Secluded Amazon tribe was a hoax

[ChaoZ]

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

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.

 

[manlymatt83]

Crazy

 

[Xylitol]

i wonder if there are any lost tribes still out there

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Xylitol
i wonder if there are any lost tribes still out there

There NOT lost, they just refuse to ask for directions!

 

[HN]

wait, sooooo....they're really not from Jersey?

 

[0roo0roo]

again? more margaret mead nonsense lol

 

[whistleclient]

I don't know if I'd necessarily classify this as a hoax. The tribe exists. The pictures weren't faked. They don't have contact with the outside world, although their existence has been known for a while.

 

[biggestmuff]

A 61 year old hippy with an agenda?

 

[Deeko]

Big deal. It's still a tribe in the Amazon, the pictures were real, the authorities just already knew they existed.

 

[Kadarin]

If such "lost" tribes really exist, well, they're not actually lost. They know exactly where they are.

 

[Captante]

Whoa ... theres a shock!

 

[SillyOReilly]

Man, and I was hoping to travel there for some snu snu

 

[Nitemare]

the media tell a lie to support their agenda....surely you jest.

 

[buck]

lol

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Xylitol
i wonder if there are any lost tribes still out there

There NOT lost, they just refuse to ask for directions!

From that description, we know their leaders must be men...

 

[XxPrOdiGyxX]

there is nothing else that matters more than this issue.

 

[ViviTheMage]

yawn

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Xylitol
i wonder if there are any lost tribes still out there

There NOT lost, they just refuse to ask for directions!

lol :thumbsup:

 

[IceBergSLiM]

what the hell is a lost tribe?

 

[RapidSnail]

Originally posted by: HN
wait, sooooo....they're really not from Jersey?

:thumbsup:

 

[conehead433]

Krippendorf's Tribe

 

[child of wonder]

Originally posted by: HN
wait, sooooo....they're really not from Jersey?

If the lost tribe is Guidos, then log that forest into the ground!