• The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares for more than 30 years!

    Join Tens of Thousands of other Owners just like you here to get any and all Timeshare questions answered 24 hours a day!
  • TUG started 30 years ago in October 1993 as a group of regular Timeshare owners just like you!

    Read about our 30th anniversary: Happy 30th Birthday TUG!
  • TUG has a YouTube Channel to produce weekly short informative videos on popular Timeshare topics!

    Free memberships for every 50 subscribers!

    Visit TUG on Youtube!
  • TUG has now saved timeshare owners more than $21,000,000 dollars just by finding us in time to rescind a new Timeshare purchase! A truly incredible milestone!

    Read more here: TUG saves owners more than $21 Million dollars
  • Sign up to get the TUG Newsletter for free!

    60,000+ subscribing owners! A weekly recap of the best Timeshare resort reviews and the most popular topics discussed by owners!
  • Our official "end my sales presentation early" T-shirts are available again! Also come with the option for a free membership extension with purchase to offset the cost!

    All T-shirt options here!
  • A few of the most common links here on the forums for newbies and guests!

Bizarre Mystery Monsters of Hawaii

easyrider

TUG Review Crew: Elite
TUG Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2005
Messages
15,052
Reaction score
8,002
Points
948
Location
Palm Springs of Washinton
Resorts Owned
Worldmark * * Villa Del Palmar UVCI * * Vacation Internationale*

DaveNV

TUG Review Crew: Expert
TUG Member
Joined
Jun 1, 2006
Messages
22,003
Reaction score
29,217
Points
1,348
Location
Mesquite, Nevada
Resorts Owned
Free Agent
That's pretty wild stuff. When I lived on Oahu as a kid, there were lots of stories about wild and crazy things nobody expected to be true, but the stories were pretty ubiquitous. I loved hearing locals "talk story."

I read someplace not long ago (maybe at the Bishop Museum?) of groups of people who lived in upcountry Kauai, backwoods people who lived along the Napali Coast, claiming to be Menehune. So even if it's a legend, it has very deep roots. They may not have been two feet tall, and may not have done great construction overnight, but tribes of smaller-sized industrious people could easily have lived alongside the Hawaiians.

Dave
 

DeniseM

Moderator
Joined
Jun 6, 2005
Messages
57,668
Reaction score
9,089
Points
1,849
Resorts Owned
WKORV, WKV, 2-SDO, 4-Kauai Beach Villas, Island Park Village (Yellowstone), Hyatt High Sierra, Dolphin's Cove (Anaheim)
I think it has been pretty well documented that a previous native population, commonly called the "Menehune," lived in the islands before the Polynesians came. But history usually says that the Poynesians wiped them out. It would be interesting if their ancestors were still alive.
 

DaveNV

TUG Review Crew: Expert
TUG Member
Joined
Jun 1, 2006
Messages
22,003
Reaction score
29,217
Points
1,348
Location
Mesquite, Nevada
Resorts Owned
Free Agent
I think it has been pretty well documented that a previous native population, commonly called the "Menehune," lived in the islands before the Polynesians came. But history usually says that the Poynesians wiped them out. It would be interesting if their ancestors were still alive.

Ancestors or descendents? ;)

Dave
 

easyrider

TUG Review Crew: Elite
TUG Member
Joined
Aug 21, 2005
Messages
15,052
Reaction score
8,002
Points
948
Location
Palm Springs of Washinton
Resorts Owned
Worldmark * * Villa Del Palmar UVCI * * Vacation Internationale*
While sitting in the rain forest in Puna at night we heard the croki frogs and other wildlife. What a racket. In the morning the croki noise was replaced by roosters and doves. Im glad I brought ear plugs. :D

I think my dil could be part Menehune as she is just under 4ft tall island girl.:D

Bill
 

Helios

TUG Member
Joined
Jan 3, 2015
Messages
2,297
Reaction score
134
Points
173
Top