Comments on: Last Kon-Tiki Crew Member Dies http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/haugland-obit/ for Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and More Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: DWA http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/haugland-obit/comment-page-1/#comment-61155 DWA Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:15:45 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=25642#comment-61155 “In April 28, 1947, Heyerdahl set sail from the Peruvian coast in the 45-foot Kon Tiki. Taking 101 days and 4,300 miles, the project demonstrated that voyages across the oceans were a possibility, proving his theory that Polynesia was populated from South America, and not southeast Asia as previously assumed. ”

Well, hold it a bit. For one thing, that passage should be clearer; Kon-Tiki demonstrated that voyages across oceans *in flimsy rafts of a type theorized to have been used for same* were a possibility, as of course they’d long been proven possible by other means.

And no theory was proven. One theory was demonstrated to be possible. I still think we may have far less of an idea how Homo sapiens populated this planet than we do what those weird critters were that Heyerdahl saw on his expedition.

]]> By: greywolf http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/haugland-obit/comment-page-1/#comment-61119 greywolf Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:43:43 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/?p=25642#comment-61119 As a young man with an interest in the outdoors and the adventure of the hunt I read the book and also saw the film. Theirs was the adventure of a lifetime. God will keep them close!

I am now 71 and still remember the great read that the book and adventure presented.

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