ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND SOMETHING STRANGE ON THE EASTER ISLAND, A PLACE ALREADY BRIMMING WITH MYSTERIES
Rose J. RegaladoAn Unexpected Cure
Another strange theory about the Moai’s existence was given by Dr. Anneliese Pontius who is a psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School. He theorized that the islanders created the Moai to be able to cure leprosy. This is what he thought that islanders believed- when they saw the deformities of the face, hands, and arms the felt the need to create perfect specimens which would somehow undo the suffering caused by leprosy.