A friend of mine once stormed out of my appartment in a haze of fury when I suggested that this video casts doubt on his assertion that stonehenge was built by aliens.
Oddly enough, before the fallout, he tried his best to be skeptical about the whole video to an unreasonable degree. I wonder why he never thought to apply the same skepticism to his extra-terrestrial beliefs.
I'm not even going to look at the comment section for fear of seeing the same kind of thing.
When they built stonehenge the avenbury river used to flood and they used boats and draught horses to pull them from Wales where the stone was cut.60 miles away.This would be the easiest way to do it and it makes perfect sense ancient man was not stupid and had to raise crops so it would be neccessary for survival.Then they would use a similar technique to this .
Engineering 101 cool video moved logs and built a cabin on a 23 degree slope when i was 16 years old with a swede saw and a block and tackle a scribe and one axe for mortice and tenant joint.And was a liscensed boliermaker when i turned 20 always liked building and engineering in a simple mans world of course.That was in 1980 and it still stands hot and cold running water hot from a 1" 20' stainless steell pipe that i bent into a 1' long tube that i plumbed into a box stove that i also made.
Oddly enough, the video doesn't show how he lifts the block to get the pebbles underneath to begin with when spining, or how he lifts the blocks to get the first board under when he teeter totters the block to raise it... oh and he's missing the top piece (minor detail).
the point isn't about turning the stones on a pivot that was already there, or even erecting them vertically. The stones where quarried quite a far distance away from stonehenge with no means to transport them. Furthermore, how is he putting all that equipment around the stone to erect it in the first place. as you can see at 3:47, he would've needed to mount the stone onto the pivot in the first place which would require lifting it completely
@khazal12 He explains the movement is the first minute or so of the video. By using two small rocks as pivots he was able to move huge blocks at a rate of up to 300 feet per hour. Quarrying and moving the blocks was still quite an achievement but he has demonstrated a feasible method of transportation.
@khazal12 Furthermore, "how is he putting all that equipment around the stone to erect it in the first place. as you can see at 3:47, he would've needed to mount the stone onto the pivot in the first place which would require lifting it completely" No, he could have dug a hole underneath it... same principle as how he moved a barn trough his yard.
Wow, that really annoyed me, "I thought he was crazy playin' around with blocks" what have you ever tried to do with your life...? drink at the bars and go to your day job?
There exist 3000+ year old ruins with pipework, toilets and baths. And the structures of the same ruins, the stone walls were sectioned and reenforced with wooden pillars, making the walls flexible so the stone didn't crack.
Think it was on Crete this one in particular. Engineers gonna engineer, man.
Are you kidding me? Thats the name you would give if some border guard asks you for your ID, and you know you have to come up with a name in like one second.
This does not explain how the lintels on the top were placed perfect.... He got it up Vertically, but it doesn't explain how the lintels on top were placed.
Sick! This is pretty neat, but i would like to see him try and quarry and cut the rock, stack those boards, and do the whole process without using a single machine. The ancients didn't have any modern tools of their own to do this shit with so neither should he. Still pretty fucking awesome though.
He's using concrete... Stonehenge was made of stones, so we know how the concrete was poured into a solid block, but how were the stones of Stonehenge cut and lifted in the first place?
Stonhenge was built over a period of 1,000 years and the block were barely worked. Most of the blocks had been carried by the glaciers that covered once the region. The Glaciers were mostly the responsable of the blocks shape.
And we must remember that Stonehege was build around the time of the pyramids, just they took longer.
A more interesting place is the temple at Baalbek.
this is impressive, however, when this man pivots his blocks, he's using his pebble technique on top of paved cement. this theory of his is invalid based upon the fact that the weight of stonehenge's boulders would sink into the soft soil/grass which surrounds it making his method impossible in that terrain. the blocks would just shove the pebble straight into the ground..
@discordanceaxis I think the point isn't that "this is exactly how stonehenge was built" I think it's that "wow if one guy can do all that... surely an entire population hundreds of years ago with fuck all to do could have accomplished something with similar techniques"
@discordanceaxis They would dug under the stones and place wooden planks, as many as necessary, the result would have been similar as just using concrete. The same as with raising the big block first he dug one hole in the middle put up his construction, then he dug on the sides so he could start pivoting it (i assume, this would be ONE possible technique)
people back then were smarter than we are. You can ask a highschool graduate what trees are in their front yard, what clouds are in the sky, or what star points to polaris, and they won't have a fucking clue. Sure we can use a cell phone, sure we can drive a car or see a weather forecast on t.v., but when the power goes out we're the dumbest creatures on planet earth.
@wheelmanstan And if you handed them a cell phone, told them to drive a car to buy some new clothes and show up at 2PM for a job interview?
It's always been the same, some smart, most dumb. They were smart for what they had to do in their era.
Besides, funny story. Dude who invented invented the top hat? When he wore it publicly the first time he was arrested because people thought he was a demon come to kill them all. Because of a hat.
@wheelmanstan You can't say they were smarter just because they know things that we don't. We learn what is necessary to survive in our environment. Ask one of those people from "back then" to drive your car or call someone on your cell phone, and they would have no clue.
@FerretOverlord I don't necessarily think that people in the past were smarter than us, but you could teach people from thousands of years ago to drive a car or operate a cell phone no problem because their brains and bodies are still the same as ours.
@FerretOverlord The person you were talking to must not know the difference between knowledge and being smart(er). We don't know everything they knew back then because we don't have all the records of everything. This makes us ignorant, or not knowledgeable. However, they too would be ignorant about our cars, ipods, air planes, etc. This does not mean they weren't smart, just wouldn't be knowledgeable about our methods and technologies. This is all knowledge, and like you mentioned; relative.
@ronocko in all honesty many teens surely wouldn't know most of that, because frankly, it doesn't matter. we learn what we need/want based on what will help us the most. why waste time on things that don't ?
@natemorey Sorry, but this point of view of modern society is based on ignorance and laziness. History is essential. We should or perhaps have to learn this simple technology for building complex technology. Lot of people say something similiar about everything even modern so they depends on someone else if they build house or build car.
he is still hundreds of tons away from doing what they did. but it's nice to see progress. concrete is much lighter than the stones used in ancient megolith structures though.
It doesn't mean that the Stonehenge builders did it exactly this way, but it demonstrates that it is far from impossible or even difficult. And people in the neolithic where just as smart as we are today. No need for UFOs.
Ummm, doesn't really explain how a stone-aged person could build this piece of equipment in the first place. I saw some pretty accurate cuts and even bolts holding that thing together. Not forgetting that SA people were in all honestly, not all that savvy in terms of technological know-how, to conceive something this complex(although I do also see the simplicity of is as well) would take a fair amount of intellectual development that people of that time most likely didn't have.
@LeonDawson11 Sorry to dissapoint you, this where not 'stone age' people, but very advanced neolithic. They had already had some centuries to experiment and improve techniques, plenty of people and a lot of wood... and as much time as they wanted.
Actually... 2,500 BC is not the neolitic.. but around the fourth Dinasty in Egypt... the time when the Great pyramid was built... on a slighty larger scale.
people askin why? can you imagin living in a city with thousands of people with no real jobs and no way of entertaining yourselves.. a massive project like stone hedge would give everybody something to do and a purpose and story's to tell generations to come. plus the harder and more massive the project the longer the group would be entertained and feel like they were working towards a purpose
@TheBeauHunk That's actually the easy part. The classical approach done by Romans and Greeks where to just build a ramp of sand and push the stone up (with plenty of men). Romans had cranes too, anyway.
I agree that he makes a great point on how he thinks it was built, but I wish he didn't, I like not knowing and I like mystery. I'm still hoping aliens built it. More power to you if you can figure things like this out, but leave some things to the imagination. Not everything has to be debunked.
@mattc1nku Yeah, that's cool... but why would aliens come all the way from millions of kilometers to this godforgotten pebble just to pile up a primitive stone circle? If they did, why not a skyscraper?
This doesn't explain how uncut blocks of thousands and thousands of tons could be piled one over another. This man is very clever yet his stones seem to be already cut, no doubt he has accomplished a lot though..
yeah, good point. it also doesn't explain why since the dawn of history, civilizations who obviously took their "religion" as well as themselves very seriously would draw strange creatures, claim them to be very real... almost all depicted as possessing amazing powers.... It's not a coincidence that Prometheus' "stealing the fire from Zues" is at the center of Rocafeller center. Bottom line is IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY STONE AGE PEOPLE DID IT IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@heathen18 that's precisely what he's trying to prove. Nobody knows for sure how the blocks of stonehenge were moved. they're a type of stone that comes from wales (the region), so they would have been moved over miles and miles. Previous tests had shown that it was equivalent to millions of man-hours using previous methods. but this man seems to have found something more plausible.
I don't get why people continue to assume ancient peoples were stupid. Technologies have been gained and lost over and over throughout history. They may or may not have used this method - but it makes a lot more sense than hundreds of people pulling on ropes. Look at us today - if there is an easier way to do something we will find it - no one wants to work harder than they "have" to.
@Leadman1989 like i said. a rubiks cube can be solved 43 Million different ways... im sure these stones can be moved millions of different ways. how do we know it was actually this technique?
me and my boyfriend, neither of us are popeye moved a massive stove by sliding along on an old curtain.nobody belived us.got it over the back step by levering it up with a small sack truck and lowering it in final place with wood wedges.
I have to say his technique for standing the block upright is valid. (kinda) It would be better if he didnt use pre-cut pieces of wood for the frame which they would have had back then.
As for the moving of the block hes completely over looked the fact that the little stone was resting on concrete. ;) i would love to see him do it on grass or even in a woodland area where trees would get in the way.
@mpattym you're greatly underestimating the technology of the time. People of that time were very skilled woodworkers, so the frame is no issue. They would've easily constructed something similar.
as for moving the stones, I'm not sure how he did it but it seems he moved a few over the grass, and he even moves his barn over dirt. possible a simple slab of stone under the little rock to create a flate surface.
that as well could have been done by people 3000BC
I used his shoring box idea and raised a 900lb fireplace mantle myself. The guys at the construction site marveled at the technique. I'll never forget using that genius idea!
I cant believe people need every little detail explained to them or else they call fake. To the skeptics out there, you are all dumb please dont procreate.
To everyone else please teach our future to think, question, and explore. Not sit in front of the TV like a invalid.
I love it.... This man shows the wonder in simplicity and using good common sence which is often overlooked in what seems to be impossible tasks. Great lesson.. Good job.. I tip my hat. Thankyou for posting : )
okey maybe they could use somethin like this. but then ill ask u how did they make such stones in that kinda shapes? with stone axe's ? i dont think so. how did he get those stones? modern technology.
okey maybe they could use somethin like this .. but then ill ask u how did they make such stones in that kinda shapes? with stone axe's ? i dont think so... how did he get those stones? modern technology.
okey maybe they could use somethin like this .. but then ill ask u how did they make such stones in that kinda shapes? with stone axe's ? i dont think so... how did he get those stones? modern technology..
if they had a paved surface from the stones origins to stonehenge, then yea maybe that is how they got the stones there. but i doubt it was. so no, this explains nothing.
Sorry, but ancient aliens using alien technology from the planet X'arrnarth 4 makes much more sense because the History Channel's Ancient Aliens series told me so. /sarcasm
Btw, the people saying it was all faked, even if the whole video was a handdrawn cartoon, what is described in the video breaks no laws of physics and makes perfect sense.
I can't wait till i have lots of free time a few big rocks and lots of wood so i can make my own "paranormal" rock pile.
I see a "but" to this theory. The large masses turns placing a stone on a hard surface, granite or concrete. That did not have it then: only the ground floor. They should be prepared before an area to handle this technique. So maybe they did, but then I do not very practical. Those were some communal buildings, with many arms they could ignore these issues. But I think a great contribution these techniques. Could explain some things.
@Eminonna: It wouldn't have been all that difficult to carve a few flatish rock tiles and keep moving the one in the back of the trail to the front of it as the big stone was spun forward.
@Eminonna He used small pebbles on a hard surface to show how you do it. But you could easily do this on natural grass. One way is to use larger stones that are still effective even after sinking into the ground a bit. The second way is to lay a wooden plank on the ground with the stone on it. The wooden planks are mobile and can be picked up and laid down as you continue to move the giant stone.
I see a "but" to this theory. THE huge masses spinning putting a pidrecita on a hard surface, granite or concrete. That did not have it then: only the ground floor. They should be prepared before an area to handle this technique. So maybe they did, but then I do not very practical. Esasconstrcciones were somewhat communal, with many arms you could dispense with these issues. Otherwise it is very well that theory.
@IAbominator; They could have made little mounds of compacted dirt and then dug on them till they reached ground level, then after the rock was in place they dug out the excess dirt
@IAbominator Wrong. There is a site from England that says each upright stone "was raised until gravity made it slide into the hole." try looking at a site called solarnavigator on the stonehenge page.
@IAbominator Why not? Once in the pit with the top stone in place, you dig away the earth around it to leave them sitting on flat ground. Or you build up the area 1st, then take away the buildup. No reason to think because the bottom of the stones is on level ground that that is how it was when they were stood up.
This is exactly like back when the estimates of the number of egyptian workers on the pyramids was rolled back. Why do we constantly look down on our ancestors as muscle-headed brutes? And fuck anyone and everyone who seriously thinks that aliens are responsible.
Did he complete it? Is he still alive? Not to knock Wally for his efforts but the "stones" he's moving looks more like concrete which is lighter than solid stone. These look like slabs of concrete he got from his job, which could even be hollow at some points.
@amaolud78 What kind of difference would it make? He is not using trickery, he flat out states the weight of them, if this is all you got out of this you're completely missing the point...
I dont think our ancestors had 8 x4 boards (as a bed) to move the stones, if they were using that technique. Also notice when he rolls the stone you'll see it has damage to the edges. If our ancestors used this way im sure after 100 miles of moving them, they would have ended up with a pebble!!
@wayner54321123 You have some serious lack of imagination there. Yes our ancestors most certainly had 8 x 4 boards and much much bigger boards! As for the stone ending up as a pebble? Again you don't think they would be intelligent enough to replace the stone when it got worn down? I mean what, they get 50 miles are down to pebbles and say "well that's it were done"? You absolutely baffle me sir.
I think all of you people sitting around and denying scientific principles should turn off your computer, leave your house, and go live in the woods until you decide maybe science isn't such a bad thing after all.
@showmeanedge I suppose this guy can also cut diorite with a butter knife? Or I suppose he could quarry these stone 100's of miles all by himself? Its a good method, but do you mean to tell me structures like Puma Punku(which is considerably older than the Pyramids) were build this way, hoisting large stones several more meters in the air than displayed in this video? If this method was so plausible, I think scientist would of already acknowledged it as being the method used by ancient people.
@kanarvin The ancient may or may not have used his techniques. But what he proved is this: people with only muscle power, some ingenuity and understanding of mechanics can achieve a lot.
You don't need aliens to explain pyramids. It is possible, although this may or may not the exact method.
We thought we are smart, even our best scientists can't give a clear explanation how a 'simple' stonehedge was erected. If we can 'bring' back a few of the fellows that constructed stonehedge back to our present time, they will be laughing out loud when they found out that for the past couple of decades our scientists and our experts can't even came up with a solution on how to build a stonehedge. ha ha ha
I am proud of Wally, i admired his patience and his commitment. Today we lacks people like Wally, too many of us has taken natural raw talent for granted, we are too dependent machinery and electronics that we have forgotten that we were once from 'Stonehenge'. LOL
@edubctown and if the stone underneath was harder than the stone on top of it it would create a dent in it so u would just move in circles (and there would be telling signs on the stones that are standing up) , if the stone underneath was softer it would crush it
they didnt really show the whole process of lifting it up, they just showed how he washed some sand of and then it was up, did i miss something? and i asked myself, who the hell has a huge stone like that at home?
If you noticed it was dark by the time it was raised. Who in the hell besides Andy Warhol would want to watch 9 hours of the stone very slooowly sinking into the ground? They already showed the entire process but cut out hours upon hours of filler (the stone slowly sinking into the soil and sand).
@edwards21416 You raise the top first, then put the pillars underneath. And someone asked how he could raise the pivot... The surface consists of several wooden planks. When the block tilts left, you can slide in wood on the right etc.
awsome..and ..impresive...BUT WHERE IS THE COMPLETE REPLICA , FULL SIZE ...OF STONEHENDGE? spin them all you want,but the real trick is getting them up above the ground??????? keep trying...oh a clue....antigravity?
For any that have questions about how he accomplished some aspect of the construction of his Stonehenge, he has a homemade but nevertheless well-made and most interesting video where he goes into MUCH greater detail about every aspect of how to actually erect every aspect of Stonehenge as well as many (all?) aspects of the pyramids including the transport of the materials from where they were quarried to where they were ultimately used.
So how did he get the block up from the floor in the first place? If its actualy flat n the ground, theres no way he would be able to rock it to one side. Unless he digs underneath one side or something
wow this man has a beautiful mind. the world needs more original and interesting individuals like him. To think out in the rural country side somebody has this fascination. His son on the other hand sounds like a dumbass, but only by comparison.
all i have to say is you are freakin AMAZING!!! I look forward to seeing the completed work. leave it to an AMERICAN to figure out Stonehenge!!! USA!USA!USA!
all i have to say is you are freakin AMAZING!!! I look forward to seeing the completed work. leave it to an AMERICAN to figure out Stonehenge!!! USA!USA!USA!
It was showing how he raised the block several feet of the ground by movie it back and forth and putting a board it, but how did he move the block into such a position in the first place especially if it's flat on the ground. He showed he was turning a stone and said he did so by putting a stone underneath it but how did he get the stone underneath it?
@xycadium leverage he made a big arm outta would like hes using in the barn move. look how long the arm in the barn move is and hes the only one pushing down on it.. . so he puts his weight on the arm it tilts the rock on its side he then has buckets and baggs of sand within reach to place on the arm to free him up so he can go place two rocks under the stone in the perfect postion then back to release the sandbags and bucket.. to make the move..
this shows how its not a matter of over thinking but almost under thinking, it could only be thought of by someone who is familiar with stone. - I found it interesting how he used the term "walk" as the Moai of Easter island in Rapanui lore were "walked" to their destinations, this could explain it, especially with the help of ropes and a group to work it back and forth.. (only concern is the soft nature of the volcanic-ash stone of the Moai..)
when he teeters it back and forth to gain height to get it into the tipping position he just uses a pebble to walk it off the boards and onto the standing two.. im guessing..
Smart guy...
10evanthia 5 days ago
A friend of mine once stormed out of my appartment in a haze of fury when I suggested that this video casts doubt on his assertion that stonehenge was built by aliens.
Oddly enough, before the fallout, he tried his best to be skeptical about the whole video to an unreasonable degree. I wonder why he never thought to apply the same skepticism to his extra-terrestrial beliefs.
I'm not even going to look at the comment section for fear of seeing the same kind of thing.
Yony42 1 week ago
This is pretty amazing but I am confused...at 2:24: how does he get the stone slab 4ft into the air for the pivot????
ritam216 3 weeks ago
When they built stonehenge the avenbury river used to flood and they used boats and draught horses to pull them from Wales where the stone was cut.60 miles away.This would be the easiest way to do it and it makes perfect sense ancient man was not stupid and had to raise crops so it would be neccessary for survival.Then they would use a similar technique to this .
lee8264 1 month ago
Engineering 101 cool video moved logs and built a cabin on a 23 degree slope when i was 16 years old with a swede saw and a block and tackle a scribe and one axe for mortice and tenant joint.And was a liscensed boliermaker when i turned 20 always liked building and engineering in a simple mans world of course.That was in 1980 and it still stands hot and cold running water hot from a 1" 20' stainless steell pipe that i bent into a 1' long tube that i plumbed into a box stove that i also made.
lee8264 1 month ago
Oddly enough, the video doesn't show how he lifts the block to get the pebbles underneath to begin with when spining, or how he lifts the blocks to get the first board under when he teeter totters the block to raise it... oh and he's missing the top piece (minor detail).
taiddan 1 month ago
Small men play with legos, this guys builds stonehenge!!
Mandelbrotmat 1 month ago
@Mandelbrotmat I Agree
10evanthia 5 days ago
Thor Heyerdahl would be proud! :D
Mandelbrotmat 1 month ago
the point isn't about turning the stones on a pivot that was already there, or even erecting them vertically. The stones where quarried quite a far distance away from stonehenge with no means to transport them. Furthermore, how is he putting all that equipment around the stone to erect it in the first place. as you can see at 3:47, he would've needed to mount the stone onto the pivot in the first place which would require lifting it completely
khazal12 2 months ago
@khazal12 He explains the movement is the first minute or so of the video. By using two small rocks as pivots he was able to move huge blocks at a rate of up to 300 feet per hour. Quarrying and moving the blocks was still quite an achievement but he has demonstrated a feasible method of transportation.
KidTempo77 2 months ago
@khazal12 or just digging a space under it :)
duckability 2 months ago
@khazal12 Furthermore, "how is he putting all that equipment around the stone to erect it in the first place. as you can see at 3:47, he would've needed to mount the stone onto the pivot in the first place which would require lifting it completely" No, he could have dug a hole underneath it... same principle as how he moved a barn trough his yard.
pegasusfreedom 1 month ago
Wow, that really annoyed me, "I thought he was crazy playin' around with blocks" what have you ever tried to do with your life...? drink at the bars and go to your day job?
BeAsTm0aD 3 months ago
Ancient people stupid?
There exist 3000+ year old ruins with pipework, toilets and baths. And the structures of the same ruins, the stone walls were sectioned and reenforced with wooden pillars, making the walls flexible so the stone didn't crack.
Think it was on Crete this one in particular. Engineers gonna engineer, man.
hellofraaance 3 months ago
wally wallington?
Are you kidding me? Thats the name you would give if some border guard asks you for your ID, and you know you have to come up with a name in like one second.
""OH, ah, Wally, Wally Wallington sir.""
gulbirk 3 months ago 3
@gulbirk
thats the only youtube comment ive laughed at
daniellos333 3 months ago
@gulbirk lol funny
Trinity8030 3 months ago
this guy is a genius
ChuckFromNorway 3 months ago
This does not explain how the lintels on the top were placed perfect.... He got it up Vertically, but it doesn't explain how the lintels on top were placed.
TimeGlass32 4 months ago
@TimeGlass32 Yes, that is totally true, but he's defeated a great deal of the mysteries.
paradigmino 3 months ago
Sick! This is pretty neat, but i would like to see him try and quarry and cut the rock, stack those boards, and do the whole process without using a single machine. The ancients didn't have any modern tools of their own to do this shit with so neither should he. Still pretty fucking awesome though.
shityname5 4 months ago
It is not all answer.
MrDoppelHan 4 months ago
แสดงให้เห็นว่าคนสมัยก่อนเก่งจริงๆ กว่าคนยุคปัจจุบันจะทำได้ก็ใช้เวลาหลายพันปี
kirarunya 4 months ago
It is not all answer .
MrDoppelHan 4 months ago
This totally blasts those guys on History Channel's "Ancient Aliens"
Iguana1138 4 months ago
He's using concrete... Stonehenge was made of stones, so we know how the concrete was poured into a solid block, but how were the stones of Stonehenge cut and lifted in the first place?
L3G3NDARYK1LL3R 4 months ago
@L3G3NDARYK1LL3R
Stonhenge was built over a period of 1,000 years and the block were barely worked. Most of the blocks had been carried by the glaciers that covered once the region. The Glaciers were mostly the responsable of the blocks shape.
And we must remember that Stonehege was build around the time of the pyramids, just they took longer.
A more interesting place is the temple at Baalbek.
elnauhual 4 months ago
this is impressive, however, when this man pivots his blocks, he's using his pebble technique on top of paved cement. this theory of his is invalid based upon the fact that the weight of stonehenge's boulders would sink into the soft soil/grass which surrounds it making his method impossible in that terrain. the blocks would just shove the pebble straight into the ground..
discordanceaxis 5 months ago
@discordanceaxis I think the point isn't that "this is exactly how stonehenge was built" I think it's that "wow if one guy can do all that... surely an entire population hundreds of years ago with fuck all to do could have accomplished something with similar techniques"
Scottwantsin 5 months ago 4
@discordanceaxis They would dug under the stones and place wooden planks, as many as necessary, the result would have been similar as just using concrete. The same as with raising the big block first he dug one hole in the middle put up his construction, then he dug on the sides so he could start pivoting it (i assume, this would be ONE possible technique)
pegasusfreedom 1 month ago
i wonder how much his wife weighs?
abrahamgentry86 5 months ago
problem with this is all his blocks are perfectly flat and stonhenge isnt even close to flat this is very impressive though
crazycool25 5 months ago
@crazycool25
also, the stones were moved 240miles along grass.
tougenokaibutsu 5 months ago
people back then were smarter than we are. You can ask a highschool graduate what trees are in their front yard, what clouds are in the sky, or what star points to polaris, and they won't have a fucking clue. Sure we can use a cell phone, sure we can drive a car or see a weather forecast on t.v., but when the power goes out we're the dumbest creatures on planet earth.
wheelmanstan 5 months ago 5
@wheelmanstan And if you handed them a cell phone, told them to drive a car to buy some new clothes and show up at 2PM for a job interview?
It's always been the same, some smart, most dumb. They were smart for what they had to do in their era.
Besides, funny story. Dude who invented invented the top hat? When he wore it publicly the first time he was arrested because people thought he was a demon come to kill them all. Because of a hat.
Scottwantsin 5 months ago
@wheelmanstan You can't say they were smarter just because they know things that we don't. We learn what is necessary to survive in our environment. Ask one of those people from "back then" to drive your car or call someone on your cell phone, and they would have no clue.
It's all relative, man.
FerretOverlord 2 months ago 15
@FerretOverlord I don't necessarily think that people in the past were smarter than us, but you could teach people from thousands of years ago to drive a car or operate a cell phone no problem because their brains and bodies are still the same as ours.
blackiswhite1111 2 months ago
@FerretOverlord The person you were talking to must not know the difference between knowledge and being smart(er). We don't know everything they knew back then because we don't have all the records of everything. This makes us ignorant, or not knowledgeable. However, they too would be ignorant about our cars, ipods, air planes, etc. This does not mean they weren't smart, just wouldn't be knowledgeable about our methods and technologies. This is all knowledge, and like you mentioned; relative.
akumachill 2 weeks ago
@FerretOverlord I taught my 1 year old how to answer my iphone in an hour. They would figure it out.
AdamWyson 4 days ago
@wheelmanstan You might be maybe you should of payed attention in school?
ronocko 2 months ago
@ronocko in all honesty many teens surely wouldn't know most of that, because frankly, it doesn't matter. we learn what we need/want based on what will help us the most. why waste time on things that don't ?
natemorey 1 month ago
@natemorey Sorry, but this point of view of modern society is based on ignorance and laziness. History is essential. We should or perhaps have to learn this simple technology for building complex technology. Lot of people say something similiar about everything even modern so they depends on someone else if they build house or build car.
XU3E 1 month ago
how did they put the ones on top of the blocks though?
uglyguido 5 months ago
Whoever thinks aliens put those stones there is a fucking paranoid crazy
Disposition446 6 months ago
this is scientifically fucking retarded.
rageyourface 6 months ago
he is still hundreds of tons away from doing what they did. but it's nice to see progress. concrete is much lighter than the stones used in ancient megolith structures though.
rocksinmouth 6 months ago
joe rogan sent me here!
DominoesFallingProds 6 months ago 3
Impressive.
It doesn't mean that the Stonehenge builders did it exactly this way, but it demonstrates that it is far from impossible or even difficult. And people in the neolithic where just as smart as we are today. No need for UFOs.
runlevel0 6 months ago
Ummm, doesn't really explain how a stone-aged person could build this piece of equipment in the first place. I saw some pretty accurate cuts and even bolts holding that thing together. Not forgetting that SA people were in all honestly, not all that savvy in terms of technological know-how, to conceive something this complex(although I do also see the simplicity of is as well) would take a fair amount of intellectual development that people of that time most likely didn't have.
LeonDawson11 6 months ago
@LeonDawson11 Sorry to dissapoint you, this where not 'stone age' people, but very advanced neolithic. They had already had some centuries to experiment and improve techniques, plenty of people and a lot of wood... and as much time as they wanted.
runlevel0 6 months ago
@runlevel0
You know "neolithic" is the Stone Age, right? The New Stone Age, literally.
Kavias 5 months ago
@Kavias
Actually... 2,500 BC is not the neolitic.. but around the fourth Dinasty in Egypt... the time when the Great pyramid was built... on a slighty larger scale.
elnauhual 4 months ago
Saw this on tv ... and when people says alien and reptilians made them with alien technology i just think bullshit ...
this is great ... using his brain
djball232 6 months ago
people askin why? can you imagin living in a city with thousands of people with no real jobs and no way of entertaining yourselves.. a massive project like stone hedge would give everybody something to do and a purpose and story's to tell generations to come. plus the harder and more massive the project the longer the group would be entertained and feel like they were working towards a purpose
gibbers05 6 months ago 3
Now lets see him stack the top on.
TheBeauHunk 6 months ago
@TheBeauHunk That's actually the easy part. The classical approach done by Romans and Greeks where to just build a ramp of sand and push the stone up (with plenty of men). Romans had cranes too, anyway.
runlevel0 6 months ago
I agree that he makes a great point on how he thinks it was built, but I wish he didn't, I like not knowing and I like mystery. I'm still hoping aliens built it. More power to you if you can figure things like this out, but leave some things to the imagination. Not everything has to be debunked.
mattc1nku 6 months ago
@mattc1nku Yeah, that's cool... but why would aliens come all the way from millions of kilometers to this godforgotten pebble just to pile up a primitive stone circle? If they did, why not a skyscraper?
runlevel0 6 months ago
This doesn't explain how uncut blocks of thousands and thousands of tons could be piled one over another. This man is very clever yet his stones seem to be already cut, no doubt he has accomplished a lot though..
paxsmile 7 months ago 2
@paxsmile
yeah, good point. it also doesn't explain why since the dawn of history, civilizations who obviously took their "religion" as well as themselves very seriously would draw strange creatures, claim them to be very real... almost all depicted as possessing amazing powers.... It's not a coincidence that Prometheus' "stealing the fire from Zues" is at the center of Rocafeller center. Bottom line is IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY STONE AGE PEOPLE DID IT IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheBeauHunk 6 months ago
@paxsmile Well, they are made f an alien stuff called CONCRETE ;)
runlevel0 6 months ago
02:35 no he wont. He will put an hypothesis to a test. its not a theory before its proven.
gulbirk 7 months ago
This isnt so amazing. People have been doing it, for like, thousands of years :S
heathen18 8 months ago
@heathen18 that's precisely what he's trying to prove. Nobody knows for sure how the blocks of stonehenge were moved. they're a type of stone that comes from wales (the region), so they would have been moved over miles and miles. Previous tests had shown that it was equivalent to millions of man-hours using previous methods. but this man seems to have found something more plausible.
walatalalaw 8 months ago
I don't get why people continue to assume ancient peoples were stupid. Technologies have been gained and lost over and over throughout history. They may or may not have used this method - but it makes a lot more sense than hundreds of people pulling on ropes. Look at us today - if there is an easier way to do something we will find it - no one wants to work harder than they "have" to.
Jintorn 9 months ago 43
@Jintorn but using leverage just like he did you could have 1 guy pulling on a rope D:
Fukyouimdrunk 8 months ago
@Jintorn if they weren't stupid, why didn't they have, let's say, airplanes or medicine like we have, today? Me: 1, you: 0.
SuperAhmed1337 3 months ago
@Jintorn
What technologies have been lost? And if they were lost, how do we know about them?
Leadman1989 1 month ago
@Leadman1989 like i said. a rubiks cube can be solved 43 Million different ways... im sure these stones can be moved millions of different ways. how do we know it was actually this technique?
MFRoosy16 1 month ago
@Leadman1989
We wouldn't know about them, that's kind of the definition of "lost"
aerialace21 3 weeks ago
me and my boyfriend, neither of us are popeye moved a massive stove by sliding along on an old curtain.nobody belived us.got it over the back step by levering it up with a small sack truck and lowering it in final place with wood wedges.
partytrick123 9 months ago
Awesome!
m00semanus 9 months ago
Simple. That's why scientists don't think of it.
Thumbs up to the poster.
NWOrDREGS 10 months ago
@NWOrDREGS This guy is using scientific principles to move the blocks, so science did think of it, just not in practical sense.
dutchbb1979 10 months ago
this dude is going to be crushed in no time
itsVINCEC 10 months ago
I have to say his technique for standing the block upright is valid. (kinda) It would be better if he didnt use pre-cut pieces of wood for the frame which they would have had back then.
As for the moving of the block hes completely over looked the fact that the little stone was resting on concrete. ;) i would love to see him do it on grass or even in a woodland area where trees would get in the way.
mpattym 11 months ago
@mpattym It's in plain sight that his model arch at 1:15 is on grass.
Your second point is kinda invalid.
ImEternalWanderer 9 months ago
@mpattym Yeah, the stones underneith would simply sink into the earth, :P
Mufflemonsta009 9 months ago
@mpattym you're greatly underestimating the technology of the time. People of that time were very skilled woodworkers, so the frame is no issue. They would've easily constructed something similar.
as for moving the stones, I'm not sure how he did it but it seems he moved a few over the grass, and he even moves his barn over dirt. possible a simple slab of stone under the little rock to create a flate surface.
that as well could have been done by people 3000BC
walatalalaw 8 months ago
I used his shoring box idea and raised a 900lb fireplace mantle myself. The guys at the construction site marveled at the technique. I'll never forget using that genius idea!
zoffinger 11 months ago 2
I cant believe people need every little detail explained to them or else they call fake. To the skeptics out there, you are all dumb please dont procreate.
To everyone else please teach our future to think, question, and explore. Not sit in front of the TV like a invalid.
CriticalHammer007 11 months ago
I still dont get how he got the top horizontal stone ontop of the two vertical stones
TorrMup 11 months ago
this is furking awesome! with that said, how would Wally get the capper blocks on?
christopiate 11 months ago
I wish my grandpa was this cool.
Alectr0n 11 months ago
Youtube? Started by aliens.
00Maximilian 11 months ago
I love it.... This man shows the wonder in simplicity and using good common sence which is often overlooked in what seems to be impossible tasks. Great lesson.. Good job.. I tip my hat. Thankyou for posting : )
sunniski 11 months ago
okey maybe they could use somethin like this. but then ill ask u how did they make such stones in that kinda shapes? with stone axe's ? i dont think so. how did he get those stones? modern technology.
osmium000 11 months ago
okey maybe they could use somethin like this .. but then ill ask u how did they make such stones in that kinda shapes? with stone axe's ? i dont think so... how did he get those stones? modern technology.
osmium000 11 months ago
@osmium000 You could cut a stone with just a wood stick and hot wather ;) ! this technique it's also called common sence ;)
01zack 11 months ago
okey maybe they could use somethin like this .. but then ill ask u how did they make such stones in that kinda shapes? with stone axe's ? i dont think so... how did he get those stones? modern technology..
osmium000 11 months ago
if they had a paved surface from the stones origins to stonehenge, then yea maybe that is how they got the stones there. but i doubt it was. so no, this explains nothing.
dudeeful1 11 months ago
Well done to him for destroying those ridiculous ancient alien fantasies youtubers love.
blackmog1 11 months ago
Very clever
RFUK 11 months ago 3
god dang its so freaking simple very few people dont think of it! maybe thats how these ancient structures were built!
thegreatninjaman 1 year ago
awesome, you figured it out, i wanna see more
justinRkeaton 1 year ago
Nice work dude!
rkaustin71 1 year ago
HAHAHAHA this is how i move furniture by myself
TheChad26753 1 year ago
How did he get the first pebble under the rock?
johanna006 1 year ago
Sorry, but ancient aliens using alien technology from the planet X'arrnarth 4 makes much more sense because the History Channel's Ancient Aliens series told me so. /sarcasm
PharodWormhair 1 year ago
Btw, the people saying it was all faked, even if the whole video was a handdrawn cartoon, what is described in the video breaks no laws of physics and makes perfect sense.
I can't wait till i have lots of free time a few big rocks and lots of wood so i can make my own "paranormal" rock pile.
TiagoTiagoT 1 year ago
@TiagoTiagoT It's kind of sad that many people would rather believe crazy fairytales than just give humans credit for being clever.
bio2020 1 year ago
I wanna be like him when i grow up :p
TiagoTiagoT 1 year ago
brilliant man
ASCAB 1 year ago 2
I call fake, back then people didn't have access to moder technology such as sunglasses.
doududu 1 year ago 87
@doududu lmao, I sense your sarcasticness :P
dereileak 1 year ago
@doududu lol
riniks112 10 months ago
I see a "but" to this theory. The large masses turns placing a stone on a hard surface, granite or concrete. That did not have it then: only the ground floor. They should be prepared before an area to handle this technique. So maybe they did, but then I do not very practical. Those were some communal buildings, with many arms they could ignore these issues. But I think a great contribution these techniques. Could explain some things.
Eminonna 1 year ago
@Eminonna: It wouldn't have been all that difficult to carve a few flatish rock tiles and keep moving the one in the back of the trail to the front of it as the big stone was spun forward.
TiagoTiagoT 1 year ago
@Eminonna He used small pebbles on a hard surface to show how you do it. But you could easily do this on natural grass. One way is to use larger stones that are still effective even after sinking into the ground a bit. The second way is to lay a wooden plank on the ground with the stone on it. The wooden planks are mobile and can be picked up and laid down as you continue to move the giant stone.
bio2020 1 year ago
I see a "but" to this theory. THE huge masses spinning putting a pidrecita on a hard surface, granite or concrete. That did not have it then: only the ground floor. They should be prepared before an area to handle this technique. So maybe they did, but then I do not very practical. Esasconstrcciones were somewhat communal, with many arms you could dispense with these issues. Otherwise it is very well that theory.
Eminonna 1 year ago
Just think. That giant block will be there for 100's of years, if not over 1000's
STS232323 1 year ago
Stone henge wasn't built with the stones going into pits gd idea though
IAbominator 1 year ago
@IAbominator; They could have made little mounds of compacted dirt and then dug on them till they reached ground level, then after the rock was in place they dug out the excess dirt
TiagoTiagoT 1 year ago
@IAbominator Wrong. There is a site from England that says each upright stone "was raised until gravity made it slide into the hole." try looking at a site called solarnavigator on the stonehenge page.
fishinwflies 1 year ago
@IAbominator how do you know that?
thesnare100 1 year ago
@IAbominator Why not? Once in the pit with the top stone in place, you dig away the earth around it to leave them sitting on flat ground. Or you build up the area 1st, then take away the buildup. No reason to think because the bottom of the stones is on level ground that that is how it was when they were stood up.
molinarok 11 months ago
this is my grandpa
mrwallnea12 1 year ago 3
Wow flipping great job wally.
larrythelookout 1 year ago
This is exactly like back when the estimates of the number of egyptian workers on the pyramids was rolled back. Why do we constantly look down on our ancestors as muscle-headed brutes? And fuck anyone and everyone who seriously thinks that aliens are responsible.
IIGECKOII 1 year ago 13
Good work.But how can it be done in sand?
HonestEdw 1 year ago
Did he complete it? Is he still alive? Not to knock Wally for his efforts but the "stones" he's moving looks more like concrete which is lighter than solid stone. These look like slabs of concrete he got from his job, which could even be hollow at some points.
amaolud78 1 year ago
@amaolud78 They were cast on sight. I have seen videos of the forms being poured
thechurchofdave 1 year ago
@amaolud78 What kind of difference would it make? He is not using trickery, he flat out states the weight of them, if this is all you got out of this you're completely missing the point...
BadSmaxx 1 year ago
I dont think our ancestors had 8 x4 boards (as a bed) to move the stones, if they were using that technique. Also notice when he rolls the stone you'll see it has damage to the edges. If our ancestors used this way im sure after 100 miles of moving them, they would have ended up with a pebble!!
wayner54321123 1 year ago
@wayner54321123 You have some serious lack of imagination there. Yes our ancestors most certainly had 8 x 4 boards and much much bigger boards! As for the stone ending up as a pebble? Again you don't think they would be intelligent enough to replace the stone when it got worn down? I mean what, they get 50 miles are down to pebbles and say "well that's it were done"? You absolutely baffle me sir.
BadSmaxx 1 year ago
hmm its obvious Wally had help from the aliens...
hebesbt 1 year ago 3
I think all of you people sitting around and denying scientific principles should turn off your computer, leave your house, and go live in the woods until you decide maybe science isn't such a bad thing after all.
showmeanedge 1 year ago 69
@showmeanedge I suppose this guy can also cut diorite with a butter knife? Or I suppose he could quarry these stone 100's of miles all by himself? Its a good method, but do you mean to tell me structures like Puma Punku(which is considerably older than the Pyramids) were build this way, hoisting large stones several more meters in the air than displayed in this video? If this method was so plausible, I think scientist would of already acknowledged it as being the method used by ancient people.
kanarvin 10 months ago
@kanarvin best comment so far..
OMGITSDRJESUS 10 months ago
@kanarvin The ancient may or may not have used his techniques. But what he proved is this: people with only muscle power, some ingenuity and understanding of mechanics can achieve a lot.
You don't need aliens to explain pyramids. It is possible, although this may or may not the exact method.
ImEternalWanderer 9 months ago 3
this is insanely stupid,
at that time they wasnt having the same trick or technology?
like i mean the rock were not a perfect square ? he suck lol
belley669 1 year ago
We thought we are smart, even our best scientists can't give a clear explanation how a 'simple' stonehedge was erected. If we can 'bring' back a few of the fellows that constructed stonehedge back to our present time, they will be laughing out loud when they found out that for the past couple of decades our scientists and our experts can't even came up with a solution on how to build a stonehedge. ha ha ha
YSN524 1 year ago
I am proud of Wally, i admired his patience and his commitment. Today we lacks people like Wally, too many of us has taken natural raw talent for granted, we are too dependent machinery and electronics that we have forgotten that we were once from 'Stonehenge'. LOL
YSN524 1 year ago
rock on ..
chena3 1 year ago
how do you get the first little rock under the big ass stone?
edubctown 1 year ago
@edubctown and if the stone underneath was harder than the stone on top of it it would create a dent in it so u would just move in circles (and there would be telling signs on the stones that are standing up) , if the stone underneath was softer it would crush it
wayner54321123 1 year ago
I'm sorry but...
Where the FCK does he get 9328472983749tonne blocks for casual use? >_>.
keroberus2 1 year ago
they didnt really show the whole process of lifting it up, they just showed how he washed some sand of and then it was up, did i miss something? and i asked myself, who the hell has a huge stone like that at home?
Ivkovich 1 year ago
@Ivkovich
Yeah, you are missing something--common sense.
If you noticed it was dark by the time it was raised. Who in the hell besides Andy Warhol would want to watch 9 hours of the stone very slooowly sinking into the ground? They already showed the entire process but cut out hours upon hours of filler (the stone slowly sinking into the soil and sand).
PharodWormhair 1 year ago
great family all supporting pops thats the way
edwards21416 1 year ago
now get the top bit on and your done
edwards21416 1 year ago
@edwards21416 You raise the top first, then put the pillars underneath. And someone asked how he could raise the pivot... The surface consists of several wooden planks. When the block tilts left, you can slide in wood on the right etc.
MrMezmerized 7 months ago
Wallyhenge
vangoch999 1 year ago
awsome..and ..impresive...BUT WHERE IS THE COMPLETE REPLICA , FULL SIZE ...OF STONEHENDGE? spin them all you want,but the real trick is getting them up above the ground??????? keep trying...oh a clue....antigravity?
chett005 1 year ago
@chett005
Antigravity? OR,an inclined plane. Not much of a trick.
Aaron518 1 year ago
this guy can move some serious weight
olliemad 1 year ago
For any that have questions about how he accomplished some aspect of the construction of his Stonehenge, he has a homemade but nevertheless well-made and most interesting video where he goes into MUCH greater detail about every aspect of how to actually erect every aspect of Stonehenge as well as many (all?) aspects of the pyramids including the transport of the materials from where they were quarried to where they were ultimately used.
geoanmel 1 year ago 2
Talking about doing one's job to the very best.
Hats off to Mr. Wallington.
dlmaniac 1 year ago
How did he lift the stone block to get a pebble underneath it? Or get it on the right spot.
warrkrymez 1 year ago
"Building a Henge are we?"
Eddie Izzard
PuciferSam 1 year ago
So how did he get the block up from the floor in the first place? If its actualy flat n the ground, theres no way he would be able to rock it to one side. Unless he digs underneath one side or something
gordon1201 1 year ago
Is his 'Stonehenge' finished yet?
niburu2012 1 year ago
smart guy
caytonxavier 1 year ago
wow this man has a beautiful mind. the world needs more original and interesting individuals like him. To think out in the rural country side somebody has this fascination. His son on the other hand sounds like a dumbass, but only by comparison.
indiodemexico 1 year ago
@indiodemexico I bet he could figure out how to cap the Gulf oil spill. Of course, BP and the government wouldn't listen to him. They know it all.
cybervigilante 1 year ago
what are the things the blocks were rolling on?
chachieb 1 year ago
OK times the size of the rocks you just moved by about 100 and the distance by 200 miles......hmm ok.
Fail.
BountyUFC 1 year ago
@BountyUFC
Double post = fail too
pernophusmusic 1 year ago
@BountyUFC
learn to clear ur thoughts before u speak u come off very stupid!
POPSmaroon 1 year ago
OK times the size of the rocks you just moved by about 100 and the distance by 200 miles......hmm ok.
Fail.
BountyUFC 1 year ago
all i have to say is you are freakin AMAZING!!! I look forward to seeing the completed work. leave it to an AMERICAN to figure out Stonehenge!!! USA!USA!USA!
MARCISIOMARIJAYNE 1 year ago
all i have to say is you are freakin AMAZING!!! I look forward to seeing the completed work. leave it to an AMERICAN to figure out Stonehenge!!! USA!USA!USA!
MARCISIOMARIJAYNE 1 year ago
very cool and who cares about him putting a white man it was a white man who did it wasn't it.
stodd32 1 year ago
How come that wood doesn't break wtich such pressure?
Which wood is that? This is absolutely amazing if true.
caralhosvosfodam 1 year ago
It was showing how he raised the block several feet of the ground by movie it back and forth and putting a board it, but how did he move the block into such a position in the first place especially if it's flat on the ground. He showed he was turning a stone and said he did so by putting a stone underneath it but how did he get the stone underneath it?
xycadium 1 year ago
@xycadium probably dug underneath it and stuck things in there.
jeffdoeskungfu 1 year ago
@xycadium leverage he made a big arm outta would like hes using in the barn move. look how long the arm in the barn move is and hes the only one pushing down on it.. . so he puts his weight on the arm it tilts the rock on its side he then has buckets and baggs of sand within reach to place on the arm to free him up so he can go place two rocks under the stone in the perfect postion then back to release the sandbags and bucket.. to make the move..
tinman842 1 year ago
this shows how its not a matter of over thinking but almost under thinking, it could only be thought of by someone who is familiar with stone. - I found it interesting how he used the term "walk" as the Moai of Easter island in Rapanui lore were "walked" to their destinations, this could explain it, especially with the help of ropes and a group to work it back and forth.. (only concern is the soft nature of the volcanic-ash stone of the Moai..)
bb94025 1 year ago
absolutely brilliant, the concept that have previously been presented were absolute nonsense this is quite plausible really
bb94025 1 year ago
Wally Wallington is quite possibly the coolest name ever.
cohpiero 1 year ago
NIce!
shamsham1983 1 year ago
QUESTION!
He can move the giant blocks, and he can make them stand up.
But how does he make the top piece of the arch?
HyPeR0HaSHI 1 year ago 3
when he teeters it back and forth to gain height to get it into the tipping position he just uses a pebble to walk it off the boards and onto the standing two.. im guessing..
bb94025 1 year ago
As we see around 3:30 he can raise the blocks. So he could raise the top piece next to the standing stones, then move it onto the tops of then,
panchamkauns 1 year ago
Could be used for Stonehenge, but far to slow and inefficient for moving over 2 million blocks to make a pyramid
Or the 1000 ton baalbek monolith or something
avrilinblood 1 year ago