Raul Bilecky

They thought it came from there.

But there's actually places that I went to where you see it on the coast for older.

So it actually kind of flips that whole – it's not the mother culture.

But their influence and their reach was extreme throughout the Andean world.

So they were responsible for – that's when like religion took – and iconography got a major influx right after Chavin culture.

They had it before but not like this.

So that's what's on that statue.

Wow.

Yeah.

It's just so ridiculous.

They won't let you take a picture because of the flash.

Yeah.

That's so good.

Somebody should talk to them and go, hey, man, shut the fuck up.

That flash doesn't do anything.

Devotees would be leaded to the maze of pitch black tunnels, eventually coming face to face with the sculpture.

The worshippers' disorientation, in addition to the hallucinogenic effects of the San Pedro cactus they were given before entering, only heightened the visual and psychological impact of the sculpture.

I mean, that's...

God, people are weird.

Dude, it was... Just going in there stone cold sober and feeling affected, I can only imagine what it was like being on San Pedro.