Welcome to What The Heck season 4! This podcast explores unexplained phenomena using stories gathered from various sources, then applies an academic research method to find theories and solutions for each one. So far, we've been unsuccessful in finding any concrete answers, but a few of the stories we've covered have been solved. Today, we're looking at the Moai of Easter Island. These heads were there long before we called the island Easter Island, back when it was simply known as Rapa Nui. Since then though, the heads entered a state of disrepair. Recent surveys of the known heads counts them in the thousands though, but we don't really know what they were for. What do scholars think they were for? Why do some of them face out to sea? WHow did they even get there? Listen in to find out!

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For some reason, it didn't upload to Spotify at all.

References for the episode:

“Easter Island.” Wiki Travel, https://wikitravel.org/en/Easter_Island. Accessed 2 June 2025. 

Jarus, Owen, and Laura Geggel. “Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Its Famous Moai Statues | Live Science.” Live Science, Live Science, 21 June 2024, https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/easter-island-rapa-nui-and-its-famous-moai-statues. 

“The Moai Statues of Easter Island, Chile | Tribes Travel.” Tribes, https://www.tribes.co.uk/experiences/the-moai-statues-of-easter-island/. Accessed 2 June 2025. 

Yang, Allie. “Everything to Know about Easter Island’s Iconic Statues.” History, 19 Oct. 2022, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/everything-to-know-about-easter-islands-iconic-statues. 

You can email Glen at whattheheckpod3@gmail.com with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy the podcast and think you know others who will like it, share it with them!

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