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. Easter Island was inhabited by Polynesian seafarers, who traveled thousands of miles in their canoes, guided by the stars, the rhythms of the ocean, the color of sky and the sun, the shapes of clouds, the direction from which the swells were coming, and the presence of birds making flights out to sea seeking food. However, the ocean currents which carried them there would not take them back. They were trapped and, having arrived there, could not leave. Those with long ears and those with short ears.