The Tower of Babel

[Huggy Bear]

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If Ed truly had mastered levitation, then why did it take him 20 years to build the structure?

What is the truth about Coral Castle?

First, let me tell you a little about our tour guide and his qualifications.

He has lived in the area all his life, and became intrigued by the castle as a child. He has also worked with the extraction of large stone, so he has physical experience with the processes. He's also talked to several local people who were witnesses to the building of the structure, and he has done research about the structure and its legends.



In the tour, he showed us photos of Ed hoisting the stones via a block and tackle apparatus, with heavy chains and three posts in a tripod. "Give me a lever long enough and I could move the world," is a famous quote by Archimedes. Do a Google image search on Ed Leedskalnin and block and tackle. This method was pioneered in Latvia where Ed emigrated from.

James has talked to people who remember seeing Ed using the block and tackle. And they remember him building during the day some times.

As for horizontal movement, James referred to a website: http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/ It features a carpenter by the name of W.T. Wallington from Flint, Michigan, who has demonstrated the ability to move very heavy objects horizontally by himself using simple methods.

With modern equipment, it's hard for us to fathom such feats, but before that equipment was available, clever people came up with ways to use leverage and pivots to move large objects.

Coral Castle Busted -- Interesting but not Anti-Gravity

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The reason it took him over 20 years to build coral castle is he only worked at night, no one ever saw him moving the stones from the quarry which was 10 miles away...

the largest stone weighs around 30 tons. this is what is required to lift 30 tons with modern equipment.



Which apparently YOU think is comparable to this

In a few days time, I decided my one ton block was no longer challenging, so I made some bigger blocks to play with. Within a few months time, I was moving, rolling, standing on end, and stacking them on top of each other.

I found that I, working alone, could easily move a 2400 lb. block 300 ft. per hour with little effort, and a 10,000 lb. block at 70 ft. per hour. I also stood two 8 ft. 2400 lb. blocks on end and placed another 2400 lb. block on top. This took about two hours per block. I found that one man, working by himself, without the use of wheels, rollers, pulleys, or any type of hoisting equipment could perform the task.

http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/

Sooooo.... This guy was able to move a maximum of 5 tons at a rate of 70ft per hour. You do realize the quarry the stone came from at coral castle was 10 miles away right? How do you suppose Ed moved this 30 ton stone in one night?

Another interesting quote from your website.

http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/newpage2

I could build The Great Pyramid of Giza, using my techniques and primitive tools. On a twenty-five year construction schedule, (working forty hours per week at fifty weeks per year, using the input of myself to calculate) I would need a crew of 520 people to move blocks from the main quarry to the site and another 100  to move the blocks on site. For hoisting I need a crew of 120 (40 working and 80 rotating).

Must I mention again the Ed worked alone?
Also notice he doesn't even factor in the actual CUTTING of the stone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbY8R-M1NxE

Wait.. so a random guy on youtube has it all figured out? Is this the standard of evidence you're willing to accept? Are you sure you don't need an actual demonstration of someone moving a 30 ton stone 10 miles using only a pulley (In one night mind you) first, before you will believe it?

Apparently you DO have the capacity to believe in miracles....