Misleading title! Nobody discovered the truth, just speculation on how things occurred.

    • @RileyIsntDead
      @RileyIsntDead 6 років тому +19

      brama
      That is what most history is, you know.

    • @brama100
      @brama100 6 років тому +29

      But the title was misleading.

    • @akumawraith2803
      @akumawraith2803 6 років тому +16

      definitely click bait. Its all conjecture. No proof has ever been recovered to answer any of these questions. Modern archeology is just grasping at straws and ignoring any real evidence found.

    • @kwabenatree
      @kwabenatree 6 років тому

      +brama So You knew it?

    • @sergeyshchelkunov5762
      @sergeyshchelkunov5762 6 років тому +2

      yep, indeed! But then again...names and titles are misleading... most of the time

  • @pant104
    @pant104 6 років тому +1285

    God i hate it when channels tell me to give the video a thumbs up before actually watching it.

    • @kylekasha9403
      @kylekasha9403 6 років тому +55

      Dia Sonenclar like if you agree 😂😂

    • @brandonrobinson7324
      @brandonrobinson7324 6 років тому +45

      Dia Sonenclar when they ask for a like I just dislike lol I think everyone should start doing that

    • @erikaralph6323
      @erikaralph6323 6 років тому +3

      Dia Sonenclar yeah why because when the tell us to then we click the dislike button

    • @Cat-lw5qi
      @Cat-lw5qi 6 років тому +17

      Dia Sonenclar you gotta deal with it, they’re trying to make money.

    • @lolatheflemish582
      @lolatheflemish582 6 років тому +1

      Ikr

  • @2DarkHorizon
    @2DarkHorizon 2 роки тому

    Pretty sad that at one point people thought they committed ecocide and wiped out their own population. It is like a double negative for them portrayed as fools and taken away.

  • @RedSkeletonGames
    @RedSkeletonGames Рік тому

    the fish hooks in the noses and the fact that they ate a lot of fish seems like a connection

  • @savannahsierer9338
    @savannahsierer9338 6 років тому +1434

    He was saying that Tukaturi looked the most humanlike, but when I first saw the statue, I thought it was a gorilla...

  • @nostalgia831
    @nostalgia831 6 років тому +560

    When he said, "it might just make your life brighter" I accidentally turned my brightness up.

  • @Amanda-cd6dm
    @Amanda-cd6dm Рік тому +1

    Why pretend the statues were still covered when they have been uncovered for a long time

  • @wlchannel2537
    @wlchannel2537 2 роки тому

    Another great video.

  • @rishabhshrivastava6683
    @rishabhshrivastava6683 3 роки тому +601

    Imagine them being "stonified" titans from ancient times, and some day they wake up to reclaim their world..... I'd love that😍😍

  • @laurenislit4126
    @laurenislit4126 5 років тому +2346

    Who else was scrolling while watching the video

  • @alexandramulford7646
    @alexandramulford7646 23 дні тому

    I didn’t know Easter Island had so many statues

  • @CCShep64
    @CCShep64 Рік тому +5

    Were the statue bodies intentionally buried or was it just the environment over time that buried them?

    • @Trendle222
      @Trendle222 20 днів тому

      time, they are not 5-700 years like they are telling us, these are at least 3-4000+ yrs old , maybe MUCH older. Doesnt take a genius to see why

  • @leehigby
    @leehigby 3 роки тому +452

    The greatest mystery wasn't mentioned. There is a cave where there was material written on in an unknown language.
    A true mystery.

    • @lauracraftstudio8133
      @lauracraftstudio8133 3 роки тому +29

      They has also a kind of “writing” very similar to sumerian.

    • @NOTTHASAME
      @NOTTHASAME 3 роки тому +55

      They don't want you to know about the truth , It's hidden to keep you from knowing who came to this planet and who was here before our human kind.

    • @enlightenedgoof4632
      @enlightenedgoof4632 3 роки тому +25

      @@NOTTHASAME bongo cats

    • @NOTTHASAME
      @NOTTHASAME 3 роки тому +3

      @@lauracraftstudio8133
      Who do you think taught the Summarians ?

    • @josephdykes1820
      @josephdykes1820 3 роки тому +16

      @@NOTTHASAME I did

  • @shrub8644
    @shrub8644 5 років тому +704

    Do yourself a favor and put this on 1.5 speed.
    This guy talks very slowly on purpose to hit the 10 minute mark

  • @treppenwitz9831
    @treppenwitz9831 2 роки тому +2

    Who still watching this in 2022?

  • @seniorpink8613
    @seniorpink8613 Рік тому +1

    The truth is if we don't have to go to school nor to work and more importantly be united in doing something, we can do basically anything..
    It's an excellent piece of work but aside from their basic necessities I don't think they were busy doing something else

  • @abstract5249
    @abstract5249 4 роки тому +852

    They say if you're alone on Easter Island after sundown, the nearest Moai head rises up and starts walking toward your direction.
    Nah I made that up. But imagine though!

  • @vinyaegraham5138
    @vinyaegraham5138 6 років тому +277

    I believe it because Europeans also did that to the native Americans

    • @lilmiss4069
      @lilmiss4069 6 років тому +5

      Vinyae Graham Possibly, I mean like they did colonize places so maybe Easter island was one of them? Idk

    • @colinokeeffe4788
      @colinokeeffe4788 6 років тому +4

      Vinyae Graham The Europeans spread a second round of plague. Truth is most of Europe was affected and millions died as well as the natives. It's not like Europeans could have predicted this.

    • @vinyaegraham5138
      @vinyaegraham5138 6 років тому +6

      Colin O'Keeffe they got the diseases from eating animals without cleaning them properly or doing stuff like making a lavatory where they plant crops then they wanted to start to explore and while they were exploring they were taking sick people which was spreading the diseases that they had so therefore it wouldve been a good percentage of everyone getting sick and dying so I do believe the Europeans spread the diseases that killed these people which is why they are no longer in existence

    • @colinokeeffe4788
      @colinokeeffe4788 6 років тому +5

      Vinyae Graham Lack of hygiene, poor immune systems, and a small population is catastrophic. But we can't blame the Europeans they didn't have the science to know.

    • @pablogarcia-huidobro2840
      @pablogarcia-huidobro2840 6 років тому +7

      They are not native Americans, the island is considered to be part of the Australian continent, and the people came from the Polinesian islands. But yeah, the Europeans didn't come in peacefully, they took the natives and traded them as slaves, they almost wiped out all of the people.

  • @Anne.411
    @Anne.411 Рік тому +1

    If the statues were protecting the people they would face out to the sea, for oncoming enemies

  • @opalander
    @opalander 2 роки тому

    My sense of humor has degraded so much that the easter island statues make me laugh

  • @catethebag
    @catethebag 6 років тому +2803

    Maybe all the villagers had a statue carving contest and then they all went and jumped off the cliff

    • @mee2turn459
      @mee2turn459 6 років тому +32

      Say what?!?!

    • @Nikolai25252
      @Nikolai25252 6 років тому +24

      ArtisticAlbino lolololol 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @joeye1015
      @joeye1015 6 років тому +77

      ArtisticAlbino seems legit

    • @elliotashton2294
      @elliotashton2294 6 років тому +42

      That's probably what happened

    • @blackheart2189
      @blackheart2189 6 років тому +31

      ArtisticAlbino sounds logic man

  • @colewilliams3437
    @colewilliams3437 5 років тому +199

    It took us this long for someone to decide to grab a shovel and see what under them. 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @amandagoodman1877
      @amandagoodman1877 5 років тому +3

      Not you, other people

    • @paulwilson3434
      @paulwilson3434 5 років тому +1

      Right chap. That was incredible

    • @davidpagan291
      @davidpagan291 5 років тому

      Cole Williams same thoughtm

    • @Xander1Sheridan
      @Xander1Sheridan 5 років тому +13

      it took them that long to bring shovels to the island. Archaeologists make up theories and bs and then fit facts into them, they have no actual idea what happened.

    • @williamsherman2374
      @williamsherman2374 5 років тому +1

      Was thinking that myself.

  • @stevo0625
    @stevo0625 Рік тому +1

    I love how every time we discover an amazing structure or megalithic site we ask the people there how they did it and they are always like "duh, i dunno..." lolol 🤦‍♂️

  • @AdkinsInternet
    @AdkinsInternet 7 місяців тому

    I like the theory that says it was different clans competing to see who could make the biggest statue. But I just don’t understand how the people got to the island in the first place?

  • @CobaltBob
    @CobaltBob 6 років тому +2273

    This doesn't help me at all. Tell me why I put two socks in the dryer, and 30 minutes later only one is left.

    • @paula3729
      @paula3729 6 років тому +49

      CobaltBob hahahahahahagahahaa that happend a lot to me though

    • @zavier1512
      @zavier1512 6 років тому +13

      CobaltBob lol

    • @thecommentator9387
      @thecommentator9387 6 років тому +11

      CobaltBob xD

    • @johnbarnett2804
      @johnbarnett2804 6 років тому +119

      Another part of that is. Witch sock is missing? Left or Right? and is it always the same side? Could be a Left wing or a Right wing conspiracy.

    • @benw9949
      @benw9949 6 років тому +33

      I read a short story once that claimed a clever cat went into the whirling portal to the alternate dimension and fought off the sock-stealing creature. -- Unfortunately, I still lose a sock now and then, so I guess the brave cat didn't win entirely, though in the story, he returned triumphant. -- Still no idea why all those socks get stolen. I mean, are there creatures with lots of cold feet who need more good socks? But why don't they take 'em in pairs? It's such a mystery! :D

  • @maxrules2161
    @maxrules2161 6 років тому +530

    Yeah but how did people originally get on the island?

    • @shamelleclimaco3295
      @shamelleclimaco3295 6 років тому +18

      max rules through the stone bridges I guess??

    • @solstia458
      @solstia458 6 років тому +39

      max rules We swam there cuhz

    • @PaintedDog
      @PaintedDog 6 років тому +62

      probably boats or canoes. Boats have been around for many millenia

    • @miggydarao8643
      @miggydarao8643 6 років тому +29

      The same way how all humans have started as an organism.

    • @PaintedDog
      @PaintedDog 6 років тому +22

      We still are organisms

  • @TOON3HUNDRED700
    @TOON3HUNDRED700 2 роки тому +2

    Creators carve a moyai statue 🗿

  • @msjfab1966
    @msjfab1966 Рік тому +1

    Great Video I have never heard this story before Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

  • @frankthetank21
    @frankthetank21 6 років тому +304

    Easter Island: *Dum,dum. You new you give me gum gum*
    Guess what is this movie.

    • @joeblow6557
      @joeblow6557 6 років тому +17

      Spydaman nights at museum

    • @rehanoffei6829
      @rehanoffei6829 6 років тому +2

      dum dum dee Dee dum dum- Tedisha

    • @rebeccarobin1232
      @rebeccarobin1232 6 років тому +19

      Night at the museum, aka MY CHILHOOD

    • @tanshajain4153
      @tanshajain4153 6 років тому +6

      Night at the museum

    • @caveman4694
      @caveman4694 6 років тому +11

      Night at the museum... i miss this movie so much and all people who watch this movie with me...

  • @insertname5009
    @insertname5009 5 років тому +1769

    1999 Kids: We already know this
    Scientist: Waht is it?
    1999 kids: *sQuiDwArds hOusE*
    Edit: man i used to be cringy af

  • @ANTIQUE_FARMING_EQUIPMENT
    @ANTIQUE_FARMING_EQUIPMENT 2 роки тому +2

    Guy who got trapped in a island: makes so many statue's and later dies 🗿
    Some random guy's on 2000: There is so many secrets about this statues 🤪

  • @licanray3128
    @licanray3128 Рік тому +1

    Soy de chile y sabemos que la isla de pascua (rapa - nui) es una cultura sobreviviente a muchos acontecimientos lamentables.
    No se cuenta mucho sobre la esclavitud y casi DESAPARICIÓN de la etnia Rapa - nui a manos de los esclavistas Europeos.
    Casi los extinguieron por la brutalidad de la esclavitud, las enfermedades , la hambruna , etc, los llevaban en barcos al Perú y otros paises , dónde morían por miles a causa de las inhumanas condiciones de vida.
    Solo once familias sobrevivieron y volvieron a su isla amada, para luego sufrir discriminación y abusos por parte de los colonos.
    (EUROPEOS Y CRIOLLOS)
    La historia es similar a otras culturas de América , africa , asia y Oceanía.
    un verdadero genocidio.

  • @wolfstar420
    @wolfstar420 5 років тому +579

    Break those statues apart. You'll find Squidward inside

    • @ayishamohammed4173
      @ayishamohammed4173 5 років тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @kurtsantos3233
      @kurtsantos3233 5 років тому +2

      Hahaha

    • @kaushikassagur769
      @kaushikassagur769 5 років тому +2

      Lol😂😂😂

    • @theresakish7560
      @theresakish7560 5 років тому +8

      Why'd you want to break squidwards home??

    • @wolfstar420
      @wolfstar420 5 років тому +7

      @@theresakish7560 good point. It's becuz they don't know yet that Squidward lives there. No worries, I'll pay for the reconstruction of his house

  • @literallynoone1387
    @literallynoone1387 6 років тому +484

    WHY 887 statues, Why not 888

    • @TahoeJones
      @TahoeJones 6 років тому +50

      That's the 70 foot unfinished one.

    • @conelrad22
      @conelrad22 6 років тому +38

      I wonder if that 70 foot one was actually a rocket that was being built in order to contact the aliens that had been giving them these statues.
      "Stop giving us stones! They've filled up our local beach and now we have to cut forests down to make room!"

    • @BoredXRP
      @BoredXRP 6 років тому +5

      Because white ancestors killed them off before more could be made.

    • @Zommgr
      @Zommgr 6 років тому +3

      why not 885 or 890

    • @lh9350
      @lh9350 6 років тому +2

      Dr Bamboo to annoy future scientists and historians

  • @charlesshepherd2004
    @charlesshepherd2004 2 роки тому +1

    I just wanna see how these guys did it! Incredible

    • @eddardstark5034
      @eddardstark5034 2 місяці тому

      you mean carved and moved the statues? cause we know that now.

  • @ChroniclesOfEnigma
    @ChroniclesOfEnigma 8 місяців тому +1

    Such a shame that the civilization was destroyed from mismanagement of natural resources.

  • @blazinasian1232
    @blazinasian1232 6 років тому +992

    The narrarator kinda creeps me out

    • @jakeg3126
      @jakeg3126 6 років тому +32

      I agree, his voice is annoying and emphasizes every sentence wierd

    • @johnmarquez3807
      @johnmarquez3807 6 років тому +9

      You think this narrarator's voice is creepy? Obviously you haven't watched Dark 5's channel..

    • @brodee4336
      @brodee4336 6 років тому +1

      MIGzUNIVERSe yep

    • @SuperSickNerd
      @SuperSickNerd 6 років тому +2

      MIGzUNIVERSe lol!!!! Same!

    • @deetime7306
      @deetime7306 6 років тому +2

      MIGzUNIVERSe I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING HIS VOUCE IS SCARY!!!

  • @tina975
    @tina975 5 років тому +546

    These videos scare me for some reason.. the music, dullness
    Who else?

  • @chethakmp3
    @chethakmp3 Рік тому

    Awesome 😊 thanks 😊

  • @staliumzalki
    @staliumzalki Рік тому +1

    How about the logic of they are giants and their legs got destroyed by volcano ashes

  • @uygfiyg78
    @uygfiyg78 6 років тому +880

    speed up the vid..dude tried too hard to hit the 10 min mark

    • @julianguridi916
      @julianguridi916 6 років тому +30

      The video has no ads 😂😂😂😂 there is no need to hit "10 min mark"

    • @jvhx711
      @jvhx711 6 років тому +26

      Julian Guridi Yeah, well whether or not there is, content creators definitely seem to believe it helps, and it leads to stuff like this where, instead of letting the content sell itself, they put in annoying tidbits like: " Keep Watching" and slow down videos.

    • @Abi_is_the_name
      @Abi_is_the_name 6 років тому +5

      Techweet I TOTALLY FORGOT THAT speeding up the video was an option

    • @blackheart2189
      @blackheart2189 6 років тому

      Julian Guridi mark tried hard and hit the the 10 minutes really hard

    • @immersivesim
      @immersivesim 6 років тому +3

      Techweet I'm playing this on 1.25x speed

  • @midoastraeus1398
    @midoastraeus1398 6 років тому +592

    Did they seriously have to use such a creepy background music?
    Edit : omg so many likes 😮

  • @traycwilson945
    @traycwilson945 2 роки тому

    That still doesn't tell us how many Islanders in its heyday were on the island. All that tells us is there could be a maximum of 17,500 not that there was 17,500.

  • @jaymeegracemoya2504
    @jaymeegracemoya2504 2 роки тому

    887 gigantic statues? Dude, strange asf

  • @jaydenstodgell
    @jaydenstodgell 4 роки тому +751

    If you’re reading this...
    I hope you have a good day!

  • @pump949
    @pump949 6 років тому +194

    The 888th fall in the ocean and now squid from spongebob is living in it

  • @mahanzuslesiureworld7314
    @mahanzuslesiureworld7314 2 місяці тому

    you know when the island ground is so tall they just carve in it
    i do not think you understand

  • @Nsmnsd197
    @Nsmnsd197 Рік тому +3

    I feel like I lost brain cells scrolling through these comments

  • @user-we9pt4xg4j
    @user-we9pt4xg4j 6 років тому +255

    Why did people wait until 2012 to dig up 1 statue?

    • @byshopwilliams8256
      @byshopwilliams8256 6 років тому +16

      Exactly my point, if it takes us that long to do something simple like uh dig around it? we might as well forget it....

    • @321ipoppy3
      @321ipoppy3 6 років тому +2

      Hilarious!!!!!

    • @ModernWorld.
      @ModernWorld. 6 років тому

      Too busy fighting

    • @skyyl627
      @skyyl627 6 років тому

      L probably because they thought it was ancient and didn't want to destroy them or ruin them

    • @nateball1225
      @nateball1225 6 років тому +1

      Cuz they buried it

  • @michaelrichker3248
    @michaelrichker3248 2 роки тому +15

    I visited Easter Island and found the rock which, when touched, brings a vibrating feeling.

  • @shaneosmera6816
    @shaneosmera6816 2 роки тому

    Chances are the statue material was already in position. Or really close to where they ended up.

  • @-CBA-
    @-CBA- Рік тому

    i have found effigies stack and im in the process of building serval back together again what i found in georgia will forever change things

  • @AshaEll
    @AshaEll 4 роки тому +221

    A skilled and very interesting civilization, that was doomed because of outsiders.

    • @wesleylim5182
      @wesleylim5182 4 роки тому +4

      Purple Dove idk what that means but I agree

    • @Chante_Sapa
      @Chante_Sapa 4 роки тому +33

      I swear European Colonization and involvement killed a lot of great civilizations. (Or almost if not destroyed them)

    • @sanitation7701
      @sanitation7701 4 роки тому +2

      Me two Wesley me too

    • @SeriouslySeriousGrim
      @SeriouslySeriousGrim 4 роки тому +2

      And cannibalism I think

    • @kassedd09
      @kassedd09 4 роки тому +1

      What have they done. Now instead of 99% of the population being smart, like 60% (or less idk) is smart. Ridiculous

  • @UnknownUnknown-pp7pj
    @UnknownUnknown-pp7pj 4 роки тому +196

    3:48 I knew Mc Donalds had something to do with this.😤😤😤

  • @resieaguilar9042
    @resieaguilar9042 2 місяці тому

    I was to visit some of this days this famous statues in Chile

  • @kimtreneman-pape6107
    @kimtreneman-pape6107 2 роки тому +3

    I, too have seen this before on a documentary. I agree with Jonna Clark, bodies being under the ground is new for me also.

  • @sreeharipanthalath8657
    @sreeharipanthalath8657 6 років тому +574

    3:50 proof that they had their own Mcdonalds on easter island. The statues were probably build to show their love.

  • @eagleviewhd
    @eagleviewhd 6 років тому +352

    I have been to Easter Island twice. I spent a total of four weeks on the island. In the late 1960’s and early 70’s the USAF had a base there. I installed a Sea/Air Rescue communications station there for the Chilean Air Force and also helped close down the USAF base when it closed around 1971.
    No the fact that the statues had bodies was not discovered in 2012. This was well known decades before that. I knew about it in the late 60’s.
    They transported the statues on sleds that they pulled probably over rollers made out of tree trunks or heavy branches.
    Some of the places where the statues had been set up were used as burial sites. There were human skulls and other bones readily visible there.

    • @JonaliChatterjee
      @JonaliChatterjee 6 років тому +3

      U installed Rescue Station?!! Who r u?

    • @eagleviewhd
      @eagleviewhd 6 років тому +29

      1234 5678 Retired USAF. Was stationed with 1956 Communications Squadron at Albrook AFB, CZ Panama. We installed and maintained radio communications for US Military programs throughout Central and South America.

    • @jackjanuario9502
      @jackjanuario9502 6 років тому +10

      don't believe him. he is either an alien or a "European" that killed off all of the natives

    • @jackjanuario9502
      @jackjanuario9502 6 років тому +28

      Eagle View HD could be worse you could be European

    • @victorgachuiri7816
      @victorgachuiri7816 6 років тому +6

      Jack Januario 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @travistaylor4342
    @travistaylor4342 Рік тому

    There's only videos about Easter islands collapse I want to know what it was like during its height

  • @diehardoutdoors
    @diehardoutdoors Рік тому +1

    It would be funny if it was just like a hall of fame for best hunters of all time lol

  • @retardedautist
    @retardedautist 3 роки тому +510

    Dr.Stone intensifies

  • @froylanvega281
    @froylanvega281 6 років тому +1318

    Of course everywhere the Europeans go something goes extinct

    • @kelleylove77
      @kelleylove77 6 років тому +40

      Froylan Vega This is only because long ago Europe brought diseases on their voyages.

    • @Muhbautz
      @Muhbautz 6 років тому +84

      yes, best example is America: Europeans arrived and PUFF Intelligence goes extinct in that place.

    • @emilyemyemily
      @emilyemyemily 6 років тому +38

      Froylan Vega This is rude to Europeans, not everything is our fault omg

    • @zunrt9230
      @zunrt9230 6 років тому +6

      Froylan Vega the earth is round// try going from chile to asia without going to the pacific ocean. Then asia pacific ocean to chile. Now. Tell me which is east and west?

    • @rese370
      @rese370 6 років тому +20

      Froylan Vega why did he use a black people slide for hunger and war

  • @itk.r8rsn8k15
    @itk.r8rsn8k15 2 роки тому

    This where you go hunting for the biggest eggs on Easter Sundays.

  • @curtsoulonline
    @curtsoulonline Рік тому

    They floated the statues with simple resonance/anti gravity. Most of the ancient sites around the world were built that way.