KEIB:
Some of the famed “Moai” statues on Easter Island suffered “irreparable damage” after a forest fire tore through Rapa Nui Natural Park.
The fire burned nearly 250 acres, charring at least 30 of the 13-foot oversized heads in the area. There are over 1,000 statues scattered throughout the entire park.
The statues were carved over 500 years ago by a Polynesian tribe and are considered sacred.
In aย Facebook post including photos of the damaged statues,ย Ariki Tepano, director of the Ma’u Henua community in charge of the management and maintenance of the park, said that the “moai are totally charred and you can see the effect of the fire upon them.” MORE
If they’re just charred and not cracked I don’t see the problem. They’re rocks fercrissakes, try a pressure washer if the soot bothers you.
Grass fire. The islanders cut the forests down hundreds of years ago.
Poor bastards can’t see the forest due to the non existence trees.
And only humans start fires as they apparently have outlawed lightning on their island?
Meh.
I like Olmec better.
https://vimeo.com/34002760
Rock, paper, scissors, fire!
Apparently fire beats both paper and rock.
Well now they’re black statues, they’ll start a Go-Fund-Me to match all the others to the charred ones. BSM (black statues matter)
Monsieur Jean Fraud Gigolo Goodhair, the moisturizing, metrosexual, precognitive Global Warming Meteorologist and Easter Island fashion model hit hardest!
I suppose that’s the first wildfire in over 500 years…. they are WAY luckier than…say california.
FJB
So there was never a previous fire in the last 500 years.
And chimney liners are made from a red clay tile but these statues apparently need an infusion of cash.
30 out of 1000
Sure. Sure. Everyone knows it was climate change.
@ John @@@@@@ Kerry,
Furthermore, They wouldn’t have been burned so badly if they were fully vaccinated with 4 shots given their age.
“The statues were carved over 500 years ago by a Polynesian tribe…”
Yeah right. Genesis 6:4. Tehehehehehehe…
You shall not have false god’s before me ๐ก Wink and a nod ๐
By whom? The people that built that are all gone. Their progeny are no where. Who worships…?
Oh. Disney Inc’s rent collecting ticket takers. Every. Time.