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People just knocked them over. If you grew up on a farm, you've probably heard of cow tipping. If you grew up on Rapa Nui, you've probably heard of moai tippi

People just knocked them over. If you grew up on a farm, you've probably heard of cow tipping. If you grew up on Rapa Nui, you've probably heard of moai tipping.

ComputerGuru 2y ago
Cow tipping is, according to all reputable sources, largely an urban myth about what takes place in the rural regions.
- IncreasePosts 2y ago
  As someone who grew up in cow country, I would always hear about cow tipping from people who didn't know anything about cows. The story would almost always go like this: Some Dude: We went cow tipping last night, it was hilarious Me: So, you actually tipped a 1300 lbs cow over? Some Dude: Well...I didn't, but Jake did. Me: So you saw Jake tip a cow over? Some Dude: Well...no, but Jake told me that he did it and I believed him.
  - armada651 2y ago
    In actuality Jake was making a pun and had simply fed a cow a $5 bill.
adastra22 2y ago
The moai are full torso statues with just the head showing above ground.
- yreg 2y ago
  Actually no, that's not how they were designed. The Moai statues were made in a quarry inland and transported to the coastline, where they were set on stone platforms (called ahu) fully above ground. When the Europeans first visited there were hundreds of them standing all around the coastline, always looking outward at the sea. It is believed that they were meant to protect the island. The Rapa Nui people later toppled _all_ of the statues and destroyed them. The only ones that were spared are the ones that were lost in transport from the quarry -> and these are the ones that are often partially buried and are so well known today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai
  - adastra22 2y ago
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/26/famous-easter-island-heads-have-hidden-bodies/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/26/famous-ea...
    - yreg 2y ago
      Have you read my comment at all? The buried ones are the Moai that were abandoned during transport and they were buried by shifting soils, etc. The islanders have not buried them. The statues the islanders managed to transport were placed on stone pedestals. Then, later, they've toppled them all, but only after Europeans visited.

People just knocked them over. If you grew up on a farm, you've probably heard of cow tipping. If you grew up on Rapa Nui, you've probably heard of moai tipping.

ComputerGuru 2y ago

Cow tipping is, according to all reputable sources, largely an urban myth about what takes place in the rural regions.

IncreasePosts 2y ago
As someone who grew up in cow country, I would always hear about cow tipping from people who didn't know anything about cows. The story would almost always go like this: Some Dude: We went cow tipping last night, it was hilarious Me: So, you actually tipped a 1300 lbs cow over? Some Dude: Well...I didn't, but Jake did. Me: So you saw Jake tip a cow over? Some Dude: Well...no, but Jake told me that he did it and I believed him.
- armada651 2y ago
  In actuality Jake was making a pun and had simply fed a cow a $5 bill.

adastra22 2y ago

The moai are full torso statues with just the head showing above ground.

yreg 2y ago
Actually no, that's not how they were designed. The Moai statues were made in a quarry inland and transported to the coastline, where they were set on stone platforms (called ahu) fully above ground. When the Europeans first visited there were hundreds of them standing all around the coastline, always looking outward at the sea. It is believed that they were meant to protect the island. The Rapa Nui people later toppled _all_ of the statues and destroyed them. The only ones that were spared are the ones that were lost in transport from the quarry -> and these are the ones that are often partially buried and are so well known today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai
- adastra22 2y ago
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/26/famous-easter-island-heads-have-hidden-bodies/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/07/26/famous-ea...
  - yreg 2y ago
    Have you read my comment at all? The buried ones are the Moai that were abandoned during transport and they were buried by shifting soils, etc. The islanders have not buried them. The statues the islanders managed to transport were placed on stone pedestals. Then, later, they've toppled them all, but only after Europeans visited.