Noah's Ark Replica Could Make A Splash At 2012 Olympics

When Noah built his famous ark, he had two of everything -- except arks, of course.

That may be changing thanks to Dutch creationist Johan Huibers who has spent three years and $1.6 million of his own money building a modern-day replica of the Biblical ark.

Huibers was swept away by the idea 20 years ago after dreaming about a great flood sweeping Holland. He decided it was a signal to spread God's message, according to the Telegraph.

According to Biblical legend, the original ark was built to protect Noah's family and two of every kind of animal during a flood that lasted 40 days and 40 nights.

Huibers' vessel is reportedly the same size as the original ark. That works out to be about 450 feet long and 75 feet wide.

This is actually Huibers' second ark. In 2007, he finished a half-scale version before setting his sights on the bigger version.

There are some concessions to modernity. For instance, the ark uses Swedish pine instead of the "gopher wood" mentioned in the Bible. Huibers says that's okay since, in the Bible, God told Noah to use a "resin wood." The ark is also built around a steel frame.

Another concession to reality, or at least animal rights activists: This Ark will be stuffed mostly with fake mammals. However, Huibers has also built an aviary on the deck house that will hold free-flying live birds.

Huibers is hoping to make a big splash with his ark next year by having it moored in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics. He has sent a letter to the city's mayor, Boris Johnson, asking permission to dock there. He says he hopes the gigantic modern-day relic inspires children.

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Whether Huibers' ark is part of God's plan or not remains to be seen, but it seems like Noah's Ark is due for a flood of media attention.

Later this summer, former "Baywatch" beauty Donna D'Errico is planning to fulfill a lifelong dream of climbing Mount Ararat in Turkey to search for the frozen remains of Noah's ark.

"This has been a dream of mine since I was 9 or 10," D'Errico told AOL Weird News. "I went to Catholic school and was fascinated by Noah's ark. I would do class projects based on the ark."

D'Errico's fascination with the Biblical tale wasn't just a childhood passion. As she grew older, she continued to study and research the ark, especially stories suggesting that it was close to being found.

"I'd read different stories about how people thought they found the [animal] cages and I was completely intrigued," she said. "I decided that someday I'd go to Turkey, climb Mount Ararat and search for Noah's ark."

According to legend, the ark is located on Mount Ararat, a snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone in the easternmost part of Turkey that has two peaks: Greater Ararat, with an elevation of 16,854 feet, and Lesser Ararat, which is 12,782 feet above sea level.

However, despite numerous sightings and expeditions, no solid proof of the ark has ever been found.

D'Errico would like to be the person who makes the historical find.

"I've been studying this for years and know where the sightings have been," she said. "According to my research, the ark lays broken into at least two, but most likely three, pieces. I believe that one of those pieces is in the uppermost Ahora Gorge area, an extremely dangerous area to climb and explore."

But research alone isn't enough. D'Errico is training to get her stamina up in order to handle a climb nearly three miles high.

"It's not a technical climb," she said. "Many inexperienced climbers have done it, but you do need stamina and, obviously, a crew."

She is looking to make August the month she starts her ascent, and she is swimming and running to build up her endurance. Her preparation is being filmed for a Discovery Channel series tentatively titled "reModel."

D'Errico also hopes to visit Huibers in person and see his ark up close and to personally thank him for not being afraid to demonstrate his faith.

"So many people have let God and the Bible fall to the wayside in their lives," she said. "Some have never even had God or the Bible as a part of their lives at all, and see things like what Mr. Huibers is doing or what I am doing to be a silly waste of time and resources.

"Even speaking about anything religious these days is frowned upon or ridiculed. After all, you might 'offend' someone. I applaud Mr. Huibers for putting himself in the line of fire to try and inspire others. Good for him."

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Comments

[Keil E]

03:07 PM on 07/15/2011

Remind me please, what's the biblical story about the origins of the rainbow?

[Art Franklin]

05:08 PM on 06/25/2011

Since they are doing this, they should put two of every creature on earth on board just to see what their living conditions were like!

[Dip Chit]

08:03 AM on 06/22/2011

What's with all the haters? Criticizing a guy who spent his own money to build a boat? The wealthy spend that amount and much more on yachts that serve no purpose other than to entertain themselves and their hangers-on. We collectively give many more millions to athletes so they can toss balls around. But how can anyone take the moral high ground and say his money could have been spent on feeding poor people? How much money do we collectively give to professional sports and entertainment industries compared to what we give to charitable organizations? Who's to tell anyone else what to do with their money anyway?

[MikeLawson]

05:33 AM on 06/20/2011

Because I am sure God wouldn't have told this loon to spend $1 million or more to help feed the poor instead of making this abomination. Some people really are delusional.

[Gatormouth]

04:28 PM on 06/14/2011

By what logic can you call this a "replica" ?
"A replica is a copy that is relatively indistinguishable from the original." ... Wiki
Really?

[orbo]

12:49 PM on 06/06/2011

How do people know that this is an actual replica of Noah%u2019s Ark, has anyone actually seen it before?

[silvlanhyb]

05:12 PM on 06/03/2011

Point to ponder: The Ark dimensions quoted above are the same size as a small aircraft carrier in World War II (Bouge Class, 465 ft. x 65 ft.). Also, there were no lumber yards or hardware stores, so the idea that a family built this with Biblical hand tools stretches credulity.
P.S. Just because others are anonymous is no reason to insult them. Peace.

[dubbleplusgood]

06:34 PM on 06/03/2011

Don't forget Noah was hundreds of years old so he had lots of time. ;)

[silvlanhyb]

08:35 AM on 06/04/2011

That's Methuselah.

[Schiller Rick]

05:11 PM on 07/21/2011

Noah was 600. his grandfather was 969 and died before they boarded the ark unless he drowned in that Flood. Only three of our descendents are listedolder than Adam (930). Our father Noah 950, and his grandfather Methuselah (969) and his grandfather Jared (962). This is why there are planet memorial marker dates for Noah's year 962 and 969 after his death (2021bc Dec 24).

[Schiller Rick]

05:20 PM on 07/21/2011

The nature of putting all continents under water is depicted in pictures far worse in power and force and destruction than it really is. The Grand Canyon was not built by that one Flood, but by about 14-24 previous astral impacts doing the same thing before Adam. And the same with cutting thru it as an ocean returning into being a river. Between impacts 100s or 1000s of years apart during the 42,000 years of sunlight (6 days) on the ocean surface, it did not rain between the impacts, only with each impact did water-vapor-ice canopy get thinnerby raining from impact. The land during the first two days (14,000 years) came up and went back under. Only on the 3rd day did impacts cause land to go under and water up. The impacts are being used to create the land, but while people thought it was just mere montains versus craters, they ignore that the whole Mohoravic discontinuity layer melts as a mile-depth. This mile determines land being above or below water. BUT it is NOTHING compared to land mass crust being 25 miles thick. The stuypid movie implies the continents can slide around. NOPE. HOW? the ocean crust is 6 miles thick which requires 20 miles to melt under ocean floors for land to slide. Asteroids do not have THAT energy without destroying the planet.

[BannedInBoston]

04:10 PM on 06/03/2011

I love the way illustrations of Noah's ark always show the long line of paired animals marching into the ark through a large opening IN THE BOTTOM. That's got to make the thing real watertight, yeah....

[GhostOfFDR]

01:13 PM on 06/03/2011

What a great use of $1.6M. Build a replica of a boat that never existed commemorating an event that never happened. The boat itself wouldn't be sea worthy when loaded, wouldn't even hold 1% of mammal species and would lay on its side and sink when the first big wave hits. Oh, well, it's his money.

[jimtpat]

12:15 PM on 06/03/2011

Well, hell's pretty pink bells!!!

I wonder how long before the 2nd Amendment folks convince him to mount a gun turret on it?

I hope my musing is amusing.

[BannedInBoston]

04:12 PM on 06/03/2011

And maybe a harpoon _gun....

[Gatormouth]

04:34 PM on 06/14/2011

No turret. Too modern for an ark. Funky little flap doors for the carronades, maybe? Still too modern, but so are sawed planks.

[Jamie R]

12:01 PM on 06/03/2011

Never mind that there is not enough room to get two of every insect in the ark, much less two of every animal. Ah well.

[Jaime01]

07:04 PM on 06/03/2011

Don't forget the amoebas!

[Schiller Rick]

05:05 PM on 07/21/2011

Stupid comment to speak of insets who will land on every debris flaoting around the whole world. Further, the raven never came back in, yet he had no where to go. Use your brain, he stayed on the roof eating insects until he saw all animals exiting the ark. Animals follow animals.

[INVet]

12:46 PM on 07/25/2011

Really, use your brain? Please explain how all the animals of the earth) including those in Australia, fit aboard 1 ship? Then tell me how you feed all those animals?

You believe in a flood myth that predates the Old Testiment version by a 1000 years.

[AllenAllen]

10:53 AM on 06/03/2011

This modern construction has a steel frame.

That's something easy to just read over, without thinking, but I think I've read that you actually can not build a boat of this size, that won't fall apart under it's own weight or when the first tiny wave hits it, if using wood for the interior bracing and still have any room whatsoever on the inside.

Yes? No?

But Noah's ark? Come on folks, what are you like 12 years old? D'oh!
People are not making fun of religion their making fun of grown ups who still believe in Noah's ark or talking snakes and magic apples -- fruit actually not mentioned, I know. ;-)

When people laugh about you believing silly things, they are not necessarily making fun of God, religion, faith, tradition, social conservatives, family, and so on... they are laughing at you. You're silly. Grow up.

[AllenAllen]

10:56 AM on 06/03/2011

Correction "their" should be "they are" ... sorry!

[BurtonDesque]

12:33 AM on 06/03/2011

Seems this thread's really brought out the "0"s.

[Lenora Holder]

04:18 PM on 06/02/2011

I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, Snagh.com

[dubbleplusgood]

04:45 PM on 06/02/2011

TAKE YOUR SPAM AND SHOVE IT.

[Ruddeger Frutz]

02:21 PM on 06/02/2011

Isn't it interesting how these Creationists spend multiple millions of dollars on novelties like a replica Ark, Bible-Themed amusement parks, Creationist "Museums" and the like... while Atheists and non-Christians philanthropists support of homeless shelters, outreach centers, drug and addiction counselling services and affordable/accessible healthcare and important medical research?

Matthew 7:16 “Ye shall know them by their fruits.”

As the global economy continues to struggle and more families find themselves unable to adequately provide the basics, I must ask myself...

How many hungry children could $1.6 Million dollars feed?

I'm not one to speculate on divine revelation, but in this specific instance, I wonder if the image of an 'ark' and a 'great flood' was more symbolic than literal.

[Bush Liberated Me]

02:54 PM on 06/02/2011

I've heard of a few religious organizations that feed, house, clothe and minister to the poor. Have you ever heard of any Atheists and non-Christians who waste money on fancy cars, homes, expensive food and clothing?

[Bones Rhodes]

08:13 PM on 07/17/2011

Seems I have also heard of a few religious organizations that used the donations to buy fancy cars, homes, expensive food, and clothing for the "leaders" and higher ups.

[alterego55]

03:08 PM on 06/02/2011

Hold on to your horses. Kentucky citizens are going to have to pony up $40 million for a Noah's Ark Creation Theme Park. It kind of spits in the face of the First Amendment, doesn't it?

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"

Then lawmakers go right ahead and make laws respecting an establishment of religion. And, the teabagger Constitutionists are no where to be found.

[InTheSouth]

09:26 PM on 06/02/2011

The TBers have written their own constitution using their made up history. Not to mention the fact that we are no longer 13 colonies trying to just hang on anymore. We have evolved into a vast nation with a few quirks the founders could never have dreamed of back then but we have to deal with today. Still it is a sturdy backbone whose principles should be adhered to as much as possible. Sadly, the one principle of keeping religion out of government is the hardest to keep or so it seems these days.