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US man finds lost mother in Amazon tribe (strangest story of the year!)
Ny Post ^ | May 24, 2014 | Maureen Czllahan

Posted on 05/26/2014 3:02:05 PM PDT by Innovative

“I didn’t want my friends to know that my mom’s a naked jungle woman eating tarantulas,” he says today.

David’s mother, Yarima, is a member of the Yanomami tribe of Venezuela.

In 1978, he (David's Father) was offered Yarima, who was then about 9 to 12. Good was 36. He saw no real problem.

After David was born, Kenneth attempted to settle Yarima into modern American domesticity.

In 1991, The whole family would return to the Amazon for a documentary. While there, Yarima told Kenneth she would not be going back to America.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: amazonjungle; anthropologist; ivorytower; jungletribe; venezuela; weird
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It's the weirdest story I read in a long time, a few excerpts can't do it justice.

Recommend reading the entire article and feel free to comment about Kenneth, David's Father... (or anything else in the article)

Be sure to go to the article and at least look at the pictures. (not to worry, not a weird site, it's the NY Post)

1 posted on 05/26/2014 3:02:05 PM PDT by Innovative
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“I didn’t want my friends to know that my mom’s a naked jungle woman eating tarantulas,” he says today.

Don't we all go through that awkward phase in life?

2 posted on 05/26/2014 3:05:15 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Innovative

I swear to G*d this sounds like one of those whacko stories you hear while half asleep on that midnight UFO/Yeti/Black helicopter radio show.

Just wow..!


3 posted on 05/26/2014 3:05:42 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Innovative

If Obama had a mama


4 posted on 05/26/2014 3:12:14 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: Innovative

“1, 2, MANY, many, many, many…”

Oh, man, that is HILARIOUS…!

How many EONS could that culture go without sending a rocket into space..?

“How much fuel for load into the booster, sir..?”

“VERY many…?”


5 posted on 05/26/2014 3:15:34 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Innovative

It sounds like Kenneth still doesn’t understand anything.


6 posted on 05/26/2014 3:17:05 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Eclipse, the sequel to Bright Horizons is out! Get it now!)
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I think I’d rather live in the Amazon jungle than Philadelphia too.


7 posted on 05/26/2014 3:17:27 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Innovative

The father comes off as dreadful, but that article, which I guess is an excerpt from a book, was a little choppy.


8 posted on 05/26/2014 3:17:55 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Innovative

There was a 15 minute segment about this on CBS Sunday Morning about 3 or 4 weeks ago.


9 posted on 05/26/2014 3:20:50 PM PDT by rotstan
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To: Innovative

Thank you for posting. I remember watching the documentary about this couple years ago. I remember the Mother went back to the jungle and at the time the documentary just ended there. I always wondered what happened to her, now I know.


10 posted on 05/26/2014 3:22:32 PM PDT by BBell (The Blue Dog is Stupid)
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To: Innovative

The father is a self absorbed jerk—and would be the same thing in any culture.


11 posted on 05/26/2014 3:24:09 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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Recommend reading the entire article and feel free to comment about Kenneth, David's Father

I read the entire article and he sounds like a self-absorbed as*hole.

12 posted on 05/26/2014 3:28:58 PM PDT by KevinB ("If it weren't for double standards Democrats would have no standards at all" - Chris Plante)
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To: TigersEye

When civilization as we know it finally pukes its guts out, a lot of folks will wish they were in the jungle with that tribe.


13 posted on 05/26/2014 3:29:05 PM PDT by meatloaf (Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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You can see people like this in Seattle, Denver, Spokane, ... you name it ... right in the USA
14 posted on 05/26/2014 3:32:54 PM PDT by meadsjn
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The father is a self absorbed jerk

I posted before reading your post. Great minds think alike.

15 posted on 05/26/2014 3:35:55 PM PDT by KevinB ("If it weren't for double standards Democrats would have no standards at all" - Chris Plante)
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In 1978, he (David's Father) was offered Yarima, who was then about 9 to 12. Good was 36. He saw no real problem.

Guess he was Muslim when Muslim wasn't cool?

16 posted on 05/26/2014 3:38:09 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: exit82

A self absorbed jerk who “raped” a 12 year old girl.


17 posted on 05/26/2014 3:44:32 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: KevinB

Saw that Kev.

The son seems to have more humanity than the Dad.


18 posted on 05/26/2014 3:45:24 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Sacajaweau

S, he rationalized it by saying he could not criticize their culture. When in Rome, etc.

He fooled himself thinking she was 13-that made it more acceptable. He was 36.


19 posted on 05/26/2014 3:46:35 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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... he could not criticize their culture.

Sounds like Gaugin with his pre-teen concubine in Tahiti.

20 posted on 05/26/2014 3:48:51 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You say I'm insane ... I say you're afraid.)
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