"Uncontacted" Amazon Tribe spotted
 

The world is much smaller than it ever was, but there are still apparently some corners left.

A helicopter passing over the Amazon in Brazil caught these images of what seems to be a previously isolated tribe:






It's hard to even believe this is real. I mean, literally aiming bows and arrows at a helicopter?!? Are we sure this isn't a publicity stunt for Indy 5?

I just hope no one dropped a Coke bottle.

Here's a full article. (Is it just me or does using the term "Indian" seem silly?)

Nope, Shenanigans, calls me. Poorly timed, too-late publicity stunt for Indy 4. It reeks of it.

Watch out for those arrows, people. Curare is wicked.

These are not a previously unknown people... in reading the article, it turns out this is a stunt to make an example to the world of how things are going in Brazil, and that if things continue, these people will disappear as the Yanomamo before them.

This story has (alas) reminded me of one the most woeful movies I ever saw, Krippendorf's Tribe, in which Richard Dreyfuss is a failing anthropologist who uses his family to create hoax images of a previously unknown tribe. It's even dumber than that unpromising premise would suggest.

Flippy beat me to it!

It reeks of Krippendorf if you ask me.

Uh-oh, Chongo!

This reminds me of Danger Island from the Banana Splits.

Iiinteresting. I was indeed dazzled by the photos and didn't read the article particularly carefully. Does throw a blanket of suspicion on the whole thing.

[jungle cruse skipper voice] Duck!...shwish!-shwish!-shwish!-shwish!-shwish!-Those are arrows going over your heads folks![/jungle cruse skipper voice]