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Alright, so here's my theory, and I think it makes sense:

posted 11 years ago by mevmijaumau
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A wizard did it.

No, really. An old Aboriginal shaman lived alone near the rock for about 10 years, practicing magic and shít, and eventually grew pretty lonely and bored. When he saw the girls on their picnic, he was happy to finally find someone to talk to, so he hypnotized them to leave the other girls and to come to live with him. Then, they became his spiritual apprentices.

The reason why the folks didn't find the girls after they were declared missing is because the shaman projected an invisible forcefield around the girls, which made them undetectable.

The shaman taught the girls many interesting tricks, like levitating (which is why Irma didn't have any bruises on her feet when she was later found). Then, Irma somehow snapped out of the magic/hypnotic spell and escaped from the shaman's company without him even noticing it. That's why she couldn't remember anything; she was in a hypnotic trance the entire time.

[–] enmasse 11 years ago

Interesting, but that's not really a theory since none of that can be linked – whole, part, or piece – to anything canon. That's more of a start to a fan fiction.

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[–] mevmijaumau 11 years ago

The movie gives you very little to work with. Pretty much every other theory about this movie I've heard of can be considered fan fiction then.

[–] panjin79 9 years ago

I agree with this theory the most of any I've read except I think the Shaman likely had been living there 12 years, not 10.

[–] gary_overman 9 years ago

My guess would be nine years. Just sayin'.

[–] northsouth1 9 years ago

Nine years, seven months, one week, four days, six hours, forty-two minutes, nineteen point three seconds.

[–] mevmijaumau 9 years ago

Let us not get ahead of ourselves there.