Hoax? I mean how hard is to make that video look like a timelaps video? But in the process just move it statue as well?
This. Funny how the statue moves slowly while people are in and out, yet doesn't move at night. Hoax!
NasteeNate said:Definitely leans towards the supernatural tho.
On what basis have you ruled out a natural explanation?
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Paul Doherty, senior scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, says the statue's movement isn't caused by any supernatural force, but probably by something quite ordinary: vibrational stick-slip friction, sometimes called stick-slip vibration.
As Doherty told LiveScience, if the glass shelf on which the statue rests vibrates even slightly, "the vibrating glass moves the statue in the same direction," causing it to turn around.
An everyday example can occur when someone uses an electric blender on a kitchen countertop: The vibration of the blender can cause a nearby coffee cup to "walk" across the countertop.
What makes it stop?
But why would the statue stop moving after turning 180 degrees? Doherty believes the statue stops turning because it's asymmetrically weighted: "One side of the statue has more weight than the other side," he said. After turning around on the shelf, the statue's uneven bottom reaches a more stable position and stops turning.
Besides the footsteps of passing museum visitors, the source of the stick-slip vibration "could be some trolley that goes by during the day, or a train that passes during the day," Doherty said.
On what basis have you ruled out a natural explanation?
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NasteeNate said:Definitely leans towards the supernatural tho.
wurd2 said:On what basis have you ruled out a natural explanation?
NasteeNate said:that it turns on a perfect circle. What are the odds of that happening...
On what basis have you ruled out a natural explanation?
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