Comments on: Hawaiian Weekly Calls Menehune: “First Hoax”

By: Cloud

Cloud — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:57:13 +0000

given that i know anuhea yagi on that “deep personal” level, i can tell you that her weekly article can essentially be about anything she want to write about, fiction or non-fiction. we had a brief conversation about this particular article a few weeks back . she told me this was just an april fools day joke, to stir up some feedback in the local community. anuhea yagi is one of the most open minded people i’ve ever met, i know with out asking her that she didn’t mean to offend loren or anyone else in the crypto field. on top of that she is part hawaiian and deeply spiritual about the culture and myths, even trying to preserve them in her own light. add in the fact that she is the associate editor for the whole mauitime paper and has deadlines to meet everyday, and other people’s work to re-write.. she works all day, and most nights too. if she saw this post, she would probably first apologize profusely to anyone that was offended, then interject with all the “facts” she knows about menehune. then modestly state the article was probably “pure shit” or “rushed because of other deadlines.” if you did read our weekly paper with any regularity you would come to find out that anuhea yagi has a twisted dark sense of humor, which does not always translate well into the written word for the masses. i can say that openly and honestly because i know her so well. she often writes hidden metaphors about her personal subjective reality into her work, that no one would ever notice unless she explained them. it’s subtle and great reading material. she’s a 25 year old epic cancer survivor, it’s kinda a chuck palahniuk / philip k dick style of writing.

By: Dr Kaco

Dr Kaco — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:01:46 +0000

Sounds like haters to me Loren. Chin up dude!
~Peace!

By: alanborky

alanborky — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:07:13 +0000

Loren, if that was an April Fool’s piece, then it was the lamest EVER!

It strikes me, at a time when Flores ‘man’ has caused all the ancient to present day accounts of ‘little people’ to be transformed from ‘mere fairy tales’ to series contenders for ‘possibly based on reality’, Anuhea Yagi seems in an awful rush to discredit the menehune.

It almost smacks of the surprisingly common anxiety I’ve encountered in many would-be ‘disprovers’ of telepathy, ghosts, etc., who in unguarded moments often admit they find the very idea of such things deeply unnerving and, in some cases, even confessing to having ‘imagined’ such experiences themselves.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:49:36 +0000

Besides, what else could have motivated the author to write this piece? Did they see something and the article is an attempt to rationalize their world? Are they such a skeptic that even the physical evidence of little people in the Pacific region has them grasping for some foundation? This could very well be just an April 1 joke. Although I really don’t play too much on that day. I’ve seen people get bit by their own jokes. I play jokes on every other day instead.

By: terrenceaym

terrenceaym — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:21:02 +0000

Sociologists and anthropologists often try to dismiss evidence that doesn't fit into their own pet theories. Unfortunately, that undermines the scientific process and the entire philosophy of the scientific method. An excellent background article about the Menehune can be found here.