00:00These giant stone statues weighed tons.
00:03So how did ancient people move them without machines?
00:06For centuries, the Moai of Easter Island seemed impossible to explain.
00:11Then researchers noticed something unusual.
00:14Many statues have a slight forward lean and a curved base.
00:18Using ropes on both sides, a small group could rock the statue left and right,
00:23making it slowly walk forward.
00:25Scientists tested the method with a multi-ton replica,
00:28and it actually worked.
00:30Even more fascinating, ancient Rapa Nui legends said the Moai walked from the quarry.
00:36Maybe those legends weren't just stories after all,
00:39because if the Moai truly walked,
00:41then one of history's strangest legends may have been telling us the truth all along.
