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jackmell
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One of the most interesting, relatively experimentally verifiable, claims made about moving large stones is that of the Easter Island moai (the large stone figures looking upwards) which tradition claims simply "walked" into place. Well, an experiment was done by tying two ropes to a large stone similar to the moai; a group of people pulling the moai left with one rope and another group pulling it right in a sort of "twisting" action. The moai did indeed twist a small amount with every pull to the left then another to the right and "walked" forward albeit just a little bit and conceivably could with determination and sheer brute force be moved as far as physically possible.