In the spring of 2004, the film crew of the "Andrei Makarevich's Underwater World" program visited Yonaguni (Japan), which was able to meet directly with Massaki Kimura, a man who is perhaps the chief specialist in local underwater objects of ancient civilization.
I also managed to meet with Kihachiro Aratake, the discoverer of these underwater megaliths, who also acted as a diver guide, showing almost everything that he could find in the waters off the coast. Thus, the information was obtained from the very first hand. As a result of the trip, a two-part film "The Secrets of Yonaguni" was created, shown on the First Channel of Russian TV.
Everyone was able to see with their own eyes that the local Monument has clear signs of man-made impact.
And only those who have not seen anything with their own eyes can argue that the megalith is of a purely natural origin.
Moreover, very close by, literally a few tens of meters on the same rock of the same rock, is a completely different landscape.
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The fact that it was created by nature is beyond doubt. But even with the naked eye you can see its sharp difference from the treated part of the rock.
There are several different versions of the purpose of the underwater Monument. But the closest to the observed features of this ancient monument is Shoch's version, according to which the Monument served only as a kind of quarry - a rock from which they cut piece by piece.
There is, for example, an artificial trench cut in the rock mass.
The gutter on the upper terrace of the Monument.
Even the markings are clearly visible at the ends of the gutter, apparently intended for its continuation. Such gutters are found not only at the Monument itself, but also at the Stadium and next to the underwater stone head.
The gutter on the upper terrace of the Monument.
It is not known where the stone blocks of enormous size were taken out and what of them were built. Maybe for the construction of the mysterious pyramid that Aratake saw at the eastern promontory of the island?.. Because of the strong current and great depth, he did not even have time to photograph it. So it is not clear whether this pyramid exists at all …
At the Stadium, Kimura, accompanying the film crew of "Underwater World", triumphantly demonstrated a perfectly rectangular hole in a stone monolith, going deep into something incomprehensible distance. The hole is about the size of a brick when viewed from the end of the brick. As if someone was laying some kind of cable here. And this is at a depth of about 40 meters!..
By the way, not far away, on one of the terraces of the Stadium, there was an area that gave the impression of being built of bricks exactly the size of the hole mentioned above. One of these "bricks", with Kimura's consent, was delivered to Moscow, where it was presented to a geologist for identification. Alas, the “masonry” turned out to be an illusion generated by the specifically straight cracks in the local rock. The “brick” definitely had a completely natural origin.
(Along the way, the "brick" also refuted the version of some members of the expedition, who believed that the underwater objects of Yonaguni could be made of concrete.)
Unfortunately, it was not possible to photograph the underwater stalactites, which were used to date the Monument. Just a few years ago, in the cave where these stalactites are located, three Japanese divers got lost and died. And for the Japanese, such a place becomes sacred. And to protect this sacred place from outsiders, they blocked the entrance and put a memorial sign next to it. After some time, the entrance collapsed altogether, crushing the sign that had fallen at the same time and closing itself tightly. Nature itself finished what people who followed the local tradition began. The underwater stalactite became inaccessible, and only his photographs remained …
Not without some unpleasant moments.
During the expedition, it turned out that some of the photographs of the Yonaguni objects published on the Internet were clearly retouched in order to give greater “credibility” to the artificiality of their origin: the gutter on the upper platform of the Monument has unnecessarily sharp edges; the bas-relief on the underwater head is painted on to make it look more like an Indian headdress made of bright feathers and the like.
Arched gate in front …
Such techniques do not help supporters of the ancient history of the underwater objects of Yonaguni, but only discredit their arguments and mislead the uninitiated. I had to abandon the version of the artificial origin of the "arched gate".
Arched gate in front …
Most often, their photos are published on the Internet from only one side and from a favorable angle - so that the impression of their hand-made creation by someone from huge stones is created. However, the view from the other side of the "gate" makes you very, very doubtful: nature is capable of not so …
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