Photographer violates the prime directive, but it's a hoax (well, not quite).

[peaceandcarrots]

I read the original stories about the "undiscovered" tribe in the amazon, but now it turns out that it wasn't quite true. The photographer who took the picture of two indigenous terrorists attempting to take down an airplane with strange wooden weapons (very clever that, since the wood was not detected at airport security) has admitted that the

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[coffeejedi]

From what I understand, the whole "lost tribe" thing was just the media blowing it out of proportion. Even when the photos were released, the original sources said that the Brazillian government, anthropologists, and NGOs knew there were a number virtually uncontacted tribes in that area. Just blame the typical soundbite driven American press.