Easter Island, one of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of the World Easter Island, one of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of the World One of the greatest mysteries on Earth are the statutes which stand on Easter Island.
Easter Island is the most remote island on Earth.
The closest island is 1400 miles away, and that island was uninhabited. Easter Island is only 15 miles long and ten miles wide. Yet, the Easter Island, which was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, is covered with hundreds of giant statutes, each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall. Nobody knows the answer and many are trying to find out. It is even suggested that space aliens must have brought them.