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Man allegedly breaks ear off Easter Island icon
AP ^
| 3/25/2008
| Staff
Posted on 03/25/2008 1:11:49 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
SANTIAGO, Chile - A Finnish tourist was detained after allegedly stealing a piece of volcanic rock from one of the massive Moai statues on Easter Island.
Marko Kulju, 26, faces seven years in prison and a fine of $19,100 if convicted of stealing pieces of the right earlobe from a Moai, one of numerous statues carved out of volcanic rock between 400 and 1,000 years ago to represent deceased ancestors.
A native Rapanui woman told authorities she witnessed the theft Sunday at Anakena beach and saw Kulju fleeing from the scene with a piece of the statue in his hand. Police later identified him by the tattoos the woman saw on his body.
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KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; sosuomi
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Idiot!
To: Red in Blue PA
Maybe he thought it was chocolate.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:13:09 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(When life gives you lemons...don't forget the vodka...)
To: Red in Blue PA
They will be forced to put cameras up no. Theft of antiquities has been on the rise as they make for easy $ unfortunately.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:13:23 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
To: Red in Blue PA
Why am I so happy that this wasn’t an American who was caught doing this?
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:13:50 PM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(I am not voting for McCain. No way, no how.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Finnish guy? I thought it was Mike Tyson...
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:13:56 PM PDT
by
henkster
(I'm a typical white guy)
To: Red in Blue PA
No reason to steal someone else’s idol. There are plenty to go around these days...
To: Red in Blue PA
An eye for an eye and an ear for an ear!!
To: henkster
Finnish guy? I thought it was Mike Tyson...That's one hell of a set of teeth.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:15:41 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: PeterFinn
Ah! The “Ugly American Syndrome”. I thought same thing at first.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:16:52 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: Red in Blue PA
To: Red in Blue PA
Hang him.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:18:24 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Red in Blue PA
“Friends, Maoi, Countrymen...”
To: Red in Blue PA
I’m wondering how the heck he got up there to break off the ear! Those statues are huge. And aren’t the ears, like, the size of a human?
Also, it makes you wonder why so many bad guys are heavily tattooed, when they’re more easily identifiable that way...
To: PeterFinn
Probably because fat American touristas have been known across the globe for their stupidity.
Not saying everyone does, it’s just some idiots have been saddled with the rest of us with a poor reputation overseas.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:19:31 PM PDT
by
Santa Fe_Conservative
(The RINOs think that they have won but we shall see who has the last laugh in '08...)
To: Corin Stormhands
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:21:04 PM PDT
by
swampdweller
(Live Free or Die Hard)
To: Santa Fe_Conservative
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:21:12 PM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(I am not voting for McCain. No way, no how.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:21:41 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Reagan would have never said "She's my girl")
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:22:28 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Famous moments in history: March 18th, 2008 “I have a bridge (to sell you)...” - Barack H. Obama)
To: Siberian-psycho
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:22:42 PM PDT
by
swampdweller
(Live Free or Die Hard)
To: Liberty Valance
That phrase is no longer PC.
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posted on
03/25/2008 1:22:54 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Famous moments in history: March 18th, 2008 “I have a bridge (to sell you)...” - Barack H. Obama)
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