Ancient Statues and Academic Panic

Tonight’s episode begins with a simple question:
Why does a tiny speck of land in the Pacific Ocean have nearly one thousand gigantic stone heads…
and why do they look like they just caught you doing something you promised you wouldn’t do again?
Yes friends, tonight we visit Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, home of the legendary Moai statues. Massive faces. Long ears. Stoic expressions. And secrets stacked higher than a souvenir shop on a tourist pier.
Who built them?
How did they move them?
And why does every explanation end with, “Well… probably,” followed by nervous academic coughing?
Adjust your tinfoil halos and stretch your curiosity muscles. We are going headfirst into stone-faced strangeness.