[12:17
PM] Mr. Blue:
I'm
guessing most hidden pirate treasure was plundered before all the
pirates that knew about it even died
Either
by the pirates or their friends or someone they sold the info to
[12:43
PM]
I
know I wouldn't have left it sitting
Oak
Island was probably emptied for the most part in the early 1700s
[12:46
PM] Mr. Blue:
i
remember reading how when they "discovered" the tombs in
the pyramids and there was nothing left except the gear the looters
left behind, which itself had become historically significant
[12:51
PM]
I
always found that interesting for a different reason.
[12:59
PM] Mr. Blue:
What's
that?
[1:39
PM]
Considering
what it takes to get in to most of those places...and the really
major ones having their own priesthoods and funerary temples and
basically towns of devotees.
How
many of those impregnable piles were emptied before they were even
sealed up?
[1:40
PM] Mr. Blue:
yes
[1:40
PM]
"Leave
some mallets and chisels around."
Those
granite drop walls alone. You'd basically have to chip through them
without anyone noticing for...weeks?
Months?
With
copper tools?
In
the dark?
Breathing
old carbon dioxide air, or with a lamp breathing carbon monoxide?
There
are either side doors no one ever found or talked about
Or
all that stuff was paraded around for show.
And
the latter is the 99.99% more likely option since we've found no side
doors.
Either
the treasure never went in at all, or was brought right on back out
after the official witnesses were satisfied.
We
never find any un-looted tombs because the priests were recycling it
[1:55
PM] Mr. Blue:
That
would be interesting
And
they could claim the gods are rewarding them with the loot
[1:56
PM]
"The
Pharaoh is dead. Get out the ol' "eternity loot" kit."
Or
“Ok,
show is over, mourners are gone. Get it all back out.”
"What
if someone goes to look? What if we get caught?"
"Like
if the family breaks in to check? Leave some mallets and chisels
around."
Oh,
I don't think the priests were stealing the stuff to keep
Being
exceptionally intelligent people with a magical point of view, I'm
guessing they knew full well the drawings on the walls were more than
enough to satisfy the soul's needs in the afterlife
...because
they would be...
So
make it look like they were robbed, put the stuff back in storage or
circulation, or give the materials to artisans to make new stuff, and
the palace isn't suddenly poor every time some pharaoh dies.
Gold
wasn't even valuable to them, if I recall correctly.
Not
the same way
Was
Tut's tomb a mistake?
Reports
were that it was partially looted
Why
partially?
Did
some young go-getter acolyte close up the inner chamber before they
could stop him?
[2:30
PM] Mr. Blue:
Maybe
the tradition was somehow lost temporarily
Something
close-guarded Tut and his handlers weren't aware of it
[2:36
PM]
Check
out that haul that the tomb robbers missed out on! Wow!
[2:40
PM] Mr. Blue:
"tunnels
built by looters"
[2:41
PM]
Ever
see "L.A. Story"?
[2:41
PM] Mr. Blue:
no
[2:41
PM]
There
was a scene of people going out for the night queued up at an ATM to
get cash. There was a second queue.
"Good
evening, I'll be your mugger for the evening."
"Oh
hi! Just a moment."
"Take
your time sir."
"Here
you go."
"Thank
you sir. Have a nice night."
"You
too!"
I'm
just picturing the line of treasure bearers and the second line of tomb robbers
"Ok,
everything is packed in!"
"Thanks
your Eminence. Ra bless you."
"No
problem. (winks, whispers) Best stuff not on the "return" list is on the left."
(winks
back, looks around at line furtively) "Great...see you next
burial, eh?"
[2:56
PM] Mr. Blue:
heheh
[8:15
AM] Mr. Blue:
morning
[8:22
AM]
(reads)
I
pronounced it right...nice
“Bulgaria
is very rural; it has a weird, quirky, post-Soviet charm,” Klein
says. (Although socialist Bulgaria was a primary ally of the
U.S.S.R., it was never a Soviet state itself.) “The people are
incredibly friendly...because it was never a Soviet state.”
[8:29
AM] Mr. Blue:
heh
so
Soviet State folks are unfriendly?
[8:29
AM]
heh
I
added the zinger at the end
[8:30
AM] Mr. Blue:
ahhh
Bulgaria
is weird... one of those tug-of-war regions that were constantly
fought over by Turks, Austro-Hungarians, soviets
[8:30
AM]
“You
dressed up for the festival?"
"What
festival?"
[8:30
AM] Mr. Blue:
lol
"dress
for the job you want."
[8:31
AM]
17
and 18 are great!
I
wonder about "Time Bandits" looking at some of these
[8:33
AM] Mr. Blue:
ah
yeah
to
me they remind me of Ewoks
They
probably would've fared better against the Ottomans if they posted
the Kukeri with the 6 foot heads at their borders
[8:38
AM]
heh
"We
got 10 head shots on it, we swear sir, and it kept charging!"
hmmm
Where's
Mr. Brown when you need him...There's a thing going on in my head
he'd like.
sec
Anthropology...folklore...something is starting to click...
Why
bells, and why so frequently a stick?
Look
at the bells they use.
Totally
impractical.
No
farm animal could wear them and they are a huge waste of metal
...Next...
Bells
are not intrinsically scary...like...ever.
I
mean unless it's a ghost sound in your house. Even the
Tinkerbell dings in my house didn't spook Mrs. Silver and she can be
an easy spook.
There's
easier, less labor and material expensive, noisemakers to make
Why
bells?
...Switch
direction...
These
bogeys are supposed to be scary, to fend off the demons of the
world.
These
bogeys are deep seated in nature, and have become associated with
vitality.
Proposition:
They've been bastardized over the centuries, but these costumes
look and sound as close as traditional people could make them
“accurately” look and sound....
Big,
hairy, club-wielding forces of nature who are easiest seen in the
winter and can make clunking noises.
They're
Eurasian
giants and people have been talking about them, drawing them, and having festivals starring them thousands of
years.
[9:23
AM] Mr. Brown:
And
they eat spam
[9:23
AM]
Well
it's tasty
[9:23
AM] Mr. Brown:
spam
spam spam eggs and spam
[9:26
AM]
I
didn't think about the bells thing til this morning with Mrs. Silver
talking about the metal clunking before the roar in North Carolina, and me
telling a Bigfoot researcher about it and him saying the metal clunks
are starting to come out in the reports as a noise witnesses heard
but didn't associate with their encounter.
[9:38
AM] Mr. Brown:
Wild
Men
That
been a thing in Native American culture too
The
shamans out doing their thing covered in fur and moss
lol
[9:39
AM]
Well
yes, and considering they would have had to come to the new world the
same way from Asia...
My
point is, cultures are packed with huge hairy humanoids
[9:40
AM] Mr. Brown:
yep
[9:41
AM]
And
they carry clubs or branches and can make what comes off as metallic
clunking sounds
Australian
aborigines spent 50000 years separated. They have giants too.
[9:42
AM] Mr. Blue:
Australopithecus?
Prehistoric
memories that stayed in tradition?
Like
dragons
[9:46
AM]
These
are unusual
stone tools archaeologists have found.
hehe
The
one by the guy's hand is normal
[9:48
AM] Mr. Blue:
Giant
tools to kill giant animals
[9:48
AM]
Despite
the common name “hand axe”, they are butchering tools – they are totally
impractical for hunting or fighting. And also useless for butchering at that size unless you, yourself, are gigantic.
[9:48
AM] Mr. Blue:
Status
symbol stuff... Like the sports car of the stone age.
[9:50
AM]
"Hey
babe. Like the huge hand axe? Chicks dig giant hand
axes."
Considering
they stopped using them sometime after 300,000 BC and there's no
cultural hints to support any social value to objects for like
another 250,000 more years...no...
Want
another funny cultural link out of the folklore of old Europe?
Oral
and written tradition keeps claiming that "giants" placed
megaliths and built stoneworks.
Even medieval tales have saints
conquering the local giant/ogre and having it help build the local
church.
[9:51
AM] Mr. Blue:
Acromegaly
was probably a thing
[9:51
AM]
Could
be
Doesn't
seem to make your grow hair though.
People
aren't just plain stupid about their local world though. They
know what is human and what isn't, really.
Easily
fooled? Perhaps.
And
that's a pretty powerful tool for the local smart guy, like a shaman
[9:57
AM] Mr. Blue:
I'm
just saying any reference to wild men or giants in history was just
Bulgarian explorers in kikuri costumes.
No,
I'm not serious
[9:58
AM]
lol
(Bulgarian
kikuri) "I'm so damned lost. I can't see a thing in this
costume. Excuse me? Where is the festival! WAIT!
PUT THE TOOLS DOWN! STOP SCREAMING! (flees into woods)"
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