It’s been almost three decades since Johan Huibers was struck with the inspiration to build an arch. The Dutchman was reading ‘Noah’s Ark’ to his children as a bedtime story when he suddenly had the idea to create his own.
After telling his wife about his idea, she wasn’t quite on board with his plan. Instead, she made a joke that their family would “go on a moon vacation” if he crossed it and ended it.
A man builds a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark
Despite his joke, Huibers went ahead with his plan and, according to Bored Panda, his first version of the ark was built in 2006.
As Euro News reported, part of the reason Huibers thought so long about building the arch is because of a nightmare he had about major flooding happening in the Netherlands. Down.
A man builds a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark
According to Huibers, at the age of 24, he started dreaming about these floods. It was then that he chose to embark on a project to build his own ark.
A man builds a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark
He began with the construction diagrams according to what is found in the Old Testament. But his first version was «only half the Bible’s,» so he decided to go back to the drawing board.
