Posted on 03/06/2020 12:34:27 PM PST by BenLurkin
A Chilean island resident was arrested on March 1 after his truck... crashed into one of the stone figures and badly damaged both it and the ahu, or platform, it was perched on.
Local authorities believe that the accident was caused by brake failure that caused his truck to slide downhill.
On the island, which is known as Hanga Roa by its native Rapa Nui people, the enormous stone heads called moai have long been a source of intrigue and wonder.
In 2019, Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Director of the Easter Island Statue Project, told CNN Travel that bad tourist behavior, such as tacky photos of visitors pretending to "pick the noses" of the sacred moai, was causing a rift between travelers and locals.
"There are 1,000 statues and there are 5,000 people," Van Tilburg said. She urged visitors to the island to show respect for the Rapa Nui community and to engage local guides and services in order to make sure tourism revenue stayed on the island.
Some measures to curb overtourism were implemented in 2018, including a changed visa policy that allowed foreigners and non-Rapa Nui Chileans to get visas for only 30 days instead of the previous 90.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Not surprised to hear John Kerry come to an inglorious end.
oh moai that’s bad
I’d vote him off of the island.
I just got off the phone with Al Gore. He said the statue was destroyed by Global Warming. The truck had nothing to do with it.
Gore is a Nobel Prize winner. So he’s probably right.
Oh, you in trouble, Dum-Dum. You'd better run-run from Attila the Hun-Hun!
-PJ
They can get a new one at Home Depot. I have two at my pool.
Well, no moai fun for that statue.
She can stay, though...................
They can 3D print a new one.
Make sure his motive wasn’t Muslim first.
Gotta feeling that will invoke some bad karma...
Easter Island is still on my bucket list.
Gotta wonder why they arrested him if they determined it was brake failure...
Gotta wonder why they arrested him if they determined it was brake failure...
= = =
As they say, that’s the breaks.
Been there 2 times. The statues are cool.
I regret the destruction of antiquities
I could do a mother in law joke but mine is a great woman
Always had my back over her nutz daughter ...RIP
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