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Seven stone giants
standing guard
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over a Pacific island.
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But what are they protecting,
and from whom?
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According to
the people of the island,
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they face the actual homeland
of their ancestors.
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Could the answer be
found some 2,000 miles away?
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We are baffled
by what it's all about.
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Ancient astronaut theorists,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
and David Childress
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embark on an
incredible journey...
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This is the famous Hiva.
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...to a land
of bizarre figures...
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Look at all these heads with
the big goggle-shaped eyes.
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...and forbidden places...
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If you step on the site,
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something bad is going
to happen to you.
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...in search of what could be
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the ultimate evidence
of mankind's
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extraterrestrial origins.
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If we can crack the
mysteries of Easter Island,
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we're going to be able to open
up once and for all
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the true mysteries
of the ancient world.
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Easter Sunday,
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April 5, 1722.
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Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen
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is 2,300 miles off the coast
of Chile,
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leading a fleet of three ships
on an expedition to establish
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a western trade route
to the Spice Islands.
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In the early afternoon,
he is alerted by his crew
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that they have spotted
a small island,
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and that there is smoke rising
from it in several places,
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suggesting that it is inhabited.
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When they reach the shore,
they are surprised
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by the appearance
of some of the natives.
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When Roggeveen and his crew
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discovered Easter Island
in 1722,
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accounts were written down
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that not only
did they stumble across
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normal Polynesian-looking
people, but as well,
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people of giant proportions,
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who were light skinned,
had red hair,
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and even blonde hair.
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As recorded in the ship's log,
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they also made another,
even more unexpected discovery.
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"We noticed certain
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"remarkably tall stone figures.
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"These stone figures caused us
to be filled with wonder,
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"for we could not understand how
it was possible to erect them.
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"Some of these statues were
a good 30 feet in height
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and broad in proportion."
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Roggeveen named this
remote land "Easter Island,"
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after the day on which
it was discovered.
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But today,
nearly 300 years later,
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Roggeveen's questions concerning
the strange appearance
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of the natives, as well as
the origins and purpose
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of the gigantic stone statues,
known as moai,
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have yet to be answered.
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One can imagine that the moai,
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being set up all around
the island with their backs
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to the outside world
looking inwards,
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were a kind
of protective barrier
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that the ancestors
would look after them,
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and protect their little world.
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The thing about these moai
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is that they have these very
strange faces, very elongated.
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They don't look quite human.
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They're humanoid,
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but they're somehow different
than ordinary humans.
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They look almost alien
in appearance.
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And you have to wonder, what do
they ultimately represent?
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Carved from volcanic rock,
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the nearly 900 moai each weigh
up to 90 tons,
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and the tallest of them tower
above the landscape
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at heights of more than 30 feet.
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There have been many theories
over the years
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as to how they were moved.
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The first theory is thought
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that they must have been
dragged horizontally
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on sledges or rollers
or something of that kind.
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It was tried again recently
for a TV film,
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and again they moved it
a few meters
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but it really doesn't, uh,
prove anything.
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The idea
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that the trees were cut down
at some point,
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and they were all used
for rollers, wooden logs,
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falls by the wayside,
because wooden rollers
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would not be able to support
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the weight of some
of these statues.
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You're talking about
several hundred statues,
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and it would depend on the size
and weight of the statue,
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the number of people you had
available to help,
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the distance you were going
to go, the kind of terrain.
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So, basically,
we don't really know.
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the answers to just how
the moai were transported
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and positioned in the island
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can be found in the legends told
by the native people,
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legends that suggested
a type of energy,
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known as "mana,"
was used to literally levitate
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the giant sculptures into place.
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According with, uh, oral
tradition and the legends...
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The king was given
the gift of mana
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from the great creator god,
Makemake.
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Legend holds
that the king commanded
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that these
great stone statues walk.
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And one has to wonder,
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well, either they all
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were off their rockers
describing these things,
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or they witnessed something.
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And I'm leaning more
in the direction
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that they witnessed something
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because there had to have been
a spark of inspiration.
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And so, in my opinion,
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mana was some type of
extraterrestrial technology
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that allowed these stones
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to be levitated into place.
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When the statues had pupils,
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they came to life,
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imbued with mana to have
supernatural powers.
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According to
the Easter Island myth,
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this power came out of the eyes
of the statues,
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and was this mystical power.
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It's like it was creating
some kind
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of force field of energy
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that surrounded the island
and protected it.
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So you have to wonder if there's
something real here,
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and was it some kind of
extraterrestrial technology?
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Of all the many
mysteries of Easter Island,
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perhaps the most puzzling
involves
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not only the construction
of the moai,
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but their positioning
on the island.
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880 of the 887 moai face inland,
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but on the west edge
of the island,
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seven of the moai
are positioned on a platform
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known as Ahu Akivi,
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and face outwardly,
towards the sea.
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Moais face in, it's believed,
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because they're protecting
the village that they oversee.
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Ahu Akivi is the one exception.
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The moais there look out to sea.
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Not only that,
they're identical.
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But why would these
seven identical moai face out
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to sea, when all of the other
moai on the island face inland?
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Could it be that they were meant
to point to a specific location
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somewhere farther out?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by drawing a straight line
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from the line of sight
of the seven moai.
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Following it on
a northwesterly route,
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the first landmass in its path
is the Marquesas Islands,
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roughly 2,300 miles
from Easter Island.
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The Marquesas are an
extremely remote island group,
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which is part of
French Polynesia.
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It's a three-and-a-half-hour
flight northeast of Tahiti.
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And it's a part of what's known
as the Polynesian triangle,
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which is bound by Hawaii
in the north,
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Easter Island in the east,
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and New Zealand in the west.
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It was the last place on Earth
that was discovered.
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And there's probably more
mystery shrouded in the Pacific
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than any other place
in the world.
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To follow up on
the incredible theory
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that Easter Island's origins
might be found
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on one of the remote
Marquesas Islands,
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in June, 2018,
ancient astronaut theorists
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
and David Childress
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set out to explore the islands
for themselves.
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This is gonna be a great
exploration
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to see what connection there is
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between Easter Island
and right here.
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Should be quite the adventure.
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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I'm Giorgio.
Pleasure to meet you.
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- I'm Aniata.
- Hi, I'm David.
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Arriving on one of
the Marquesas Islands,
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ancient astronaut theorists
Giorgio Tsoukalos
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and David Childress meet
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with local guide
Aniata Kimitete.
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Let's go explore.
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- Great.
- All right.
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She has brought them
to an area known as Kamuihei,
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a sacred place believed
to be rich
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in what the natives call "mana"
or spiritual power.
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Here, they hope to find
the answer as to why seven
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of the nearly 900 giant statues
on Easter Island
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are all facing in the direction
of this remote island chain
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in the South Pacific.
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So we are arriving
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at this spot
where I really wanted
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to show you about this site.
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Oh, look at this.
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What we see here
is what we call petroglyphs.
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Yeah.
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So you have three turtles.
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So one, two, three here.
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And also, on the rock,
you can see a canoe.
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- Okay.
- So you have the head
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of the canoe here that looks
a little bit like a bird.
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Their canoes had
a bird head at the front.
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Do you see the beak?
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- Yeah, that looks like a bird head.
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And what is the
significance of the turtles?
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The turtle is actually
the messenger from the gods.
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He was a very sacred animal.
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People were not allowed
to eat them.
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You know, I think
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this is really interested
what you said,
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that the turtle is regarded here
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as a messenger of the gods,
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because this is not
something new.
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It's not something native
to this area.
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There are other parts
of the world
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where the turtle is described
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by having descended
from the sky.
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And the idea that this is here,
too, considered
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a messenger of the gods,
that, to me, is a connection
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to potential extraterrestrials.
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Throughout the world,
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numerous ancient cultures
have origin stories
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that involve some sort of
a divine or "cosmic" turtle.
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Followers of Japanese Shinto
venerate the Kame-ishi,
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a stone turtle that portends
the end of the world.
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In Guatemala, there are legends
of giant flying turtles,
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and even artifacts that feature
the image of a man wearing
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what appears to be a helmet
lying inside a turtle shell.
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In North America,
the Iroquois Indians tell tales
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of a "sky goddess"
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who falls to Earth from the sky,
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whereupon a giant turtle
rises up
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from the ocean to catch her.
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I think it's interesting here,
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this canoe, which would have
been very large,
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has the bird head on it.
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And you have the Birdmen
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of Easter Island
that are so famous.
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One of Easter Island's
ancient traditions involves
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Tangata manu,
or the Birdman cult.
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According to legend,
the creator god, Makemake,
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was looking in a mirror and saw
a bird land on his shoulder.
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Seeing his image combined
with the bird,
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he decided to make a son
who was half man, half bird.
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In turn, the Rapa Nui people
of Easter Island worshipped
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the Birdman as the predecessor
of all humans.
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One of the central focuses
of the rituals,
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the annual rituals
at Easter Island,
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was that of Tangata manu,
the Birdman.
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And the Birdman is
a universal symbol
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that we find in many parts
of the globe
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that relates to ancestry
associated with figures,
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characters in feather coats
who were seen
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to be able to go between
this world and the next.
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And here we have the same ideas
on Easter Island.
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Is there more to see
on the island?
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We have a lot more
to see on the island.
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- Okay.
- So let's go. - Okay.
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After showing Giorgio and David
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the ancient petroglyphs,
Aniata takes them to a site
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that has some of the most
striking statuary
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in the Marquesas.
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Right now,
we are at the Tohua of Temehea.
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So, the tohua
is the gathering place.
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And so this sculpture here
is a modern sculpture.
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But is this based
on something old?
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Yes. Because the site
that we're on was rebuilt.
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Even though it's modern,
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it's really based
on the original statue.
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Oh, wow. Okay.
267
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Is this considered a tiki?
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Yes, these tikis represent
the population.
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So, to the Marquesan people,
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wh-what is a tiki?
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A tiki, at first, was
the representation of our god
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of magic and sorcery.
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He was one of the only god
in French Polynesia that has
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the face of a man.
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He became our protector,
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because when you have a tiki
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by your side, then you're
protected from your enemy.
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In the Marquesas,
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the word "tiki"
can be used to refer
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both to an ancestral figure
that came to the islands
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in ancient times
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as well as the statues
that represent him.
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They are variously carved
in both wood and stone
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and often depict a being
with large, goggle-like eyes.
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The lore has it that
Tiki was the primary ancestor
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and was created in the image
of the sky god.
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The local people made statues
in honor of their creator god,
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Tiki, and used them in worship.
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And this is
what Tiki looks like,
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- as a god?
- Yes, because th-they say
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in the legend that,
when Tiki left
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the Earth,
they made the sculpture
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of how he looked like,
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just to have something
to remember from Tiki.
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So that's how he looked like,
actually.
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He looks very strange to me.
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This is a representation
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of what your ancestors thought
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this figure looked like.
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It doesn't look like a man.
301
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It looks... weird.
302
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Yeah, I mean,
he-he sort of looks like a man,
303
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but, with these big goggle eyes
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and the elongated head
and everything,
305
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he looks
like an extraterrestrial.
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From what you know,
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do you think
that the people of the Marquesas
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went as far as Easter Island?
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Are there any legends or stories
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- behind that?
- So, there is
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one story where...
when they said, um,
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that one chief of the island
sent his seven sons
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to Easter Island,
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because they were fighting a lot
over here.
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So he sent them away.
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Told them, uh,
if they wanted to come back,
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they had to make peace
with one another.
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Seven brothers?
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Princes who left the Marquesas
Islands for Easter Island
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hundreds of years ago?
321
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I think it's really fascinating
322
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that, in the Marquesas, there's
a story of seven brothers
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that were exiled by their father
324
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in order to go to Easter Island.
325
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You combine that with the fact
that there is this platform
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on Easter Island with
seven moais standing on there,
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that would indicate to me
that the Marquesas
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and Easter Island
are, in fact, connected.
329
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But if the stone
carvings and ancient legends
330
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prove that the origins
of Easter Island
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can be found some 2,000 miles
away in the Marquesas,
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could there have been another,
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perhaps extraterrestrial,
reason for the exile
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of the seven royal brothers
from their homeland?
335
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
336
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and suggest the evidence points
to everything
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00:17:48,701 --> 00:17:51,652
from the strange faces
of the tiki gods
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to bloody stories
of human sacrifice.
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Ancient astronaut
theorists Giorgio Tsoukalos
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00:18:06,774 --> 00:18:10,832
and David Childress are
in the remote Marquesas Islands.
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They are searching for clues
that may help them solve
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some of the most
compelling mysteries
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concerning an island located
some 2,000 miles to their east,
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Easter Island.
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I think
it's really fascinating that,
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of all the standing heads
in Easter Island,
347
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seven of them actually point
348
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in the direction
of the Marquesas.
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And so now the question is, why?
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I think it's quite possible that
the Marquesas and Easter Island
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are, in fact, connected.
352
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But perhaps equally compelling,
353
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if not slightly disturbing,
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00:18:48,201 --> 00:18:51,212
are numerous carvings
found throughout the islands
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00:18:51,367 --> 00:18:55,699
which depict strange,
big-eyed gods known as tikis.
356
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So, right now, we are
at the Tohua of Hikokua.
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The tiki placed on site
like this,
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like, really, uh, sacred site...
359
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...they were made
to scare the people away,
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because they-they were telling,
361
00:19:14,714 --> 00:19:17,425
"Hey, this is
a very sacred site,
362
00:19:17,581 --> 00:19:18,939
so be careful."
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00:19:20,134 --> 00:19:23,052
"If you step on the site,
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00:19:23,207 --> 00:19:24,945
"if you do something wrong,
365
00:19:24,947 --> 00:19:28,859
then something bad
is going to happen to you."
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I think if we are talking
about extraterrestrials
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in ancient times visiting
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and you follow
the ancient stories,
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when they came down
with fire, smoke and noise,
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that that is the reason
why they were afraid.
371
00:19:41,734 --> 00:19:43,872
There are
multiple other versions
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of the exact same motif
worldwide,
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with people with elongated
skulls and giant goggle eyes.
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00:19:51,987 --> 00:19:55,132
Like, uh, what comes to mind
immediately is in-in Peru.
375
00:19:55,141 --> 00:19:57,317
- Yeah, at Tiwanaku a-and Pumapunku...
- Yes.
376
00:19:57,341 --> 00:19:59,225
...you have the same
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00:19:59,227 --> 00:20:01,105
goggle-headed, eyed, uh,
378
00:20:01,107 --> 00:20:02,863
- you know, people.
- Exactly.
379
00:20:02,887 --> 00:20:04,887
You have that in Mexico, too,
380
00:20:04,094 --> 00:20:06,545
- with the Olmec statues.
- Yes.
381
00:20:06,601 --> 00:20:10,332
These may be depictions
of actual extraterrestrials
382
00:20:10,487 --> 00:20:13,385
who visited the Earth
thousands of years ago.
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00:20:13,541 --> 00:20:17,272
Eerily similar
to the tiki of the Marquesas,
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figures with oversized skulls
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00:20:20,027 --> 00:20:23,272
and enormous eyes have surfaced
at archaeological sites
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00:20:23,427 --> 00:20:24,999
throughout the world.
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00:20:25,154 --> 00:20:30,252
Among these are
the Dogu figures of Japan,
388
00:20:30,261 --> 00:20:35,072
the aboriginal Wandjina
petroglyphs of Australia,
389
00:20:35,247 --> 00:20:37,652
the terra-cotta figurines
390
00:20:37,654 --> 00:20:40,019
recently unearthed
in Northern Ghana,
391
00:20:40,174 --> 00:20:43,092
the trickster god Eshu
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00:20:43,181 --> 00:20:46,392
of the Yoruba people of Nigeria,
393
00:20:46,481 --> 00:20:50,019
and the stunning petroglyphs
of Karahunj,
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00:20:50,174 --> 00:20:54,059
otherwise known
as Armenia's Stonehenge.
395
00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:59,412
So it does seem that Tiki,
he's walking,
396
00:20:59,567 --> 00:21:01,579
he's living and breathing.
397
00:21:01,734 --> 00:21:03,879
He's not just a spirit, is he?
398
00:21:04,054 --> 00:21:06,054
No. He's not a spirit.
399
00:21:06,041 --> 00:21:10,259
So, um, they-they say
that Tiki is not really a god,
400
00:21:10,414 --> 00:21:12,572
but he's not really a man also.
401
00:21:12,747 --> 00:21:16,372
Aniata, thank you so much
for showing us everything here.
402
00:21:16,527 --> 00:21:18,527
- It's truly tremendous.
- You're welcome.
403
00:21:18,201 --> 00:21:20,201
- Thank you so much.
- Have a nice travel.
404
00:21:19,561 --> 00:21:20,672
Thank you.
405
00:21:24,681 --> 00:21:27,019
One day
after their informative visit
406
00:21:27,174 --> 00:21:29,399
to the island of Nuku Hiva,
407
00:21:29,554 --> 00:21:35,105
Giorgio and David travel next
to the nearby island of Hiva Oa
408
00:21:35,107 --> 00:21:38,245
to see firsthand
the most unusual
409
00:21:38,401 --> 00:21:39,579
of all the island tikis.
410
00:21:42,761 --> 00:21:45,279
Hello.
411
00:21:45,454 --> 00:21:46,839
Good to see you.
412
00:21:46,881 --> 00:21:48,059
- Yep.
- Okay.
413
00:21:48,081 --> 00:21:50,492
As their local guide,
414
00:21:50,494 --> 00:21:54,365
they have enlisted
Hiva Oa resident, Heimata Bonno.
415
00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:56,745
This is...
416
00:21:56,747 --> 00:21:59,747
- incredible. So, what are we looking at here?
- Yeah.
417
00:21:58,841 --> 00:22:00,139
What is this?
418
00:22:15,274 --> 00:22:17,274
Oh, it totally looks
like a llama.
419
00:22:16,701 --> 00:22:19,505
No question.
420
00:22:19,681 --> 00:22:21,905
I totally think
this looks like a llama.
421
00:22:22,061 --> 00:22:25,061
I mean, there's no question
in my mind.
422
00:22:24,101 --> 00:22:27,812
And I also don't think
that this was altered.
423
00:22:27,987 --> 00:22:29,645
This is original.
424
00:22:29,801 --> 00:22:32,559
And I don't see any,
uh, changes.
425
00:22:32,561 --> 00:22:35,739
So either this is not authentic
426
00:22:35,741 --> 00:22:38,741
or, if it is authentic,
it's a llama
427
00:22:38,094 --> 00:22:41,179
and it proves connection
to-to South America.
428
00:22:42,921 --> 00:22:44,825
South America?
429
00:22:44,981 --> 00:22:47,292
Is it possible that the llama,
430
00:22:47,294 --> 00:22:49,585
believed to be native
to South America,
431
00:22:49,641 --> 00:22:52,641
was known to people living
on this remote island chain
432
00:22:52,494 --> 00:22:55,412
some 3,500 miles away?
433
00:22:55,567 --> 00:22:57,319
But how?
434
00:23:00,394 --> 00:23:03,394
Some people say
that it's a woman giving birth.
435
00:23:03,254 --> 00:23:05,659
Do the women here
436
00:23:05,661 --> 00:23:07,781
in the Marquesas Islands,
do they do this?
437
00:23:07,914 --> 00:23:11,172
They lie on their stomach
and give birth? No.
438
00:23:11,327 --> 00:23:13,612
This is crazy.
439
00:23:13,614 --> 00:23:15,325
Huh.
440
00:23:15,501 --> 00:23:17,625
To me,
441
00:23:17,627 --> 00:23:20,425
it looks like something
from the sky.
442
00:23:20,581 --> 00:23:24,385
It's like, uh,
maybe some flying vehicle.
443
00:23:24,541 --> 00:23:27,439
- It's a great question.
- Yeah.
444
00:23:27,481 --> 00:23:29,939
Perhaps
what we're looking at here
445
00:23:30,114 --> 00:23:32,114
is some type of a craft,
446
00:23:32,061 --> 00:23:34,181
because you have the windows
in the front,
447
00:23:34,314 --> 00:23:36,279
which are these giant goggles,
448
00:23:36,454 --> 00:23:39,454
and then you have the mouth
in the front,
449
00:23:38,547 --> 00:23:41,859
which, to me, looks
like some type of an air intake.
450
00:23:42,014 --> 00:23:45,425
Underneath,
you have a lifting body
451
00:23:45,601 --> 00:23:48,339
that goes
underneath the entire body.
452
00:23:48,361 --> 00:23:50,825
And if you combine that
453
00:23:50,981 --> 00:23:53,685
with the story of this object
454
00:23:53,687 --> 00:23:55,699
or this woman giving birth,
455
00:23:55,854 --> 00:23:59,705
if someone has never seen
passengers disembarking
456
00:23:59,881 --> 00:24:01,805
from an actual airplane,
457
00:24:01,961 --> 00:24:05,285
if they have no idea
what is happening,
458
00:24:05,441 --> 00:24:08,079
well, all of a sudden,
459
00:24:08,254 --> 00:24:12,472
a flying vehicle
is giving birth to people.
460
00:24:12,561 --> 00:24:15,545
Is it possible
that this ancient statue
461
00:24:15,701 --> 00:24:17,701
that has been interpreted
in modern times
462
00:24:17,714 --> 00:24:19,705
as a fertility goddess
463
00:24:19,881 --> 00:24:24,019
is actually depicting
an extraterrestrial spacecraft?
464
00:24:25,441 --> 00:24:27,885
I think that tikis
are nothing else
465
00:24:28,041 --> 00:24:30,552
but misunderstood technology
466
00:24:30,554 --> 00:24:35,132
that, over time,
turned into divine objects
467
00:24:35,134 --> 00:24:38,259
of magic and sorcery.
468
00:24:46,441 --> 00:24:48,441
Can we go look at it? Great.
469
00:24:51,714 --> 00:24:53,139
Oh, wow.
470
00:24:55,647 --> 00:24:58,519
Clearly, this tiki,
the head is missing.
471
00:24:58,674 --> 00:25:01,939
But I see
that it has six fingers.
472
00:25:11,821 --> 00:25:14,821
It's very feasible to me
that they actually tried
473
00:25:14,514 --> 00:25:17,732
to imitate whoever visited
474
00:25:17,734 --> 00:25:20,759
or whoever came here
to impart this knowledge.
475
00:25:20,914 --> 00:25:23,845
Why would they carve six fingers
476
00:25:23,847 --> 00:25:26,332
if they did not see six fingers?
477
00:25:26,487 --> 00:25:29,919
So we should not say,
"Oh, this is just fantasy."
478
00:25:30,094 --> 00:25:33,779
I think they saw someone
with six fingers.
479
00:25:33,934 --> 00:25:35,505
Is that possible?
480
00:25:35,661 --> 00:25:36,732
Yeah.
481
00:25:36,887 --> 00:25:38,407
- Yes.
- Yeah.
482
00:25:47,421 --> 00:25:49,179
So these are protectors.
483
00:25:49,354 --> 00:25:50,899
And all the tikis here
484
00:25:51,074 --> 00:25:54,779
and the moai on Easter Island
are protectors as well.
485
00:25:59,301 --> 00:26:01,545
So, on Easter Island,
you-you have
486
00:26:01,701 --> 00:26:04,599
seven moai,
and they are looking
487
00:26:04,754 --> 00:26:05,605
towards Marquesas.
488
00:26:05,681 --> 00:26:08,199
Is-is this some ancestors?
489
00:26:08,221 --> 00:26:09,221
Or a connection?
490
00:26:16,707 --> 00:26:19,825
All of the ancient
tikis in the Marquesas
491
00:26:20,001 --> 00:26:23,001
are positioned to look in
the direction of Easter Island.
492
00:26:22,881 --> 00:26:24,612
But why?
493
00:26:24,767 --> 00:26:27,879
And if both the moai
and the tikis are depictions
494
00:26:28,034 --> 00:26:30,299
of extraterrestrial visitors,
495
00:26:30,321 --> 00:26:33,321
why do they appear so different,
both in height
496
00:26:32,994 --> 00:26:35,332
and appearance?
497
00:26:35,334 --> 00:26:38,334
Is it possible that
the seven brothers of legend
498
00:26:38,121 --> 00:26:40,192
left the Marquesas
for Easter Island
499
00:26:40,281 --> 00:26:42,419
because they were fighting
with each other?
500
00:26:42,574 --> 00:26:46,605
Or could they have been fleeing
for their lives?
501
00:26:46,681 --> 00:26:49,839
For Giorgio and David,
502
00:26:49,994 --> 00:26:53,212
these questions form the pieces
of a confounding puzzle,
503
00:26:53,367 --> 00:26:55,367
one they are both determined
to solve
504
00:26:55,054 --> 00:26:58,059
before they return home.
505
00:27:06,127 --> 00:27:08,127
While visiting
the ancient site known
506
00:27:08,127 --> 00:27:12,039
as I'ipona, located
in the Marquesas Islands,
507
00:27:12,214 --> 00:27:14,139
local guide Heimata Bonno
508
00:27:14,161 --> 00:27:16,281
has just shown
ancient astronaut theorists
509
00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:19,139
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and David Childress
510
00:27:19,294 --> 00:27:21,445
a number of sacred tiki statues
511
00:27:21,601 --> 00:27:24,172
which have six fingers
on each hand.
512
00:27:24,174 --> 00:27:26,685
That is, uh,
very interesting to me.
513
00:27:26,861 --> 00:27:30,352
He has also just
informed them that the tiki gods
514
00:27:30,354 --> 00:27:32,354
were believed by the natives
to possess
515
00:27:32,301 --> 00:27:35,165
an extraordinary amount
of what they called "mana,"
516
00:27:35,221 --> 00:27:37,305
a spiritual power,
517
00:27:37,307 --> 00:27:40,139
which, if consumed,
would make the natives strong
518
00:27:40,294 --> 00:27:42,419
and virtually invincible.
519
00:27:42,421 --> 00:27:44,959
So, how-how does this tiki
have mana?
520
00:27:44,981 --> 00:27:46,981
How does it get the mana?
521
00:28:03,661 --> 00:28:05,219
I see.
522
00:28:05,374 --> 00:28:07,385
Eat the mana?
523
00:28:07,387 --> 00:28:10,999
Is Heimata Bonno describing
a form of ritual cannibalism
524
00:28:11,174 --> 00:28:14,219
in which the natives of the
Marquesas would eat the bodies
525
00:28:14,374 --> 00:28:17,979
of those who they believed
possessed spiritual power?
526
00:28:18,154 --> 00:28:20,679
And where is the mana contained?
527
00:28:20,681 --> 00:28:23,681
The mana's coming out
of the eyes, right? Or...
528
00:28:27,821 --> 00:28:29,365
So they would...
529
00:28:29,521 --> 00:28:31,545
eat the eyes and the tongue,
530
00:28:31,701 --> 00:28:33,159
the brain?
531
00:28:42,994 --> 00:28:44,994
Is it possible that the natives
532
00:28:44,961 --> 00:28:48,039
of the Marquesas Islands
believed that the mana,
533
00:28:48,194 --> 00:28:50,319
or spiritual power,
534
00:28:50,341 --> 00:28:53,905
of their tiki gods
could be literally consumed?
535
00:28:54,061 --> 00:28:56,699
If so, was their eagerness
536
00:28:56,701 --> 00:28:59,701
to eat the organs
not only of the tiki,
537
00:28:58,761 --> 00:29:01,932
but of their offspring,
one of the chief reasons
538
00:29:01,941 --> 00:29:04,039
why the so-called seven brothers
539
00:29:04,061 --> 00:29:06,061
fled the Marquesas
for Easter Island
540
00:29:06,094 --> 00:29:09,199
thousands of years ago?
541
00:29:09,374 --> 00:29:12,385
Here there are
very large boulders
542
00:29:12,541 --> 00:29:13,852
of basalt.
543
00:29:14,007 --> 00:29:15,792
It's very heavy.
544
00:29:15,794 --> 00:29:17,872
I know in some places
in Polynesia
545
00:29:17,874 --> 00:29:20,079
and Micronesia they have legends
546
00:29:20,234 --> 00:29:23,234
that the stones are...
are flying through the air.
547
00:29:33,661 --> 00:29:35,661
So they are giants
and very strong,
548
00:29:35,587 --> 00:29:38,559
and they can lift
these big stones?
549
00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:49,499
- Oh.
- Giant bones?
550
00:29:49,654 --> 00:29:52,592
Found in caves
on the Marquesas Islands?
551
00:29:52,701 --> 00:29:54,225
Could this be the evidence
552
00:29:54,381 --> 00:29:56,652
Giorgio and David
have been searching for
553
00:29:56,741 --> 00:30:00,399
that suggest the early
inhabitants of Easter Island
554
00:30:00,401 --> 00:30:03,732
were, in fact,
giant alien hybrid beings?
555
00:30:03,821 --> 00:30:06,885
Beings who forged
a colony of giants
556
00:30:06,961 --> 00:30:09,445
much like themselves,
557
00:30:09,601 --> 00:30:11,825
and who commemorated
their time on the island
558
00:30:11,981 --> 00:30:14,419
by fashioning
giant stone sentinels.
559
00:30:16,307 --> 00:30:20,099
We have these stories
of giants worldwide.
560
00:30:20,141 --> 00:30:24,505
In Malta, we have some
of the biggest megalithic sites
561
00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:28,079
in all of Europe,
that allegedly were built
562
00:30:28,101 --> 00:30:29,959
by the giants.
563
00:30:30,114 --> 00:30:33,105
The giants were offspring
564
00:30:33,107 --> 00:30:37,512
of the gods after they mated
with human women.
565
00:30:37,687 --> 00:30:42,439
Then you have stories
of the giants on Sardinia,
566
00:30:42,614 --> 00:30:45,819
many of whom have been suggested
were originated
567
00:30:45,994 --> 00:30:49,199
by extraterrestrials.
568
00:30:49,374 --> 00:30:52,374
The origin story
of the giants in the Bible
569
00:30:52,407 --> 00:30:55,759
is that angels mated
with human women.
570
00:30:57,381 --> 00:31:00,665
The offspring were the giants.
571
00:31:00,841 --> 00:31:03,119
So we have to wonder,
572
00:31:03,121 --> 00:31:07,099
are the seven sentinels
actually giants?
573
00:31:07,254 --> 00:31:10,432
Part alien and part human.
574
00:31:10,521 --> 00:31:13,372
...Perhaps they were escaping
575
00:31:13,374 --> 00:31:16,419
the Marquesas Islands
because they were
576
00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:18,105
the ruling elite,
577
00:31:18,107 --> 00:31:20,732
and essentially,
they were overthrown
578
00:31:20,821 --> 00:31:22,499
because they had this power,
579
00:31:22,541 --> 00:31:24,739
and they went to Easter Island.
580
00:31:27,001 --> 00:31:30,539
Heimata, it's been
so interesting here.
581
00:31:30,694 --> 00:31:34,299
You have such good information.
I really appreciate it.
582
00:31:34,474 --> 00:31:35,594
Yeah, thank you for sharing.
583
00:31:35,721 --> 00:31:36,912
You're welcome.
584
00:31:37,001 --> 00:31:38,445
Could it be that
585
00:31:38,501 --> 00:31:40,859
the so-called seven princes
of the Marquesas
586
00:31:40,881 --> 00:31:43,865
were giant alien-human hybrids?
587
00:31:44,021 --> 00:31:48,085
Hybrids who may have had access
to extraterrestrial technologies
588
00:31:48,141 --> 00:31:51,141
that caused them
to be thought of by the natives
589
00:31:50,901 --> 00:31:53,519
as kings or gods?
590
00:31:55,314 --> 00:31:58,859
And if so, could it be
that the real reason
591
00:31:59,014 --> 00:32:01,345
these seven brothers left
the Marquesas
592
00:32:01,401 --> 00:32:03,972
was not because
they were fighting,
593
00:32:04,081 --> 00:32:07,025
but because they were fleeing
for their lives,
594
00:32:07,027 --> 00:32:11,025
in fear of being killed
and eaten by the natives?
595
00:32:11,081 --> 00:32:14,332
Ancient astronaut theorists
say the answer
596
00:32:14,341 --> 00:32:16,185
is a profound yes,
597
00:32:16,261 --> 00:32:19,261
and believe that
even more answers can be found
598
00:32:19,074 --> 00:32:23,279
not only by examining the
stone statues of Easter Island,
599
00:32:23,301 --> 00:32:25,639
but by also taking a closer look
600
00:32:25,794 --> 00:32:27,852
at what some of them are wearing
601
00:32:28,007 --> 00:32:29,719
on their heads.
602
00:32:36,307 --> 00:32:38,745
Isolated in the vast expanse
603
00:32:38,821 --> 00:32:42,419
of the South Pacific,
Easter Island remains
604
00:32:42,441 --> 00:32:46,032
a land of mystery.
605
00:32:46,041 --> 00:32:50,739
Since its discovery by Europeans
in the 18th century,
606
00:32:50,894 --> 00:32:54,894
very little is still known about
the people who once lived there,
607
00:32:53,701 --> 00:32:56,299
or their origins.
608
00:32:56,454 --> 00:32:59,152
But of all the mysteries
involving the island
609
00:32:59,327 --> 00:33:02,059
otherwise known as Rapa Nui,
610
00:33:02,081 --> 00:33:04,819
the most persistent involve
611
00:33:04,841 --> 00:33:09,099
the nearly 900 megalithic
statues known as moai,
612
00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:13,145
and why they were put here
in the first place.
613
00:33:13,301 --> 00:33:16,312
The moai are considered to be
614
00:33:16,321 --> 00:33:19,779
no more than perhaps
a thousand years old.
615
00:33:19,821 --> 00:33:22,939
However, it has been established
616
00:33:23,094 --> 00:33:26,279
that some of them penetrate
down into the ground
617
00:33:26,434 --> 00:33:29,172
by a great amount of feet
618
00:33:29,174 --> 00:33:31,439
to reveal the rest of the body,
619
00:33:31,441 --> 00:33:33,605
not just the oversized head.
620
00:33:33,661 --> 00:33:37,725
And the amount
of catenation suggests
621
00:33:37,901 --> 00:33:40,532
that they are infinitely older
622
00:33:40,687 --> 00:33:42,679
than a thousand years.
623
00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:46,459
They could go back many,
many, many millennia.
624
00:33:48,041 --> 00:33:49,325
When you visit Easter Island,
625
00:33:49,381 --> 00:33:52,381
and you look at
the sights there, the statues,
626
00:33:52,341 --> 00:33:55,341
the megalithic walls,
you realize they're much older
627
00:33:55,267 --> 00:33:57,519
than what, you know,
history tells us.
628
00:33:59,021 --> 00:34:01,499
Further clouding the issue
629
00:34:01,654 --> 00:34:05,659
is a discovery
that was made in 2017.
630
00:34:05,814 --> 00:34:09,472
With the help of photography
and 3-D modeling programs,
631
00:34:09,647 --> 00:34:13,979
archaeologists discovered
that the 13-ton stone hats,
632
00:34:13,981 --> 00:34:17,219
known as pukao,
on the Easter Island moai
633
00:34:17,241 --> 00:34:19,992
contain a wide diversity
of petroglyphs,
634
00:34:20,147 --> 00:34:23,147
made by what appear to be
different groups of people.
635
00:34:25,487 --> 00:34:29,592
The hats that are on top
of the Easter Island moai
636
00:34:29,747 --> 00:34:31,747
are a little bit of a mystery.
637
00:34:31,554 --> 00:34:33,779
But recently, they've
been analyzed, and carvings
638
00:34:33,801 --> 00:34:36,801
have been found on them,
which has, like, questioned,
639
00:34:36,807 --> 00:34:40,205
you know, the idea
of what they really represent.
640
00:34:40,261 --> 00:34:42,579
Perhaps there is
something else going on here.
641
00:34:42,601 --> 00:34:44,545
It could well be
642
00:34:44,701 --> 00:34:46,959
that a number
of different cultures
643
00:34:46,981 --> 00:34:49,119
lived on Easter Island.
644
00:34:51,707 --> 00:34:55,279
One of the most fascinating
monuments on Easter Island
645
00:34:55,434 --> 00:34:58,805
is the stone platform, or ahu,
646
00:34:58,881 --> 00:35:01,152
known as Vinapu.
647
00:35:01,154 --> 00:35:04,565
And this is a huge
megalithic construction
648
00:35:04,621 --> 00:35:06,872
that is essentially a wall
649
00:35:07,027 --> 00:35:10,452
made of cyclopean
megalithic blocks
650
00:35:10,607 --> 00:35:13,939
that all interlock
with each other.
651
00:35:13,961 --> 00:35:17,972
When you look at this,
you cannot help but think
652
00:35:17,981 --> 00:35:21,752
of Cuzco in Peru.
653
00:35:21,927 --> 00:35:24,379
And there has to be
a relationship
654
00:35:24,401 --> 00:35:26,059
between the two cultures.
655
00:35:26,234 --> 00:35:27,932
All of these
656
00:35:28,087 --> 00:35:31,952
part of a much bigger
transmission of knowledge,
657
00:35:31,954 --> 00:35:34,445
where the belief,
658
00:35:34,447 --> 00:35:38,279
the common belief was
an origin amongst the stars.
659
00:35:42,087 --> 00:35:44,792
If, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,
660
00:35:44,881 --> 00:35:48,052
the seven moai
that face out to sea
661
00:35:48,054 --> 00:35:51,832
really do represent a race
of giant alien hybrid beings
662
00:35:51,834 --> 00:35:55,292
that fled the Marquesas Islands
hundreds, and perhaps thousands,
663
00:35:55,294 --> 00:35:57,205
of years ago,
664
00:35:57,361 --> 00:36:00,539
do the hundreds of other moai
665
00:36:00,561 --> 00:36:02,625
represent their offspring?
666
00:36:02,681 --> 00:36:04,705
And if so,
667
00:36:04,881 --> 00:36:07,892
could they have had contact
with other parts of the world,
668
00:36:07,981 --> 00:36:10,699
making Easter Island
a virtual hub
669
00:36:10,854 --> 00:36:13,319
of extraterrestrial activity?
670
00:36:15,161 --> 00:36:18,559
Easter Island has also got
671
00:36:18,714 --> 00:36:21,714
the strong legend that it is
the center of the world,
672
00:36:21,814 --> 00:36:24,485
or the "navel of the world."
673
00:36:24,641 --> 00:36:27,872
And there are various places
around our planet
674
00:36:28,027 --> 00:36:31,105
that are said to be
the "navel of the world."
675
00:36:31,281 --> 00:36:32,832
They're in Cuzco,
676
00:36:32,921 --> 00:36:34,865
at Delphi in Greece,
677
00:36:35,021 --> 00:36:36,519
at Sardinia,
678
00:36:36,674 --> 00:36:38,412
and in Egypt.
679
00:36:38,521 --> 00:36:41,925
In many cases,
there's a stone ball
680
00:36:41,927 --> 00:36:45,392
that is marking
this center-of-the-world spot.
681
00:36:45,567 --> 00:36:48,085
And we have that
at Easter Island.
682
00:36:48,087 --> 00:36:50,105
These navels of the world
683
00:36:50,107 --> 00:36:52,872
are apparently power places,
684
00:36:52,874 --> 00:36:55,932
places of vortex, energy.
685
00:36:56,087 --> 00:36:58,150
It would seem that
they are all connected
686
00:36:58,174 --> 00:37:02,292
to this worldwide energy grid.
687
00:37:02,294 --> 00:37:07,145
Why did this huge
megalithic culture emerge here?
688
00:37:07,147 --> 00:37:09,745
Perhaps this tells us
689
00:37:09,921 --> 00:37:12,239
that there is
some special quality
690
00:37:12,241 --> 00:37:14,365
with Easter Island,
691
00:37:14,521 --> 00:37:17,445
one that was recognized
by the ancestors
692
00:37:17,601 --> 00:37:19,919
of the Rapa Nui culture.
693
00:37:21,761 --> 00:37:23,992
Were the seven moai
that face the sea
694
00:37:23,994 --> 00:37:26,559
positioned so as to indicate
a warning
695
00:37:26,561 --> 00:37:29,239
to those natives
on the Marquesas that wanted
696
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:33,052
to hunt them and eat them
for their power?
697
00:37:33,227 --> 00:37:36,732
Or were they meant to serve
as a commemoration
698
00:37:36,887 --> 00:37:40,732
not only of Easter Island's
extraterrestrial origins
699
00:37:40,887 --> 00:37:45,832
but of the history
of alien activity on our planet?
700
00:37:45,987 --> 00:37:49,565
As far as Giorgio Tsoukalos and
David Childress are concerned,
701
00:37:49,721 --> 00:37:52,185
there still needs to be
further investigation
702
00:37:52,261 --> 00:37:56,079
before those questions
can be answered.
703
00:38:01,701 --> 00:38:04,299
On the last day
of their incredible journey
704
00:38:04,474 --> 00:38:06,399
to the Marquesas Islands,
705
00:38:06,554 --> 00:38:09,012
ancient astronaut theorists
Giorgio Tsoukalos
706
00:38:09,167 --> 00:38:10,879
and David Childress
707
00:38:10,881 --> 00:38:14,252
meet at a café
on the island of Nuku Hiva.
708
00:38:14,254 --> 00:38:17,359
They are confident
that their investigation
709
00:38:17,361 --> 00:38:20,361
has led to not only evidence
of a direct link
710
00:38:20,281 --> 00:38:22,959
between the Marquesas
and Easter Island
711
00:38:23,114 --> 00:38:25,379
but also a greater understanding
712
00:38:25,554 --> 00:38:28,632
as to the kinds of beings
who lived on these islands
713
00:38:28,787 --> 00:38:31,452
thousands of years ago.
714
00:38:31,541 --> 00:38:35,759
Well, this was an in...
incredible experience.
715
00:38:35,761 --> 00:38:38,761
From all the people we've talked
to, these ancient civilizations
716
00:38:38,647 --> 00:38:43,425
are way older
than what we were taught.
717
00:38:43,581 --> 00:38:45,581
Yeah, you have
these strong connections
718
00:38:45,181 --> 00:38:47,181
from the Marquesas
to Easter Island.
719
00:38:47,287 --> 00:38:50,685
And the idea
of the-the flying turtle
720
00:38:50,841 --> 00:38:53,841
would be what you would think of
as a disc...
721
00:38:52,714 --> 00:38:54,639
- Yes.
- ...flying.
722
00:38:54,814 --> 00:38:57,439
They knew
that turtles don't fly.
723
00:38:57,441 --> 00:39:01,185
So why would they have stories
of flying turtles?
724
00:39:01,361 --> 00:39:05,245
If we had, uh,
airships landing here,
725
00:39:05,401 --> 00:39:08,632
and then the people
are-are wondering,
726
00:39:08,634 --> 00:39:10,739
how do these turtles fly?
727
00:39:10,741 --> 00:39:13,245
- Yes.
- And the extraterrestrials
728
00:39:13,401 --> 00:39:17,465
tell them,
"Well, they fly with this energy
729
00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,505
- "called mana."
- Mm-hmm.
730
00:39:19,507 --> 00:39:23,892
And there, they transcribe this
mana energy to-to everything.
731
00:39:24,047 --> 00:39:27,047
And, you know, it...
the-the tikis have the mana,
732
00:39:26,721 --> 00:39:28,365
the stones have the mana.
733
00:39:28,541 --> 00:39:30,432
Uh, mana's everywhere.
734
00:39:30,587 --> 00:39:34,185
And, all of a sudden, something
that was technological in origin
735
00:39:34,187 --> 00:39:35,565
becomes magic.
736
00:39:35,567 --> 00:39:37,379
It becomes sorcery.
737
00:39:37,401 --> 00:39:39,472
It becomes something divine.
738
00:39:39,474 --> 00:39:42,359
Everything
that they're talking about
739
00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:45,199
and depicting would seem
to be extraterrestrial.
740
00:39:45,201 --> 00:39:47,959
One of my favorite pieces
that we saw
741
00:39:48,001 --> 00:39:51,759
was that tiki of this woman
laying on the stomach
742
00:39:51,781 --> 00:39:54,145
and she's giving birth.
743
00:39:54,301 --> 00:39:58,301
But that's not the position
in which to deliver a baby.
744
00:39:57,334 --> 00:40:00,645
To me, it looks like some sort
of a flying object,
745
00:40:00,821 --> 00:40:04,252
where passengers
are disembarking, or pilots.
746
00:40:04,407 --> 00:40:09,199
And if this is seen by someone
who has never seen an airplane,
747
00:40:09,221 --> 00:40:11,221
well, then,
for all intents and purposes,
748
00:40:11,134 --> 00:40:13,212
that thing is giving birth.
749
00:40:13,214 --> 00:40:16,214
So, to me,
it's a... it's a wonderful
750
00:40:16,294 --> 00:40:19,265
and interesting
misunderstanding.
751
00:40:19,441 --> 00:40:21,565
It really shows,
I think, this connection
752
00:40:21,721 --> 00:40:23,859
between the Marquesas,
753
00:40:24,014 --> 00:40:28,705
perhaps also that these places
are-are space ports,
754
00:40:28,707 --> 00:40:29,707
in a sense.
755
00:40:31,781 --> 00:40:34,119
And isn't necessarily, uh,
756
00:40:34,274 --> 00:40:37,539
the way that Western
archaeologists tell the story.
757
00:40:39,801 --> 00:40:42,019
Whether it is tikis here
in the Marquesas
758
00:40:42,041 --> 00:40:44,905
or moai in Easter Island,
759
00:40:45,061 --> 00:40:48,145
we're looking
at misunderstood technology.
760
00:40:48,301 --> 00:40:51,172
Because I think
that when you combine this
761
00:40:51,261 --> 00:40:53,439
with the old stories of legends
762
00:40:53,594 --> 00:40:55,594
of people descending
from the sky
763
00:40:55,587 --> 00:40:58,585
with a lot
of noise, smoke and fire,
764
00:40:58,741 --> 00:41:01,125
those depictions may represent
765
00:41:01,201 --> 00:41:03,925
either
extraterrestrials themselves
766
00:41:04,081 --> 00:41:08,419
or craft
that the extraterrestrials used.
767
00:41:08,441 --> 00:41:12,865
Were the seven stone
sentinels of Easter Island
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00:41:12,867 --> 00:41:15,867
placed there to commemorate
what may once have been
769
00:41:15,727 --> 00:41:17,459
a land of giant hybrids,
770
00:41:17,614 --> 00:41:22,059
part human and part alien?
771
00:41:22,081 --> 00:41:26,039
As far as Giorgio Tsoukalos and
David Childress are concerned,
772
00:41:26,214 --> 00:41:29,699
the answer is a profound yes.
773
00:41:29,721 --> 00:41:32,721
They also believe the ancient
moai on Easter Island
774
00:41:32,607 --> 00:41:34,239
now serve a different,
775
00:41:34,394 --> 00:41:37,699
if perhaps unintended, purpose.
776
00:41:37,854 --> 00:41:40,165
Instead
of silently standing guard,
777
00:41:40,341 --> 00:41:43,341
as if to protect the island
and its secrets,
778
00:41:43,147 --> 00:41:46,845
the moai might actually be
helping to reveal the truth
779
00:41:46,847 --> 00:41:50,239
about mankind's
extraterrestrial history,
780
00:41:50,394 --> 00:41:54,625
a history that may very soon
repeat itself when we,
781
00:41:54,627 --> 00:41:58,032
in the not-so-distant future,
could come face-to-face
782
00:41:58,187 --> 00:42:01,045
with those same alien visitors
783
00:42:01,201 --> 00:42:05,012
who were once immortalized
in stone.