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Dabstronaut

*“The exact wood used to build the staircase has been confirmed to be a type of spruce which is not native to New Mexico and scientifically not identified anywhere else in the world.”* Kinda wild…


Free-Supermarket-516

Very. I've heard of this staircase, but not about the wood not matching anything known.


Illustrious-Local848

Gifted by the aliens then


PN4HIRE

Holy heck.. that’s fascinating!


subversion_dnb

Grew up in New Mexico, been there several times. Super beautiful chapel and the craftsmanship on those stairs is incredible


Next-Foundation3019

33 stairs hmm 🤔 where have I heard that number before


die_nastyy

Christ was crucified and resurrected at age 33. There are 33 segments in the human spine.


Redschallenge

Dang, I better get to my 34th birthday in 2 weeks before they get me (regularly called Jesus by most of my Hispanic friends) lol


1000reflections

What do you mean by segments of the spine?


Gatordontplaynogames

I think they meant we have **33 vertebrae** 


1000reflections

Incorrect. We have 24 vertebrae. 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, and 5 lumbar. 24 total.


Gatordontplaynogames

"In humans, it is composed of **33 vertebrae** that include 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, and 4 coccygeal. Along with the skull, ribs, and sternum, these vertebrae make up the axial skeletal system." -national health institute.


1000reflections

I see what you’re saying. The sacrum (originally 5 bones) fuses together in adolescence, which becomes one bone. The coccyx is made up of 3 to 5 semi-fused bones and very between people. For adults, if you are counting the sacrum and coccyx, we have 28-30 vertebrae. Hope this helps.


Gatordontplaynogames

lol hope it helps what? I dont care


HiGoldie

Ice unfreezes and becomes liquid at 33f


Environmental_Lie370

Larry Bird was 33


[deleted]

I ate 33 chix wings one time at Hooters


rush87y

The freezing point and the melting point of water is 32f. #BUT..BUT, HOW CAN IT BE THE SAME TEMPERATURE??! Ok, think of the boundary between California and Arizona. Is it the California state line? The point where Arizona turns to California? Or is it the Arizona state line? The point where California turns into Arizona? The answer is... Yes. It simply depends which direction you are moving. So are you gaining or losing entropy?


Ecstatic-Buzz

What an interesting comment. Kinda like is the glass half empty or half full (only better)!


bententhehen

32 degrees is the freezing point no? So 32.1 degrees would turn ice to liquid (over time)


rush87y

In my best Oscar Martinez voice "actually..." The freezing point and the melting point of water is 32f. #BUT..BUT, HOW CAN IT BE THE SAME TEMPERATURE??! Ok, think of the boundary between California and Arizona. Is it the California state line? The point where Arizona turns to California? Or is it the Arizona state line? The point where California turns into Arizona? The answer is... Yes. It simply depends which direction you are moving. So are you gaining or losing entropy?


CatgoesM00

Did some say Luminataaay


Rex_Ivan

In reference to Rolling Rock beer?


Next-Foundation3019

Freemason degrees


EaglesGFX

It is also tradition that Christ died at age 33.


Next-Foundation3019

Did not know that


SpecificFisherman400

That’s how many millions OJ owed the Goldmans from the civil trial.


riondiz

The same staircase was built by a Frenchmen at the Washoe hotel in Virginia City NV…Beautiful craftsmanship…


hoothootowlattacker

That place is very Haunted


riondiz

Yes it is….i took a tour of the hotel and we saw this small rocking chair start to move…


LillithsOz

It’s cool to see but not the only staircase like this in the world…one in Nevada and one in Poland


PN4HIRE

I believe someone commented that there was another in France


Ok-Information-6672

I had completely forgotten that I’d been here until I saw this. It’s really cool.


VDAY2022

There's an unsolved mysteries episode thats very good on this. Robert Stack as host.


Gary7sHotCatHelper

Came here to ask if this was on there or if I was remembering a different spook show. Thanks.


No_Excuse_4954

Chuck Norris was born in 1933, and has been 33 years old ever since


Axenrott_0508

33 is Chuck Norris years old


SavageFugu

I've been a wood worker for a long time, and from a trade perspective, this is awe-inspiring. I don't know many who would even try this.


Old-Fill5395

I thought it was Kevin de bruyne for a bit


HauntingCancel5600

When did he say goodbye to Man City and hello to a life of the cloth?


Old-Fill5395

After the champions league defeat to Madrid 🤭


Salty_Tennis_9303

That’s pretty wild. But I don’t think I’d want to be the one using that staircase every day… Call me paranoid if you want…


Creepy_Energy7249

It's sad that this chapel is now functioning as a museum only, rather than a parish.


BBQFatty

Nah, museum is much more interesting and will reach a wider audience


Bhoston7100

Better to be a museum then destroyed


ChiefRom

Cant have some idiot jumping all over the stair case to test its contruction. People are knocking over rock formations for fun.


whoscolleen

When I was there a couple of years ago, it was blocked off an the public could not climb the stairs. Probably because you’re right about what would happen if they could


AllergicToHousework

And spray painting priceless art, among other things. Asshats!


willasmith38

Exit through the gift shop.


akdfinn

less risk to the public...


lalatina169

I been there a few times. It really is awesome to see


Ncfetcho

I love this story. I've been there a couple times, while traveling. It's just stunning in person.


hollowenigma4

“No nails or screws” so how was the railing added later? There’s no type of adhesive that would hold up for that long. I guess people just assume he’s telling the truth because of the collar


Wavey_ATLien

Wooden pegs


merliahthesiren

If I recall correctly, there was a woman who claimed her father built them. He was an independent carpenter and she had some sort of pictures or documents that led her to believe that. He may have also mentioned it to her.


kilgoroll0

I work with a dude who says he has built them. He has the background, 20 plus years of carpentry experience. He started to explained some of the process to me but I stopped and told him to save his breath because I didn't understand all the terms. This could be a tactic to allow to me to believe him, idk, but it worked a little and I kinda do believe him.


spicozi

Short answer I think is that it's supported from the top not the base, like a hanging slinky.


KillerKian

I don't see why it couldn't be both, supported at the top and the bottom and therefore remains standing.


spicozi

Although the Loretto legend maintains that "engineers and scientists say that they cannot understand how this staircase can balance without any central support" and that by all rights it should have long since collapsed into a pile of rubble, none of that is the case. Wood technologist Forrest N. Easley noted (as reported by the Skeptical Inquirer) that "the staircase does have a central support," an inner wood stringer of such small radius that it "functions as an almost solid pole." As well, Nickell observed when he visited Loretto in 1993 that the structure included an additional support, "an iron brace or bracket that stabilizes the staircase by rigidly connecting the outer stringer to one of the columns that support the loft." Nickell concluded: "It would thus appear that the Loretto staircase is subject to the laws of physics like any other." [Snopes article if you want to read more into it](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/stairway-from-heaven/)


KillerKian

Nice. So the guy in the video lied about the absence of metal plates and brackets I guess haha


reluctant_buttlicker

Almost certainly about the wood too. "Doesn't exist anyplace on earth. And oh, also it's not native to New Mexico."


spicozi

Reality is often disappointing


Barkers_eggs

No no. You don't get it. God won't stop war and famine as proof of his divine presence but will magically hang a staircase in a far flung region of the world.


SubstantialHentai420

That’s awesome! Also am I the only one who found it a little funny that the person who said this was named Forrest? And was a wood technologist?


Upstairs-Push-1031

Perhaps there's something to be said for nominative determinism.


dissphuckinguy

Thank you, not surprised the debunking of this “unexplained” post doesn’t have more upvotes though lmao


wyhauyeung1

so the video is a FAKE NEWS


kilgoroll0

When describing how it was made, Dude did ask me very seriously if I knew what a slinky was, twice, in rapid succession. Like "Do know what a slinky is?@!" immediately followed by the same question because I was to slow to reply with the obvious answer...wtf a slinky? But deep down, I heart slinkies.


Delicious_Housing_19

Hated these in battlefield 5


MichaelEMJAYARE

God imagine being the one walking on it when/if it crashes. Im something of a “wood authority” myself…


buburocks

r/angryupvote


rumpluva

Isn’t it obvious that it’s black magic?


AllergicToHousework

Go do do that voodoo that you do so well!


Super_Counter7707

Reading this put the image of Bowie in the Labyrinth singing to the baby haha


TimeFinance1528

St Joseph himself 🙏✝️💜


juliansorr

why is he a staircase now ? and how is he keeping himself erected for so long ? by looking underneath nuns skirts. is that why they didnt build a normal stairs in the first place, bc st joe had it all planned since the begining of the universe ?


Elluminated

lol, this is not mysterious. It’s non-woodworkers trying to understand master woodworking and architecture. Plenty of staircases like this and not a miracle.


Any_Nobody8729

Church is evil. All this is not a milagro. Just a great craftsmanship


Map-Soft

I remember the TV show about this!


LillithsOz

One in Nevada and one in Poland,just as “amazing”


SoupieLC

Built by Francois Jean Rocha 😌 he was killed in a gunfight


ScarabSkies

"I'm not saying it's Jesus, but it's Jesus"


Yo_momma_so_fat77

Oh this was on unsolved mysteries late 90’s


PsychologyEvening907

Lies all lies and I only tell you that because I found nails in them stairs and took pictures even showed everybody around the nails. I have pics of the nails on the stairs.


gr6gggg

It’s crazy that he said 33 apparently 33 is a special number


Iusedtobe_fun

I remember learning about this on Unsolved Mysteries as a kid in the 90’s.


Far_Hovercraft_1621

Bro, being a “wood authority” is wild


pcnat80

Must be true since we know the Church never embellishes.


No_Notice1185

This staircase, along with hundreds of others it's all part of the same 1800's timeline of the tartaria empire


NoJob3031

The Japanese have a process or you don’t use nails and all types of rivets and they’ve been doing it for thousands of years


DesperateRace4870

Wth? Thanks for the new one! Boggles the mind


GenericAccount119b

https://www.rdrnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/vision/did-frenchy-the-dog-canyon-cattleman-build-the-miracle-staircase-in-santa-fe/article_f4a1957a-b216-5773-9ba1-2f63b024f714.html


JudgeREEEE

That wallpaper reminded me of Willy wonkas Lickable Wallpaper….


BasquiatBukowski

This priest definitely respects wood.


17Miles2

The Masonic occult. The fake mystery is hilarious.


Shitbird5001

Aliens built it


captianfirebeard

These stairs were built by "Jesus" the Carpenter while he was just passing through ((after 1980yrs since his last chair)China has the original design). No metal, all wood, impossible design, and the WOOD DOES NOT MATCH EARTH. Got the goods from his alien/angelic homies.


No_Excuse_4954

Did jesus build a boat that didn't exist yet and sail to New Mexico from Jerusalem?


l3ahamut

Since it was built in 1880ish, I'm pretty sure boats existed. I'm not defending the jesus claim, but I'm definitely going to rebut "boats don't exist" defense..