Surviving an attack in the jungle

Heart of a lion and not a lot of sense if he thought he could float the WHOLE AMAZON! in an inflatable kayak.--KV
 
In a case like this, I don't think there is anything really that you can do. He was ambushed with shotguns. Not good. Lady luck really must love this guy because that's all he had going for him. Once they took everything he had, which was worth more money than they had ever seen in their lives, they didn't care when he got up and ran off. Badly wounded as he was, they probably figured he die off in the bush and they wouldn't have to worry about the body. He's just lucky that when they bushwhacked him, one of them didn't shoot him in the head to make sure.

That's the problem of traveling third world places, your gear is a fortune to the natives, and in some places, they really will kill you to take it. Stuff we may take for granted is a unobtainable treasure to them.
 
Ugly. I spent two days with a punctured lung from a stabbing. Had a complete right size failure. During those two days I had to pace myself so very slowly. Breathing was a matter of trying to be as calm and measured as possible. I was lucky enough to have good support but even then after two days I had to go to the hospital. I can only wonder at the continued pressure of staying on his toes, let alone the other stuff he went through. Lucky guy.
 
quite a mom quote!


“You don’t understand this child, he’s not normal.”

“He’s got the heart of a lion.”
 
Damn, dude must have brass balls to try and pull that off... interesting though that, despite being in one of the 'wildest' places in the world, it wasn't the animals or the insects or the weather that laid him low, but good old homo sapiens. :rolleyes:
 
Buffalohump said:
Damn, dude must have brass balls to try and pull that off... interesting though that, despite being in one of the 'wildest' places in the world, it wasn't the animals or the insects or the weather that laid him low, but good old homo sapiens. :rolleyes:
Click to expand...

Isn't that the way it always goes?

In all my years camping and backpacking all over, I never found anything much in nature that was dangerous to me if I exercised a bit of caution. But human beings will bring their evil with them to the boonies. No animal in the forest will harm you as fast as man.
 
great....and I'm doing the same thing next month...don't show my wife this. I think they attacked him, as he sounded alone. I'm way more afraid of the humans than the creepies.
 
Jackknife shows his wisdom again. When my wife and I went to Honduras to adopt an orphan there we were almost ambushed/carjacked on a mountain road, we were under the protection of a Frenchman who was armed. On that same trip I had to draw my knife on two hoodlums who wanted a bit of trouble. They changed their minds though. In the USA I always carry a pistol and knife(woods or city).
 
Crazy survival story. They ought to track his rescue beacon, and sat phone and napalm the village those criminals are in.

Mad that the other villagers watch him coughing up blood and try and squeeze him for money while he is bleeding out.
 
Terrible. Ambushed, shot, robbed, left for dead, and when he finds help, they want to rob him too!
 
In the wilder palces in central and south America, the cheap shotgun is the tool of choice for both hunting and 'other' things. They are the staple of trading posts and every village has at least a few of them.

I can only wonder at how some of the poor locals see the foreign adventure tourist traveling through their territory. He just may seem like the Santa with a sleigh full of goodies, except that he's not going to give themup easy, so it's easy to just shoot him and steal everything he has.

This is the problem with a lot of these young adventurers, they don't realize that they ain't in Kansas anymore, or Pee wee's playhouse. Forget your miracle micro fiber clothing, and high tech goodies. It may be better for your life span to look like a local from a distance in faded and frayed cotton, in a old canoe instead of a high tech Klepper or Folboat.

I know that when Karen and I did the rainforest trip in Costa Rica, they told us to leave all our valuables in the hotel safe, and not take any flashy or expensive stuff with us.

There's no guarantees in life, but traveling to a basicly lawless place, it may pay to look a little more like a local. These guys just may have scoped him out, and sized him up before the attack, and had decided he was worth killing and robbing.
 
jackknife said:
In the wilder palces in central and south America, the cheap shotgun is the tool of choice for both hunting and 'other' things. They are the staple of trading posts and every village has at least a few of them.

I can only wonder at how some of the poor locals see the foreign adventure tourist traveling through their territory. He just may seem like the Santa with a sleigh full of goodies, except that he's not going to give themup easy, so it's easy to just shoot him and steal everything he has.

This is the problem with a lot of these young adventurers, they don't realize that they ain't in Kansas anymore, or Pee wee's playhouse. Forget your miracle micro fiber clothing, and high tech goodies. It may be better for your life span to look like a local from a distance in faded and frayed cotton, in a old canoe instead of a high tech Klepper or Folboat.

I know that when Karen and I did the rainforest trip in Costa Rica, they told us to leave all our valuables in the hotel safe, and not take any flashy or expensive stuff with us.

There's no guarantees in life, but traveling to a basicly lawless place, it may pay to look a little more like a local. These guys just may have scoped him out, and sized him up before the attack, and had decided he was worth killing and robbing.
Click to expand...
Very good points Jackknife. When my wife and I travel, even to other states or other "first" world countries, ALL jewelry stays home. Even wedding rings. Just something else to lose or attract undesirable attention.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top