Some of you might have seen this posted around the net last week. I'm putting it here because it's so incredible and seems like something that couldn't be real in the 21st century.
These are pictures of a heretofore uncontacted Amazon Indian tribe located near the border of Brazil and Peru:
You've seen this kind of thing in movies so much that it almost seems like a cliche - primitive villagers shooting arrows at the strange metal bird. Although, that might just be me projecting cultural superiority and a Hollywood plot onto some pictures. For all I know the guy in the airplane sold the villagers bad iPhones and now he's making a break for it.
Assuming that's not the case it's cool to think that despite how small technology has made our world, there are still bits of it that civilization hasn't yet crept into.
If I find out this was staged or is a movie promotion in a few months, I'm going to be really disappointed.
Monday, June 2, 2008
They'll have a McDonald's soon...
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I too, am fascinated with this story. Amazing. Better not be a hoax. Wouldn't you know I dozed off last nite just as CNN started to do a segment on this??? ugh.
DC
This is several days old now but like you guys, I'm finding myself amazed by this story. I'm caught somewhere in the middle of not believing pods of people like this still exist and being jealous that I'm not one of them.....
How amazing that there are tribes of people completely unconnected with the world around them yet we can't go to the grocery store without our cell phones. Sometimes, I wish I could go somewhere remote for a time (a long time) and just enjoy God and who he created me to be. Hopefully they will do what they say and not bother the tribe.
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