While in the sailboat, Sayid, Sun and Jin see a single, four-toed foot — ostensibly from a colossal statue that was never finished or has since crumbled or been destroyed.
- Sayid comments: "I don't know what is more disquieting; the fact that the rest of the statue is missing or that it has four toes."
- From its placement on the statue base, it's a left foot.
Theories
- The statue may be in reference to a story "Headlong Hall" by Thomas Love Peacock.
- The statue may have been from the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- "To celebrate their victory and freedom, the Rhodians decided to build a giant statue of their patron god Helios. They melted down bronze from the many war machines Demetrius left behind for the exterior of the figure and the super siege tower became the scaffolding for the project. According to Pliny, a historian who lived several centuries after the Colossus was built, construction took 12 years. Other historians place the start of the work in 304 B.C."
- The Colossus of Rhodes was made of bronze, and the metal wasn't wrapped around with stone. It was a wooden frame and rocks thus making this theory unlikely.
- There is an article here where the last 2 or 3 entries talk about Bigfoot only having 4 toes. The website is bermuda-triangle.org - isn't one of the Bermuda Triangle theories that electromagnetism makes people and boats vanish?
- Though the whole Lost thing is based in Oahu, near Hawaii, which is in the Pacific, the bermuda triangle is in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Lost is filmed in Hawaii, not based there. The actual location of the island has never been revealed.
- However, the island seems to be in the South Pacific, as that was where Flight 825 was traveling through.
- Lost is filmed in Hawaii, not based there. The actual location of the island has never been revealed.
- Though the whole Lost thing is based in Oahu, near Hawaii, which is in the Pacific, the bermuda triangle is in the Atlantic Ocean.
- The Island may have been inhabited in times previous to that of the Dharma Project. The four-toed foot may be due to a race of people with four-toed feet, or it may even be an error on part of the builder. Or perhaps they believed in a god/dess with four-toed feet.
- In Asian mythology, Korean dragons have four toes. There have been several other references to Korea in the show (the design of the Dharma logo, Paik Heavy Industries, etc)
- The Island may have been inhabited, but isolated, since prehistoric times (maybe due to an extreme continential drift sceneario), allowing for a slightly different evolutionary course to create a race four toed humans, with other physical differences being possible as well (we've only seen a foot!).
- It's a tribute to The Simpsons (all characters have 4 fingers/toes on each appendage) from the writers/creators of the show.
- Wouldn't have to be the Simpsons, almost all American cartoons feature characters with four fingers/toes.
- Though our initial reaction was that it was Homer (Simpson), the writers would not make a big deal about such a statue and have it be an homage to a FOX show.
- The number of toes incorporates one of the numbers (4).
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