The Island Invented to Scam a Rich Guy

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Episode written by Adam Chase
Music by Epidemic Sound

[@xxsirfartalotxx8597]

Thank you for doing business with me

[@Gaby5011wastaken]

Oh dear

[@Zach-xk9gq]

Why

[@thomas.02]

what is this

[@dotdankory]

so, do you mind having your island exploded by me?

[@grangermontag1824]

So do you and Mean_commenter hang out and watch Anime all day?

[@HTPCYMC]

The island does exist. It’s just that it’s invisible at all times, making it difficult to spot

[@laurenpinschannels]

it's also permeable to flour

[@illdeletethismusic]

just crash enough ships into it to make its outline visible

[@Havron]

And always teleporting

[@vilius5910]

@@Havron hmmmmmmm.......

[@bradcfg7585]

u need to buy the dlc to unlock that area

[@KnoxMLG]

Now you gotta make “The rich guy invented to scam an Island”

[@conradmcdougall3629]

Hillary Clinton and Haiti.

[@xanpenguin754]

@@conradmcdougall3629 savage

[@MatheusTorezani]

The Castro’s in Cuba.

[@ToddKeck98]

KnoxMLG Internet Historian did a video like that though

[@LordHeadcheez]

In the spirit of non-partisanship, Donald Trump and Puerto Rico.

[@ZingierOne3]

Damn, Crocker was actually a really nice rich dude. He funded exploration trips and used most his wealth to rebuild San Francisco.

[@enotsnavdier6867]

That's a rare breed, incredibly rare.

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

He must have found fairly oddparents.

[@gamin9wizard945]

@@aminadabbrulle8252 That was Denzel Crocker and not George Crocker °°]

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

@@gamin9wizard945 Congratulations, you get the joke.

[@gamin9wizard945]

@@aminadabbrulle8252 I am sorry I am bad at reacting in a fitting funny way. I didn't mean to break the joke or to offend you or anything.

[@sammipanini]

That transition to the sponsor is smooth. Smooth as butter, as if he is trying to butter up some rich dude!

[@bentoth9555]

Smoothest ad transition I've seen except, maybe, for LegalEagle.

[@freds_chess]

Check put kento bento

[@ecave3435]

@@freds_chess that guy is smooth like butter

[@twotothehalf3725]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="322">5:22</a> "In other words, Crocker's Land was a load of crock." What's this channel now, MinuteEarth?

[@NoodleErik]

"E"

[@drdoog0783]

I want to know what this meanS

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

@@drdoog0783 Minute Earth always makes a -bad- pun at the end of their videos.

[@drdoog0783]

@@macaroon_nuggets8008 This comment was posted a year ago I have no clue what context this is in

[@uninterestingperson161]

“This vidéo was made possible by -CuriosityStream- Brilliant” I feel a disturbance in the force

[@DemeDemetre]

haha

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

How do you do the strike through text on here..

[@arjames26]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="161">2:41</a> Hmmmm this could be the work of *F A I R Y G O D P A R E N T S*

[@plumiticus7571]

Lmao

[@bavarianmapper4566]

It took me a while to get it

[@elliez.3561]

You FAIL! F!

[@thanos4959]

Arnold James Garcia lol

[@radosawjarosiewicz2540]

OR AN ENEMY STAND

[@rishinixon7560]

No Planes? Who are you?

[@grangermontag1824]

This guy is less real than New Zealand

[@GamersTrue]

It's ok. There's boats.

[@AC-gb7do]

I’ve not watched every one of these, but I’ve noticed planes a lot in the comments, is there a reason?

[@Hfrill]

@@AC-gb7do It's because HAI is Wendover and he always put planes in his videos even if its unrelated to planes

[@AC-gb7do]

Ralph the Toyota birdman Thanks, I was wondering what the plane comments could mean.

[@grangermontag1824]

Technically we don't know Friedrich Cook wasn't lying. We just know he's good at calling bluffs.

[@marissinka9775]

Technically we know that he was lying as he invented Bradley land (named after the sponsor of his expedition) and never reached the North Pole himself

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

He’s probably a good poker player

[@criticato8916]

@@marissinka9775 takes one to know one, it seems

[@Huntracony]

It's true, New Zealand isn't real. That's why it's so often left out of maps. That second part is actually true, by the way; it's hillarious.

[@andymadden8183]

The NZ government website's HTTP 404 error page shows a map with no New Zealand, and the text: "Something's missing...".

[@pickles3128]

I just noticed that on Vox's new video about tornadoes... New Zealand: Cropped but not forgotten!

[@Huntracony]

​@@andymadden8183 Not anymore, unfortunately.

[@abandonedchannel281]

Why does your profile picture look like a Gay Onion

[@korakys]

I'm actually starting to find it quite annoying. The prevalence of video in the 16:9 ratio means a lot of data maps in these videos don't show New Zealand as a proper world map can't fit in NZ without letterboxing.

[@richardrobertson5128]

Excuse you. As a new zealander...... I find that joke about cook ....pretty funny. Chur

[@arrgghh1555]

But Tasman found NZ

[@James_Gowan]

As a fellow kiwi, go the f*** to sleep

[@jaidr1267]

@@James_Gowan lmao probs should

[@akai4942]

@@arrgghh1555 yeah it might be like 2 AM rn in new zealand

[@juzoli]

Richard Robertson As someone who lives in Atlantis, I find it funny too...

[@DarkadeTV]

Such a good deal! Where are you getting your text books from?

[@dikaardi5902]

Obiously from brilliant.org, didn't you watched the video?

[@JYT256]

Textbook is a steal

[@sujimtangerines]

Only 50K? Must have been the previous edition, used, sold on eBay.

[@greenaum]

Required textbooks are a scam. A student has no choice but to buy the required books. There's been cases where publishers have bribed professors to require their very expensive books. They sell for way, way, more than the price of a normal book on the same subject, and often require the very latest edition, second-hand editions from a couple of years ago are apparently not suitable. Because, I dunno, archaeology changes that fast.

[@satyris410]

All from Wikipedia

[@emilh.k.homaidi4858]

Guys! He is being held as hostage!!! Not a single plane was mentioned in the video.

[@jamietown8002]

I as a New Zealander tell you "you're arrested for leaking government secrets"

[@Reenloveslana]

Lol

[@jeruelleapigo3642]

In the future, Sam will be the CEO of Boeing, because of his enthusiasm and love for aeroplanes.

[@mateusvin]

That's actually the first video that I know of on HAI that does not include any sort of reference for airplanes.

[@davidneuhoff5455]

Boeing would sure as hell need him right now

[@abandonedchannel281]

Sam saves Boeing

[@Am-Not-Jarvis]

There won't be a Boeing by then

[@stormbob]

If you want to be the CEO of Boeing you need to learn a lot of business and physics, like the business and physics they teach at brilliant.org.

[@otemachi4317]

THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE

[@aviationcenter2779]

Otemachi 👏👏👏

[@KokoroKatsura]

A N I M E N I M E

[@tron3entertainment]

If I had the money I would name my island, "No-Man". That way I can honestly say, "No-Man IS an island."

[@6.28]

Gnome Ann is an island

[@thegnosticalien]

Underrated comment

[@LRM12o8]

"No Man is-land" sounds quite funny. However, I'd go a step further and call it "No Land is-land" (or "Kein Land Eiland" in German) because I love puns and paradoxa. XD

[@ericredbear425]

I'm calling Homer and telling him you stole his Odysseus joke.

[@tron3entertainment]

@@ericredbear425 - I do not recall Homer's joke. Besides, you know how much Family Guy (and others) stole from me? That is a story for another time. It's too unbelievable to even repeat.

[@a-dino]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="41">0:41</a> little did we know it actually wouldn't work for anyone

[@amehak1922]

Put a prize tag on something, you'll find someone willing to buy it.

[@CuongNguyen-le5ic]

Saw this with puppies. When given out free, nobody want to adopt them. However, when those same puppies got a price tag of 10 dollars each, they were sold within an hour.

[@darshilmashru8479]

Price tag*

[@chrisholland1504]

Like Bitcon. The ultimate fool's gold.

[@castsmith6783]

H.A.I: *upload a video * fans: "WHERE'S THE BRICK, WHERE'S THE BRICK?!"

[@TheGreatCooLite]

Bob from Microsoft Tech Support: You people need an island to scam rich people?

[@aaaadit5155]

What are u talking about, someone already sold me three islands with the exact same words!

[@hite.4322]

I am true 100% king selling island for za cheap cheap $$$

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

Is that adrien arcand?

[@imaxix7779]

Hite. Go back ruling Unitary Canada.

[@lewismcclean6008]

Hoi4 intensifies

[@brbw]

Hite. Is your profile pic canadian hitler?

[@awddfg]

*_I sell 100 king island for cheep_*

[@santerimyl]

still waiting for the brick- episode

[@Game_Hero]

It already exists here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/imnadoprjMqArsk It was a really fun episode by the way

[@TheGamingParadise22]

Anyone else thought this would be about Gregor MacGregor and Poyais?

[@pacman10182]

I was thinking fyre island

[@smashbrother8696]

TheGamingParadise I heard about that story on the Revolutions podcast and thought “this would make for a great HAI episode”

[@EconomicsExplained]

A fool and his money are soon parted. Great video mate really enjoyed this fun little story!

[@srikrishna_97]

Wow... That sponsor intro was smooth af... Almost as smooth as Linus

[@not3oF]

Yes. The virgin with computers

[@srikrishna_97]

@@not3oF even computer nerds get girls ... Unlike you

[@jeeveso]

Enjoyed the use of Super Smash Bros. "Failure"

[@chairmanmeow3884]

Half as interesting now has uploaded 101 videos. *_LOL_*

[@richellebrittain2127]

And not a one about Dalmatians? :(

[@chairmanmeow3884]

@@richellebrittain2127 sad :(

[@FranticErrors]

Wh?

[@justdoit2521]

This guy only wanted to travel around and he knew that his whole "discoveries" didn't actually matter. He was like, well fuck it who cares if there's an island somewhere, where nobody is going to be! Guess i just found out how I'm going to finance my next trip! 🤔

[@marissinka9775]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="180">3:00</a> Bradley land - the other non-existent land mass was made-up by Frederick Cook (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="215">3:35</a>) who also, probably, never reached the North Pole. This was only one of the things he cooked up and later in life landed in prison. This episode needs a follow-up.

[@PrimroseParadox]

"Cooked" up. I see what you did there

[@Mullkaw]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="219">3:39</a> "ummm, I was there like a year ago." Frederic Cook, 1909

[@trickvro]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="346">5:46</a> "geromertry"

[@unknownpawner1994]

When your segues are smoother than Linus

[@Sohamsta]

This guy has the smoothest ways of putting in sponsors

[@thegamer1234f]

Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few details were a bit off, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, i appreciate you.

[@adog3129]

bro he's not gonna fuck you

[@lolmastergamer3585]

He's like "You can visit it next year" what he doesn't know is about corona.

[@johnchessant3012]

You forgot to mention that the Crocker Land Expedition featured the murder of their Inuit guide over which direction to go next (they later told the other Inuits that he had died in an avalanche).

[@wham_sandwitch]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="189">3:09</a> ah, the imaginary landmass I live on

[@ZChum]

I'm pretty sure the image you used as a background at 54 seconds is my hometown in 1907 wtf.

[@AvrahamYairStern]

I recently read about all this, you failed to mention Bradley Land as well, made up by Cook. I've got a book that I'd recommend everybody called "The Phantom Atlas", it is all about fake islands and sea monsters etc. that have accidentally madr it on maps.

[@marsgal42]

I have a school geography textbook from about 1900. It has some weird ideas about land in the Arctic (it shows Baffin Island as several islands, for example), but that was due to imperfect mapping, not scams.

[@randomperson1714]

“February 2020...oh that date doesn’t work for you?” How did he know.

[@Dampfish]

So is this the origin of the phrase "a load of crock" then?

[@HillelFriedler]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="186">3:06</a> nz crys Australia yes.

[@shnxii17]

"No, lol"- Crocker

[@alric8]

Half as interesting videos are just so good. Keep up the good work.

[@EyesOfByes]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="188">3:08</a> So where did they shoot Lord of the Rings then? On the moon?

[@jmfoerst]

Did any one notice that there was grant land, RIP Grant Thompson

[@Hmm-iv6to]

Love the sarcasm and the narration

[@aidanh5910]

Wow. The Crocker family was full of super succesful people. I live near the Crocker art museum, and that was founded by Edwin B Crocker, the uncle of the George Crocker mentioned in the video. The whole family is full of Railroad tycoons, California supreme court judges, bankers, and more railroad tycoons.

[@stevenfallinge7149]

That profile picture is fanart of Miyamizu Mitsuha from the movie "Your Name" (Kimi no Na wa) by the artist "ezoshika gg." You're welcome.

[@givrally7634]

We all wonder why the end of February 2020 isn't a good time to go on a vacation...

[@sam08g16]

I really want to shake that first guy's hand. So much enthusiasm.

[@henrydando]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="188">3:08</a> as someone who lives in nz i can confirm that nz exits

[@whoever3441]

I’m still waiting for you to start hall as interesting.

[@alexfuller7655]

Woo a hallway!

[@TeamKryu]

Never been this early b4

[@somebody1439]

same

[@Auscan_Octrice]

C6, you sunk my battleship

[@thealexhunter1688]

No one cares

[@Midlife_Crisis_]

That segue was smooth as hell.

[@hereticpariah6_66]

The segues into ads towards the end are sooooooo smooooth, half the time i barely register they've gone into an ad!

[@lesselp]

The man who first climbed Everest claimed to be from 'New Zealand'.This cast doubt on his credibility.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

I see you have a sense of when to be vague in order to cash in on current events and twist the narrative on them, no matter how important they may be.

[@gc4397]

That reminds me of someone. Hm...

[@Term756L]

❤Congrats on 1 Million Subs!❤

[@Cyrudan]

Damn, a new Half as Intersting? Good shit fam

[@TheItuber]

Wait, does the saying"that is a load of crock" come from him? Guess i learn every day something. oh no, That`s an other channel isn`t?

[@jucom756]

February 31st doesn't work indeed, we've got a whole thing going on a few months in the future, but nothing to worry about... JK stay tf inside.

[@jg1019]

"but he had a problem" ... He was a lion.

[@quentingilanian8045]

Why hasn't this been in a fictional work yet (to my knowledge)?! Perfect material for a short story!

[@zergreenone8111]

You presume to know an awful number of fictional works

[@windturbine6796]

But can you drive there in a Toyota Corolla

[@hashtag__7475]

Hi HAI love your videos from Maldives ❤💙💚💛🧡💜🖤💖💕💓💘💞💟❣💌💝 Ok ok enough hearts

[@ayle1312]

You probably made up that country

[@santerimyl]

@@ayle1312 lmao wtf

[@nhuthien198]

Damn you haven’t sink yet?

[@hashtag__7475]

@@ayle1312 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@EurasiaOnYT]

Great video like always! 😁

[@Red-Magic]

I just found your channel from Wendover Productions, and I must admit I found you, dare I say it, funny! 😁

[@Zappyguy111]

The New Zealand islands do not exist, they're comprised of continental crust and is thus the smallest continent on earth. Fite me bro.

[@welp4576]

Hi HAI. Your videos are interesting. I subbed, just know I love you and if you reply, I will give you reasons on why you should date me.

[@m1lkweed]

welp, I also want to know the reasons he should date you.

[@welp4576]

M1lkweed 761 I am very quirky. That is just one of the reasons.

[@welp4576]

I am waiting for his response.

[@krokodyl1927]

welp LOL, do you have an island for sale or ru in looking to buy one.

[@welp4576]

@@krokodyl1927 I am also looking to buy an island.

[@tonygeinzer6034]

I love how you'd told your Hudson Bay Story and I'd like to see the Glacier Pack loss that caused "Gravity Falls" be restored in the future. Ingenious stories.

[@ArikHarv]

Lester Crest: "Hell yeah economic justice!"

[@thealist7842]

3 things I hate: 1. Peopl woh cnat spel 3. People who can’t count 2. People who edit there comments

[@Sora_Halomon]

are you 8 years old

[@fideliskarel6979]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="345">5:45</a> that segue is blowing my mind

[@teemustonen]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="130">2:10</a> that hair style tho 🔥

[@Nam17Tony]

You are the only educational channel that i like

[@frankpinmtl]

"If I know anything about boats..." Well - instead let me talk about aircraft then, because it's been over 5 minutes.

[@bhuvaneshkrishna8474]

Killed me with that ad transition!

[@TheAnimeEncyclopedia]

Considering the world right now I think I'd like to visit my island away from litteraly all infected human contact now XD

[@nzfatmatt]

I love that map of New Zealand by Cook. We have it up on the wall. Banks Peninsula is an island on it and Stewart Island is joined to the South Island.

[@seanhartman6496]

Interesting, but quite different than what I had read about this infamous mirage. An article I have on the topic has quite a different take on it; that it was actually named Crocker Land 100 years earlier than Peary by Commander John Ross of the Royal Navy who had reported seeing a 1000 foot mountain in the area Peary saw his. Ross was never taken seriously by the scientific community. Search parties never found the land and concluded that it must have been a mirage Ross had seen. In 1913, about seven years after Peary, Macmillan went in search of the mountains and he too saw them in the same spot but that they shifted and changed as he approached them until they finally disappeared as he reached the spot from measurements that he knew they must be if they were real. He returned to his starting point and again saw the same mountains and concluded that Crocker Land was a huge mirage.

[@letstalksciencewithshashwa9527]

Gregor McGregor: our battle will be Legendary

[@alric8]

Also... That New Zealand joke was just too good.

[@dp8897]

Smooth plug at the end.

[@thalesrodrigo8452]

the segways at the end are getting better and better

[@tearlach47]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="274">4:34</a> Wait- you're just gonna gloss over that amazing feat?!

[@justinpipes85]

Congratulations on one million subs HAI.

[@0Architectdude0]

This is the most HAI video HAI has ever made

[@JeremyWS]

Oh darn, I put it on my calendar to visit this new Island on February 31 of next year. Then I realize that that date doesn't actually exist and that I had been bamboozled. HAI is just a jokester. lol

[@RaymondHng]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="96">1:36</a> George Crocker was the son of Charles Crocker who started Crocker Bank which was acquired by Wells Fargo Bank in 1986.

[@anonymousbub3410]

Beautiful idea

[@nevreiha]

You could have booked the guy a flight a month or two later and they might have fallen for it

[@mcphersonsound]

what makes this extra funny is how much stuff in San Francisco and Sacramento is named after this guy.

[@bearlee8034]

“When $50,000 bought you more than a bucket of popcorn and a calculus textbook” I’ve never felt anything so hard

[@efilwv1635]

“Boring causes”.

[@notmenotme614]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="41">0:41</a> me: “Nooooo! You’re going to get sand inside your laptop! “