Imagine how their world would change if they knew the truth. The truth that Amazon Prime and FedEx are the deities of cargo and all things deliverable.

"what would symbolize gods love more than kicking the holy shit out of a child" Whoever writes your videos should get a raise.

As someone with a Melanesian background - I appreciate the non sensationalised and respectful way in which you told this story. Many channels can’t even get their depictions of native peoples correct let alone anything else right! Thank you.

that's probably the sweetest descriptive version explaining "Cargo Cults" I've heard. I hope the dude got his 25hp boat motor.

We should drop them some cargo, every now and again.

Everyone asks, "who is John Frum?" But never does anyone ask "where is John from?"

Jon Fron sounds like a really chill dude that just wants to heal their broken spirits

Remember reading about this in National Geographic back in the 70's. Hard to believe that this still goes on.

Makes me want to coordinate a cargo drop. They'd be so happy.

Mrbeast: dropping cargo in this island and surprising people

Ultimately we are all a part of this cargo cult.

Imagine how they’ll react when they hear prince Philip died

“What the fu** is going on.” Couldnt have said it better myself

This sounds like something out of the Fallout Universe.

I had to check the date to make sure this wasn’t an April Fools Day joke. Those mock-ups of planes and landing strips are so cool!

I heard a third hand story about a couple of Australian blokes visiting a Micronesian Island in their boat, which had Johnson outboard engines. The locals were obsessed by the idea that the presence of these outboards was a sign that cargo was imminent.

The real cargo was the friendship they made along the way after all

this made me imagine that aliens have their own youtube and made a video titled, "What Really Happens on The Universe's Most Primitive Planet?"

I'm buying up some attire at a military surplus and coming on that island with iphones and canned beans on a jet ski

We're seeing a prime example of how religions formed. Humans saw interesting stuff they can't explain easily, they thought it was mysterious and magical, BAM - god. Very cool, love their dedication, especially since it's completely harmless.

I like to imagine that John Frum was just a random GI who drank the drug tea, thought it was awesome; and started a mad legendary party.

Some of the people of Tanna actually came to the USA (with our help) in search of a man they called "Jim Navy." He was a US Navy soldier who guided the tribe out of danger during wartime, and they credit him for the preservation of their culture. There's an interesting documentary about it.

I first learned of the existence of cargo cults from the 1962 film ‘Mondo Cane’ (Dog’s World); a very interesting documentary covering a wide range of bizarre cultural practices around the world.

Started a bit flippantly but then became thoughtful and rather sympathetic. A very good presentation. Thank you.

If I ever become a Billionaire I'll go there with million's worth of food and goods and declare myself John Frum.

title: What happens on the worlds strangest island? Me: Wonder what goes on in such a crazy place VIDEO BEGINS TALKING ABOUT THE ISLAND I LIVE ON

I am from Papua New Guinean my friend, on the 5th day of quarantine on my way to work.. damn Covid. During the last five days I've watched your videos and come to love your absolutely quality presentations. I couldn't be more prouder when you brought out a, however, "not-so-proud-of" history of ours here. But I must say you're a true historian, with possibly imense efforts to studying and background checks for your materials, unlike some I've come across. Fairly accurate in your reference to how "big man" were (or maybe, are) perceived culturally within our societies and how this viewing paved for "cargo cults" to spring up here and there in those years. As it's been decades ago, things have changed a lot. However it saddens me to see some other forms of the similar "cargo cult" putting on a different mask these days and still people keep falling for their get-rich-quick promises (think this is more of a worldwide problem). Long story short, thank you for your sincere and well expressed conclusions in the video regarding community bonding :) keep them videos coming. For this video, I subscribe to your channel 👍

ive know about this for years but this is the best video ive seen about it. THANK YOU

These people are more dedicated to America than the Americans.

*Just Imagine* if someone named "John Frum" is watching this video

Good telling of this old story. Nicely done, Sir.

Ahh yeah I first heard about this in one of Richard Feynman’s books, found it fascinating the first time, and all the more so now on UKposts! Great video!

"kicking the holy shit out of a child" - best line of 2020.

Maybe the real cargo was the friends we made along the way

This is the equivalent of people dressing up as aliens to go to area 51

Makes me think of the episode of Star Trek The Next Generation called "Who watches the watchers?", when Picard beams that girl up and she's in awe of the transporter and doors that open simply when you get close enough.

This sounds like something that would come off the SCP wiki

The irony is that their cultish beliefs could actually come true lol. I wonder when someone will get the idea to start a fundraiser to make this happen.

Beautiful explained..thanks . Lived there for 4 years .. amazing experience and looking forward to go back there after this pandemic

Love the way you build a narrative 👌

Thoughty2: Worlds strangest island Epstein: Hold my child, i mean beer

Everyone asks “where is John Frum?” But no one asks “how is John Frum?” Think about it

this ordeal perfectly simulates following a youtbe redstone tutorial.

You learn something new every day. Thank you for this fascinating video!

*God returns to Earth* Everyone: God? God: No. John Frum.

If I was some bizarrely wealthy person with nothing better to do, I would get me a plane and drop a bunch of cargo and record their reactions.

5:57 I love how you can sound so serious and then all of a sudden say something so blunt and unexpected 🤣😂

Fascinating & excellent as usual

Just like in Rust - when there's a airdrop in a server, people go nuts.

This whole phenomenon is insanely interesting. It is a very good glimpse into how religions have started amongst "primitive" people.

New subb loving your channel keep up the great work support from Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wow. There is so much insight about humanity and our tendencies in this scenario. Mindblown.

they took "roleplaying" in a whole new level

This man's pushing himself to some serious level

I'm overcome with a desire to visit this place to just chill with all of these cultists. They seem so welcoming and amusing

"...However searching the bushes you find no sign of Ashton, nor of Satan..." Definitely using that as a line of dialog in my next DND campaign.

Reminds me of when my daughters would act like the remote was their cell phone and boxes were cars. I picture a bunch of these islanders with fake cars (traffic, cutting each other off, shaking fist at each other while Flintstoning around).

Another great video. Much obliged.

You are so amazing at what you do thank you

"Every cargo truck act gangsta until the cargo cult pull up."😂

👽 Alien soldier: “The gorgon empire is near defeat, surrender is now imminent” 👽 Alien Commander: “good, let’s land on this squalid bit of planet temporarily, set up for the final push” *Alien ships parking up in earth* Humans: *woah* 😮😦

A practical spin on the Cargo Cult thing. Nice to see this from the perspective of people undoing having their culture been conquered. Bravo!

Thoughty2’s sense of humor is the best

That island is how we learned from the aliens lmao. They just stopped here to get fuel or something, and a group of cavemen tried to imitate them.

Imagine that when they start going through the bronze age and so on and we will be about to create colonies on mars.

There is something sort of unnerving about realizing that the powerful people of your country or culture are like gods to ordinary people

Puts me in the mind of a few episodes of Star Trek original series where Spock and Kirk beam down to an alien planet or colony,to find it has been manipulated by some old earth history. Love it!❤️🇨🇦

Got an ad at 6:30 and dude said "who or what can this be?" And the google pixrl ad showed up and said "its the new google pixel"

this is literally far cry 5 without the drugs

This seems like a cool group of people with a great sense of community

I know this video is three years old, but I have a question If they’ve been so isolated from the modern world, that means there immune system isn’t as strong as ours And if we do visit them, we might bring back bacteria and diseases which they can’t defend themselves against, but we can. That would seem like a sad end, wouldn’t it? These isolated tribes, I’m more fascinating than any type of museum. It would be diabolical to destroy such a peaceful and remote tribe. Leaving them to continue living as they do would probably be the better option But if we disinfected a bunch of boxes of cargo and dropped them on the island, it would probably make them happy and give them hope. We could even put a love heart on the boxes This could teach them that the love heart symbol means good and gifts. ❤❤❤ I’m just saying, it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. But the reason why big companies and governments don’t try and do this stuff is because they don’t really care but the same time they do care, they don’t want to end up making them sick or making them go crazy with all our advanced stuff. I do hope someone reads this because it’s quite an interesting idea, and it also teaches people to be careful when we come across tribes like this and understand the risks. And also there’s a language barrier and there is probably no connections to any other language in the world which could help us speak the same way they do.

At least they don't attack on sight like Sentinelesse do.

You must have never seen the move "The Gods Must Be Crazy".

Had the opportunity to say, 'Look what John Frum brought me.' In the sponsors spot.

I had to check if this video was released on April 1st. Never heard of this, Fascinating

When you suddenly remember that spongebob episode where he and Patrick started a cargo cult... All hail the magic conch!!

Cargo Cults are proof that Star Trek’s Prime Directive should be incorporated into real life.

8:45 Missed golden opportunity for the Rowan Atkinson "Magick, _snort snort"_ meme lol.

This is how ancient aliens came to be. Just plain unfamiliar cultures, meets secluded cultures.

If you remember thoughty2 with his infamous black suit with a red tie with no facial hair, you’ve been here for a long while and salute you for remaining a loyal fan :)

So the story of the Island Natives is basically how religion starts.

I wish I was a rich enough so I could charter a plane to drop them some "cargo".

"And when they needed him the most.... John Frum never returned"

This shit is really fascinating. love the feynmann quote. Fun fact: Feynmann regularly played bongo drums at a local strip club nearby his employer, Caltech.

I feel bad for these people they’ve been waiting on 100 years for him to come back

1:08 Also sounds like a great way to vent and let off a little steam! Besides you never really feel more manly or like a tough guy than after a hard-fought battle with vicious competitors like senior citizens, young children, and small defenseless women. What a group of brave warriors! Maybe "hero" is a better term! These guys are right up there with people who battle rabid attack puppies and kittens with heroic battle tactics like starvation and neglect!

One of your most well done greatest stories EVER WOW WOW! shocking influence we have

Melanesia sounds like someone broke the prime directive.

This cult is so strange. Beleiving, that a guy they never met will return and save them. Crazy. Oh wait.....

You have a certain way with swearing which is hilarious! i can't stop watching your videos lad keep it up

Another great story!

I wouldn't mind it if worshipping your mustache was a religion

I know he says “Thoughty2 Here” but I always hear it as “42 here”

I remember hearing about this a couple of years ago. Crazy.

I'll have to admit this. It's weird that I've learned this before through a Matt Patt's Minecraft's Lore video... Pretty cool either way

"Kicking the holy shit out of a child"

Imagine if they experienced Amazon.

If you were the voice to every audio book... i would listen. You are the next Morgan freeman.

I hope John From shows up someday with gifts. That would suck to have to wait decades with nothing arriving. Poor guys.

If they ever get that 25HP engine, someone's gonna say, "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat."