New Pictures Show "Uncontacted" Tribe in Amazon "Well and Strong"

[hybridsoldier23]

EDIT: nvm that was another one that was a hoax

or was it... IDK

Even in an age when cynical sleuths can hyper-analyze stories for truth and accuracy, the occasional hoax still slips through the cracks. Such was the case with a so-called "lost Amazon tribe."

A few months ago, mainstream news outlets (including, ahem, Yahoo!) reported that a photographer had found a lost tribe of warriors near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Photos of the tribe backed up his claim.

As it turns out, the story is only half true. The men in the photo are members of a tribe, but it certainly ain't "lost." In fact, as the photographer, José Carlos Meirelles, recently explained, authorities have known about this particular tribe since 1910. The photographer and the agency that released the pictures wanted to make it seem like they were members of a lost tribe in order to call attention to the dangers the logging industry may have on the group.
The photographer recently came clean, and news outlets, perhaps embarrassed at having been taken for a ride, have been slow to pick up the story. Now, the word is starting to spread and articles in the Buzz are picking up steam. Expect a lot more brutal truth in the coming days

 

[dj bana]

Searched NT for a post on this, found this (200:

http://niketalk.com/topic/77633/Pleas-to-leave-lost-Amazon-tribe-alone

""They always get scared when they see an aircraft, but this tribe isused to seeing commercial flights—Boeings and local jets—flying overthe region," said the newly retired Meirelles, who for 40 years workedfor FUNAI, Brazil's indigenous-rights agency."

""I prefer to get them scared once a year—and make sure they arehealthy, growing in number, and protected from loggers andminers—rather than leave them without any supervision."

"There isn't a single group in the whole world nowadays who has not hadany kind of contact with other people," he added. "They know we exist.They have just decided they don't want to make contact, and that's intheir best interest."


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[dj bana]

Searched NT for a post on this, found this (200:

http://niketalk.com/topic/77633/Pleas-to-leave-lost-Amazon-tribe-alone

""They always get scared when they see an aircraft, but this tribe isused to seeing commercial flights—Boeings and local jets—flying overthe region," said the newly retired Meirelles, who for 40 years workedfor FUNAI, Brazil's indigenous-rights agency."

""I prefer to get them scared once a year—and make sure they arehealthy, growing in number, and protected from loggers andminers—rather than leave them without any supervision."

"There isn't a single group in the whole world nowadays who has not hadany kind of contact with other people," he added. "They know we exist.They have just decided they don't want to make contact, and that's intheir best interest."


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[hybridsoldier23]

EDIT: nvm that was another one that was a hoax

or was it... IDK

Even in an age when cynical sleuths can hyper-analyze stories for truth and accuracy, the occasional hoax still slips through the cracks. Such was the case with a so-called "lost Amazon tribe."

A few months ago, mainstream news outlets (including, ahem, Yahoo!) reported that a photographer had found a lost tribe of warriors near the Brazilian-Peruvian border. Photos of the tribe backed up his claim.

As it turns out, the story is only half true. The men in the photo are members of a tribe, but it certainly ain't "lost." In fact, as the photographer, José Carlos Meirelles, recently explained, authorities have known about this particular tribe since 1910. The photographer and the agency that released the pictures wanted to make it seem like they were members of a lost tribe in order to call attention to the dangers the logging industry may have on the group.
The photographer recently came clean, and news outlets, perhaps embarrassed at having been taken for a ride, have been slow to pick up the story. Now, the word is starting to spread and articles in the Buzz are picking up steam. Expect a lot more brutal truth in the coming days

 

[dland24]

Welcome to three years ago.

*Waits for the "

that tribesman is wearing nikes!!!

" type comments*

 

[dland24]

Welcome to three years ago.

*Waits for the "

that tribesman is wearing nikes!!!

" type comments*

 

[brobocop]

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 that tribesman is wearing nikes!!! 

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[brobocop]

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 that tribesman is wearing nikes!!! 

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[rolaholic]

Isn't this a couple yrs old,I remember seeing the pics of them pointing their arrows and spears to the camera 

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It's pretty insane to think about there being some groups of people in this world that haven't made any contact with modern civilization

 

[rolaholic]

Isn't this a couple yrs old,I remember seeing the pics of them pointing their arrows and spears to the camera 

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It's pretty insane to think about there being some groups of people in this world that haven't made any contact with modern civilization

 

[bean pie slanga]

Deforestation pisses me off like none other.

 

[bean pie slanga]

Deforestation pisses me off like none other.

 

[questions03]

I was always interested in this story...

Thanks, Bana...

 

[questions03]

I was always interested in this story...

Thanks, Bana...

 

[beacon ave south]

Originally Posted by DJ bana

lol OG on the right gettin ready to put an arrow in that *%*.

 

[beacon ave south]

Originally Posted by DJ bana

lol OG on the right gettin ready to put an arrow in that *%*.

 

[vdubsta]

This might be a stupid question.  I can understand the Bows and Arrows, but machetes/knives?  They got a blacksmith?

 

[vdubsta]

This might be a stupid question.  I can understand the Bows and Arrows, but machetes/knives?  They got a blacksmith?

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

**bout to put on apocalypto**

 

[josebronx]

thats crazy

 

[josebronx]

thats crazy

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

**bout to put on apocalypto**

 

[pftjordans]

Originally Posted by Beacon ave south

Originally Posted by DJ bana

lol OG on the right gettin ready to put an arrow in that *%*.

lol I know right .. the little dude to the left is like "what the $& is that??!!??"

 

[pftjordans]

Originally Posted by Beacon ave south

Originally Posted by DJ bana

lol OG on the right gettin ready to put an arrow in that *%*.

lol I know right .. the little dude to the left is like "what the $& is that??!!??"

 

[kidufc]

little boy's feet bigger then mines..



mind = ++%%