It's a jungle out there

[Jeff95531]

Remote Amazon tribe kills illegal gold miners: officials

 

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[rodoconnor]

It's never easy , is it. It wasn't that long ago , 20 years or so , that some dredgers on the the Middle fork of the Yuba had to post guys with shotguns. Dirtbags were robbiing miners.

 

[Jeff95531]

It's never easy , is it. It wasn't that long ago , 20 years or so , that some dredgers on the the Middle fork of the Yuba had to post guys with shotguns. Dirtbags were robbiing miners.

I did not know that but certainly believe it!

 

[Goldwasher]

it was illegal miners encroaching on tribal land. there are around 35k of that on isolated tribe. and they are known for not liking outsiders.

 

[Jeff95531]

And they can prove it!

 

[Kuntzy]

sad for the guys who got killed. however they probably shouldn't have been there.

 

[kcm]

sad for the guys who got killed. however they probably shouldn't have been there.

Hmm...a few modern-but-illegal miners probably with guns vs. 35,000 hostile natives with crude weapons
I'll place my bets on the natives...at least for the first 2 rounds!!

 

[Goldwasher]

Hmm...a few modern-but-illegal miners probably with guns vs. 35,000 hostile natives with crude weapons
I'll place my bets on the natives...at least for the first 2 rounds!!

Brazil strongly backs their existing tribes the natives aren't gonna get in trouble over it, and it should give pause to those wanting to trespass

 

[Kenmitch]

It's the Amazon! If the critters don't get ya the natives will.

Really sucks for the miners but they probably knew the risks involved. Gold fever most likely got the best of them.

 

[wildminer]

Maybe Toad and company will give 'er a try.

 

[DizzyDigger]

If those miners were locals, then they knew what the dangers were
before they ever stepped foot into the tribes territory. The tribesmen
killed them with bows and arrows, which says the miners weren't
paying much attention to what was going on around them. Max accurate
distance for bows of the type they use is probably about 30 yds.

If most folks knew there was a chance that a bunch of angry, territoriality protective
Amazonian natives were going to punch holes in them, there would certainly be
someone on watch 24/7.

 

[Laz7777]

I'm a firm believer in eatin' what ya kill.
shrunken heads are just trophies.

 

[kcm]

If those miners were locals, then they knew what the dangers were
before they ever stepped foot into the tribes territory. The tribesmen
killed them with bows and arrows, which says the miners weren't
paying much attention to what was going on around them. Max accurate
distance for bows of the type they use is probably about 30 yds.

If most folks knew there was a chance that a bunch of angry, territoriality protective
Amazonian natives were going to punch holes in them, there would certainly be
someone on watch 24/7.

30 yards in the Amazon rainforest is like 300 yards on normal terrain.

 

[Goldwasher]

30 yards in the Amazon rainforest is like 300 yards on normal terrain.

yea and the little dude shooting you with some jacked up poison frog tipped arrow. Is also 4'8" shoeless but in a g-sting made of vines. And now your ant food!

 

[Clay Diggins]

Higrading anyone's patch is always a bad idea. Bad things can happen.

Obviously higrading 35,000 claimholders is just plain stupid. I hope it was painful for the higraders.

Heavy Pans

 

[goldenmojo]

And heres the anthem....

 

[Jeff95531]

I didn't even have to play it. The music video took off in my head all on it's own.

 

[Lanny in AB]

Sometimes gold fever shuts down every reasonable area of the brain which leads to disaster, and sometimes Forrest Gump's pithy wisdom comes to mind: stupid is as stupid does.

All the best,

Lanny