The not so-lost tribe

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  1. uryu

    uryu Well-Known Member

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    rememer that one post mav posted w/ the lost tribe? and i kinda looked racist by dissing how tanned they look or how crazy they might have been by thinking our plane was some kinda religious symbol? well it's a hoax!!!

    he Not-So-Lost Tribe
    by Mike Krumboltz

    June 23, 2008 06:09:40 PM

    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.

    http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/91536



    i guess they are techincalyl they still the last real tribe around though o.o
     
  2. MissCheekS

    MissCheekS Reconnaîssant ❤

    i dont think you are right...
    there was a link to another websites... on that website there were heaps of tribes....
    some still living like they did ages n ages ago...
     
  3. adrianc

    adrianc Well-Known Member

    :) ...little red indians with bows and arrows -whistle, how nice

    dont know if it is fact or fiction thoug
     
  4. uryu

    uryu Well-Known Member

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    i ust don't know :eek:
     
  5. ProjectD

    ProjectD VIP yay :]

    well i guess this is a good way to get rid of the logging industry from that area
     
  6. anti-logging people have stretched the truth, i guess there wasn't any alternative way? lol