What Really Happens on The World's Strangest Island? 

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Mrbeast: dropping cargo in this island and surprising people

This sounds like something out of the Fallout Universe.

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

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

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

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.

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?"

Ultimately we are all a part of this cargo cult.

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

These people are more dedicated to America than the Americans.

This sounds like something that would come off the SCP wiki

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

👽 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* 😮😦

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

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

One thing I would like to point out; paganism is not necessarily Satanism. Paganism actually refers to any religion that is not mainstream Christianity, Islam or Judaism. There are many different pagan religions. Some follow just one, while others are what’s called eclectic pagans and follow different bits of different pagan religions. Satanism is an actual religion, and it is just one pagan religion. Neither paganism in general nor Satanism are evil. Satanists also don’t worship the Devil; they believe in him in a more symbolic way.

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"

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

"Kicking the holy shit out of a child"

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 👍

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

This man's pushing himself to some serious level

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).

this ordeal perfectly simulates following a youtbe redstone tutorial.

this is literally far cry 5 without the drugs

"...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.

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

Going there with a bunch of cargo and getting worshipped is an interesting idea. You could basically live the rest of your life as a god. From there, you could work remotely, e.g. as a software developer, by using a satellite connection like Starlink and ordering gasoline periodically for your power generator, so you'd have money for more "cargo" and thus cement your position as a local cargo deity.

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

they took "roleplaying" in a whole new level

Thoughty2: "How come these cargo cults still exist even though no one has dropped any cargo for decades?" Me: "Well no Christian God has shown himself for far longer"

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

Imagine if they experienced Amazon.

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

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

Could you actually imagine how those tribes must of felt when one day they were just chillin on their island when huge flying machines started going overhead, giant boats bigger than small islands started sailing by, and the people had weapons that could kill the strongest warrior in one second. Talk about a culture shock

Imagine how nice it would be if america actually dropped cargo for them one more time. Also how frightening to think about from their prespective.

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.

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

Melanesia sounds like someone broke the prime directive.

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

I heard a bunch of school children landed there and tried to rebuild society, killed a few of each other then burnt the island to the ground.

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

Your manly moustache has captivated my wife. Please return her when you are done. Warmest regards, J.from London

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

Makes you think, are most religions “cargo cult religions”? Hmmm

I’m from New Zealand. Please don’t consider this as a “reputation” of us. What happened was sad, but in no way represents us. Hope you understand what I’m trying to say.

Sounds like someone violated the “Prime Directive”

I don't know whether it's wholesome or disturbing that they think Americans are literal gods

And this is why there's the Prime Directive (the most-violated rule in all of Star Trek... lol)

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

i absolutely died when he said "what shows gods love more than kicking the holy shit out of a child:

Please don’t steal my girlfriend with your mustache

And this is why star trek has a 'prime directive' : try not to screw up a culture with your weird stuff...without explaining it.

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

Why don't we just go there and send them some Cargo, they definetley earned that!

i hate that im tempted to fly a plane above them and drop tons of cargo and goods

I am extremely curious if one were to be rich enough to fly to that island, claim to be John Frum, gift them tons of stuff, and just see what happens...

Far Cry 5 players: "Hey, I've seen this one!"

There’s never been a time when I actually thought he was saying thoughty2

The real question is, where the hell is John Frum?

Fun Fact: John Frum's 3 assistants are John the Baptist, Santa Claus and Uncle Sam.

I wonder how they would react to Prince Philip’s death :((

When I first discovered this cult years ago my first though wasn't it was bizarre. I just thought this is probably the most "almost true" religion and what they are waiting for is probably the most likely to happen compared to the equivalent of other religions (I can foresee an aircraft forced to have an emergency landing, in such case an open field in the form of a fake airstrip is way better than dense jungle). In a way at Gimli go-kart track happened just that and they weren't even trying to attract any airplane to land there.

This is so heartbreaking. Someone please set up a cargo drop, I'm just too poor to help!! 🤧

"They believed that the gods had given the wrong side the technology and they wanted to be given the power" Oh so they're just the forerunners from Halo

It's not that silly to think they're still waiting for John Frum after nearly 80 years; there are still people waiting around for their savior after 2000 years. At least these cargo cults have had some tangible evidence.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m fairly certain there was a Ted Talk from an ex-member of Gloriavale?

Here in the west John Frum is called Jesus. And he hasn't returned either...

guess thats why star trek has the prime directive. holy shit this changed their way of life in ways none could have predicted

I heard “John from” is real and that he is called that because he was the first to land on the island and when talking to the indigenous peoples, he said he was “John from America” and thus it stuck. But I’m pretty sure it was said that he is real... as a matter of fact the more I think about it the more I think I heard that from one of Thoughty2’s older videos...!

Nobody: Thoughty2: uploads a video and changes the title and thumbnail 4 times