Story of being attacked by a tribe in the Amazon | Paul Rosolie and Lex Fridman

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Full podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHJo5yffad1m80 Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzbin.info Guest bio: Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, explorer, author, filmmaker, real life Tarzan, and founder of Junglekeepers which today protects over 50,000 acres of threatened habitat.

[@samswords9993]

btw, I read and own your book "Mother of God", Paul. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@MorallyResponsible]

There are two types of consciousness :Soul based conciseness vs Animal based consciousness. consciousness by itself is an innate idea and for any conciseness to exist there must already be consciousness(Allah the most exalted) to begin with because physical matter(atoms) does not just randomly transform into thinking human. Thoughts are a distinct quality compared to mere carbon skeleton(How does the carbon skeleton acquire the process of thinking when thinking and carbon skeleton are distinct entities with atoms having no characteristic of life and yet atoms have miraculously gained life). Heart is a faculty of cognition that all major scriptures(especially Quran) talk about which houses the soul. if the faculty of heart is impaired human being is blind to realities of God therefore descends to the level of lower than animals. you have somebody like Adolf Hitler whose brain is very sharp(able to efficiently process empirical data and make associations between it) but his heart(soul) is impaired therefore cannot process any spiritual data which is based on mercy and love and is purely driven by ego based consciousness rather than Heart(soul) based consciousness.

[@notveryobviousguy4373]

7ft srrows real’y?

[@creativ.medium]

This is the highlight of the conversation: "there is like 27 caymans" A few seconds later: "How many ?"

[@scotthyland3527]

Aspirin on egg

[@frankjennings4489]

“How’d you get that scar?” “Oh, this? I was just making my way up the Amazon when I came across an uncontacted tribe and attempted a peace offering. They shot an arrow at my head and I narrowly escaped with my life. No big deal.”

[@MelvinCruz]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MackNcD]

Yeah it’s really not, life is an adventure. I mean you can live life without life in it, but it’s sad that a little arrow across the head is considered a cool story considering what the older generations went through

[@MackNcD]

It is a cool story, not taking thataway

[@ginnar8702]

@@MackNcD Ah yes "a little arrow across the head" should be a regular monday afternoon again, like them good ol days.

[@ShinzoUchihaX]

Anyone can sound badass after the fact, you know he shit himself

[@Nomad454]

My dad goes into the wilderness for weeks at a time every year for elk hunting by bow, trekking by foot only for dozens of miles. He’s told me similar stories about how he would lose touch with reality a little after a week or so and he would start thinking I was possibly dead and a funeral had already been held. Crazy how it can fuck with your head.

[@moniqueengleman873]

Isolation especially in white snow (no stimuli) can definitely cause hallucinations.

[@RazPerignon]

Sounds like your dad shouldn’t be going elk hunting

[@basse9914]

How did he not get lost? How does he find his way back?

[@colecampbell1906]

@@basse9914 Because he knows directions and likely had a compass and shit lol. The "losing grip on reality" stuff doesn't mean you forget everything lol. You just start to question things you probably shouldn't need to question, and believe some things that don't really make much sense. Like for example, after a week in the hole when I was in prison, I definitely felt myself losing it. I'd find myself speaking out loud and having conversations with myself, and much like his dad, I also started to question whether or not I was actually alive still or if I just died and was in hell or something. I think it's just the fact that your brain has nothing but time to think and think and think, and there's nothing keeping it on the tracks so it just sometimes goes off. If you have another person to talk to, it kinda distracts your brain for brief moments and doesn't give it the time to just wander and wander until you're thinking some crazy shit.

[@basse9914]

@@colecampbell1906 Yeah alright but I was referring to simply being lost in the forest because it's big

[@kg0148]

I love the way that Paul tells the stories of his experiences it's so descriptive with detail that reels you in.

[@kevkamo6289]

Almost too good to be true…

[@HacheChugz]

@@kevkamo6289seems like it doesn’t it? 🤔

[@gobackpls3029]

@@kevkamo6289only people who actually go could say

[@The_Crucible714]

He’s like the uncle who comes to visit from another state and tells the same stories every Christmas eve… and you live for it.

[@kg0148]

@@The_Crucible714 🤣 exactly!

[@butter7734]

When I was in the Amazon the scariest eye shine I've witnessed was spiders. First I didn't even know that spiders had eye shine and second when you shine your light on the jungle floor you realize there are 100s of these spiders literally everywhere around you. It's creepy in the jungle couldn't imagine running into tribes out there.

[@armin3057]

I already get an heart attack with normal tiny spiders here, I have arachnophobia I would probably kill myself, or set fire to everything including myself

[@pauln6803]

​@@armin3057 Most of the spiders in the Amazon rainforest are tiny. There are a few VERY large Tarantulas in South America, such as Theraphosa blondi/stirmi and a few large "true" spiders such as the Ctenidae family of spiders (Wandering spiders). Some trapdoor spiders can get to the size of the smaller tarantulas, but even the notorious Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria species) would rather keep out of your way. Go poke a Phoneutria nigriventer or fera and you'll regret it, but even they would much prefer to stay out of your way.

[@apprentice_jedi]

Cannibal tribes are in papa New Guinea

[@daveyb2275]

​@@armin3057calm down cos the cannibals will get you before them

[@coldblooded568]

Eye shine? What is that

[@elroykauendji528]

Everybody knows that one friend that always comes back from holidays with stories like this .

[@johnnyripple8972]

I hear ya. Not me. My “wild” stories are usually something like I had a subpar dinner at a steak house.

[@Ottee2]

@@johnnyripple8972 , A brussel sprout skidded across my plate, across the tablecloth, and down ONTO THE FLOOR. Omg, I was shocked. 😂

[@johnnyripple8972]

@@Ottee2 Total chaos man….total chaos.

[@thundergun933]

I wish I knew someone like that to be best friends with unfortunately we rarely hang out with lamers like yourself on an occasion to rid the loneliness of our interesting lives.

[@Devin_The_Dude_Reacts]

Everyone does not have this friend!!...WHAT?!?!

[@clancykelly5508]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Lex, not only are you great with all that you do and all the people you bring, but you're one of the few who don't run ads in these clips and I deeply appreciate it.

[@romanfox3705]

You know there are browser extensions that block all ads, right? I haven't seen a commercial on youtube in years.

[@lostagain7292]

Ive been to the deep amazon and the very first thing our guides asked us is if we could climb trees because we might have to very quickly. I knew jaguars could also climb so I asked what good climbing would do. He said its not for the cats its for the packs of wild pigs. He said the pigs will literally devour a person entirely in minutes. Really surprised he didn’t mention these animals in the beginning the locals all had stories about someone they knew being attacked or killed by the pigs.

[@jwj8201]

The wild pigs in the Southern US will do the same. If you roll up on group that’s a little too big and they manage to surround you, or you sprain an ankle running away. People have certainly died that way.

[@frosty9139]

This is Terrifying

[@jwj8201]

@@BobbyT-yj1cw I tried to post a link, but it must have thought I was spamming. A woman was found torn apart in Texas, 2019. Deaths are not common it seems, only 5 recorded in the US since the 1800s. Their population has only just recently started to get way out of control in semi-urban areas. Anyone who hunts them will tell you they are mean and not afraid of very small groups of people on foot. Plenty of heavily armed hunters have been injured by them. I imagine there would be more than 5 if you could only hunt them with spears. You could look it up yourself if you have the capabiltiy or desire to learn things, rather than sit on a high horse. Boar hunting was notorious for killng a few nobles in Europe as well. This isn't a new concept at all.

[@Kirasfox]

​@@BobbyT-yj1cwno lol that's weird

[@Alexxx---101]

Cool story but a load of bollocks, them wild pigs are called peccaries and they do live in groups but are not that dangerous, they would rather stay out of the way of humans but will defend themselves if they need to if they're being hunted. In my experience a lot of guides talk a lot of shit and assume tourists are stupid. I spent a year in the amazon and I met Rosolie who is an arrogant prick in real life.

[@nX.Ghosty]

i cant fathom how scary it must’ve been trying to sleep and then hearing one distant monkey call then waiting to hear another call that never comes, thinking to myself if that sounded weird. wondering if it was the tribes and if they’re gonna eat me alive 😭😭

[@kimmy4714]

​@HenryFromSkalitz curious, but are you referring to him lieing like he never actually expirenced all the scenarios he spoke of, that those things he did actually live through? Or. Is he lying just for lying sake, & saying he is all those things that he is & that he did? Just curious to your opinion on this?

[@Spiritlife01]

​@@kimmy4714Yeah says you. Who are you to call this man a liar when you can't even write English. Come on man do better!

[@xxserrealtyxx]

calm down libby @@kimmy4714

[@pirateprincessyuh]

​@@Spiritlife01ironic

[@bendoverjudy]

​@@kimmy4714the way he explains some things do sound suspect.

[@keenfire8151]

I like how Lex wouldn't let him get away with being so casual about 27 crocs at his tent in the middle of the night.

[@WeRacin]

Caymans

[@keenfire8151]

@@WeRacin Cool

[@sampat10]

​@@WeRacin Caimens. Genius

[@garretsharpie9751]

@@WeRacin caimans

[@sk8legendz]

​@@WeRacin Caiman crocodile alligator or some kind of Cryptid haflsie Same difference when they're surrounding your tent at night

[@rleeboston33]

I feel like this is the exact conversation he has on first dates.

[@jennifer251987]

Lol!

[@hamishcameron5165]

He's so right about the feeling of being alone after a while and losing his mind. I worked on a boat for 14 days in Austrailia with no prior experience and only two other people I didn't know at all. Started out sailing across the ocean next to the coast for about 3 days and then headed directly out to sea. We ended up floating around in the middle of nowhere for nearly a week.. could not see any land and almost 0 contact to the outside world. I started going loopy after around 5-6 days and at one point was ready to jump over-board and swim back to shore but they refused to point me in the right direction lol. I think the steady meals every day and cigarettes from my co-worker were the only things that kept me sane.

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

I bet you had hallucinations and grew new neurons in your brain from that. I'd like to be isolated like that for a month

[@shrigga5089]

@@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina just do it then

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

@@shrigga5089 no

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

@@shrigga5089 tiga

[@chadphillips5066]

Piss weak

[@cry2love]

I know what I miss, the stories about nature, real stories from people who experiences it. I had some when I was a kid, but now living in the city, I miss that connection

[@Mario-su1jz]

Experience it for yourself brother. Go hiking.

[@cry2love]

@@Mario-su1jz Haven't went hiking for 1.5 years, covid n war in Ukraine kinda blocked it all out for me, also we have curfew, so anyone can't be outside after 10 pm

[@vipr1142]

@@cry2love you still have curfew? WTF And hiking should be viable today with all

[@ruffyistderhammer5860]

​@@vipr1142 Ukraine war

[@Deadrum]

@@cry2love as in, you’re in Ukraine? Holy shit

[@DamienDrake2389]

I'm so glad Paul is getting these stages to spread the word on their amazing work! Thanks for having him on!

[@Devin_The_Dude_Reacts]

Hi, im Paul!

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

I think you meant to say "their AMAZON work". Fun fact: When I was in 3rd grade the class was taking turns reading a text book. The teacher was explaining something and, as I'm wont to do, I was talking and not paying attention, so she called on me to read. So I started reading my paragraph and I got to a word I wasn't sure how to pronounce so I took a stab at it; I said "the Amazin' River!". In my head it made sense because it's so big that it's amazing. Everyone started laughing and the teach just looked at me and said "You weren't paying attention, were you?" Boy did I feel like a real heel.

[@Kirasfox]

I mean leave them alone, don't go near them & folks won't get themselves k-lled.

[@rickdeckard7361]

😂🤣😂🤣 he's full of s**t

[@tonymaccaroni5744]

The fact that there are isolated tribes out there is so fascinating

[@justin94431]

🎉

[@danielg2946]

These tribes have obviously never met an AK-47.

[@AyoItsMike]

😂 ayo chill out

[@michaelsamchuk1819]

They haven’t met a Tesla either

[@natenate2280]

They will when the cartels want that land, cartels pull up in armored cars with mounted machine guns…6 feet bow? They got guns that size 😂

[@JHMoonCompilation]

ak-47s are to be the mean of preventing ak-47s of getting in contact with those prestine humans

[@hallohallo72]

😂😂😂😂

[@jjn6914]

Humans pose the most danger to your existence anywhere you go. Even in a semi-rural area where I live, it's not coyotes, owls, mountain lions, or eagles that I need to be scared of, but a random person appearing out of nowhere. It's also people who can destroy the mood/ambience of an entire place. Living in the PNW, the nature itself is beautiful, but the tweakers and criminals that abound cast a pall over the landscape.

[@kathyingram3061]

~Yes, this is absolutely true!!!~

[@horseloggermd363]

Over here in the East coast, it's gotten really bad. They just be methin around . Nothing is safe they'll steal your thoughts if they could

[@ericwiese7479]

Yep!

[@jesiah391]

Wrong, sounds nice but wrong. Wild animals will kill you there’s no talking. Humans can talk. BIG DIFFERENCE

[@YSLRD]

Same for Ozarks

[@lidiagaray]

This was my first time ever seeing a video from this channel. Honestly, I'm not sure how it ended up on my feed, but I could not stop watching. I subscribed immediately after the video was finished.

[@Fanuc_Operator1990]

He says"the jungle won't kill you" and then proceeds to talk about the jungle almost killing him. Lol

[@ghostpiratelechuck2259]

“Almost.” Point proven, eh?

[@actionjksn]

That's not what he said he said the animals won't kill you.

[@doracotterell2863]

This man is fascinating & has given his heart & soul towards saving as much of the Amazon as is humanly feasible. Look up the foundation … it’s genuine and impressive. He DID say, by the way, “that humans were the only danger to him in the Amazon jungles.

[@Fanuc_Operator1990]

@@doracotterell2863 I think the locals would disagree.

[@Fanuc_Operator1990]

@@actionjksn yes being surrounded by huge Black Caiman isn't dangerous at all. Nor are jaguars dangerous. Nor are vipers...I think he's underestimating the jungle more than he realizes. And almost everything and every inch of land is coverd in biting flies, stinging ants, wasps. Plants that will make you feel pain for years and possibly the rest of your life. And the risk of getting lost, even on a river, can be extremely high, considering the dense vegetation. If this guy would have got an infection, he would have been dead, at least a week away from anyone that could help. He literally said he underestimated a caiman and it bit a whole through his hand.

[@Shinyhappyperso]

Took me ages to FINALLY find the whole interview with who this chap is. Worth it

[@andrewSUN17]

Great one Lex! We need to start thinking about the planet and the animals a lot more and taking care of it is so important at this moment in time.

[@Sharkdog11b]

I spent a month in the alaska range when I had just turned 18 and I felt the same way I was so grateful for my mothers hug my dads voice any tiny amount of human interaction I truly wish every person on earth could feel what TRUE loneliness feels like the kind of lonely where no matter how bad you want to be with someone even a total stranger you know no matter what you do or how hard you travel you’re still days or weeks away from seeing another human or hearing another voice then when you add bears wolves cliffs freezing rain hypothermia and weather that doesn’t discriminate or in his case everything he encountered in his situation that adds a thousand percent into how much you miss and love everyone you’ve ever met even while being so grateful to have such a rare and spiritual experience truly being that far away. It’s incredible and humbling and I think the world would be a better place if every person could do that once in their life. I’ve chosen to do it dozens of times but that first time will always feel like yesterday. Just incredibly humbling

[@b0nkeror452]

Bro find out what punctuation is sheesh

[@bzarremusic]

Was a great interview with Paul. Having this guy as your guide, i wish you the biggest adventure of your life.

[@huntergreen5571]

Incredible podcast. I immediately went and found another podcast Paul was on. The guy must have so many insane stories. What a crazy and unique life.

[@GoBigBlue80]

I love long form discussions I can listen to at work. Keep it rolling!

[@asiangin]

I was sent to a wilderness program when I was 17 and was in the mountains of North Carolina for 70 straight days. Obviously it’s nothing like this but the idea of a hug and having your friends is something that would make me cry. The feeling that you will never go back to reality was insane but at the same time not knowing the time, waking up when the sun rises and sleeping when it sets, rationing or food for weeks at time. It’s something I’ll never experience again but something I think about everyday since

[@sheltynlynn6561]

Is that the same place in North Carolina you have to set up your own camp and if you don't your s*** out of luck

[@lilbench5834]

Youll adapt eventually, Humans adapt to any situation, u just got really home sick

[@elijahgonzalez3123]

i did the same in wyoming when i was 16 & i’m 21 now. i consider it to be one of most beautiful, pivotal moments in my life despite me hating it for much of the time i was there. but when you situate yourself, it’s really like nothing else. definitely a catalyst for change & i can only imagine what being in the amazon on a solo is like in comparison.

[@asiangin]

@@sheltynlynn6561 yup. And we usually set up camp where it really wasn’t even a camp site. We shit outside and rationed our food each week. If we ran out of food we didn’t eat…

[@asiangin]

@@lilbench5834 yeah the one part I left out is that you have zero contact to the outside world other then a mailed letter from your parents once a week. Other than that you don’t know exactly where u are, the time, or really anything other then hiking, finding a local stream near campsite and starting a fire

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Lex: "how many crocadiles?" Paul "I don't know exactly... 27"

[@The_Crucible714]

*Caiman, but ok

[@unknownt5829]

would love to hear more about the tribes and the encounters with them

[@ej_77]

i usually don’t have much of an emotional reaction to stories on podcasts. whether that emotion is happiness, sadness, anger,etc. however, this story sent chills down my spine and actually brought & instilled fear into every sentence. the details & tension were felt. thank you for reminding me of a sensation i haven’t felt in a while haha, hopefully you or your colleagues won’t run into such tribes in the future.

[@Unibot47]

Same!! It was just insane to listen to. Crazy to think about, these tribes are just out there, like right now living like it's thousands of years ago. I liked Lex's question about "Who are we to them" interesting to think about.

[@kaibe5241]

Have some cocaine.

[@ohsweetmystery]

The guy is a story-teller more than anything else. Lots of people have been in the Amazon jungles and have had dangerous encounters. 🙄

[@drestarman]

@@ohsweetmystery he went into the Amazon and is telling his story. He is an adventurer and a story teller. But for some reason u aren't impressed, or make out as if it's a bad thing to be able to articulate what occurred.

[@dustywagon298]

Wow. This isn’t about you, bro.

[@TheDopeShow81]

In full depth convo about the tribes. And Lex is like.. tell me about the crocs

[@philipford6183]

Roger Casement (1864-1916) exposed the atrocities of private foreign rubber barons in Peru. His British Foreign Office-funded report was published in 1912. He won a knighthood for his efforts. Casement was a very controversial figure (to say the least) - he had earlier exposed the crimes of King Leopold's abhorrent regime in Congo (for which he was awarded a CMG (Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George)). After his return from South America he became a committed Irish nationalist. He was eventually arrested for treason and hanged by the British Government in 1916. He was 51. His life story is quite incredible.

[@The_Crucible714]

Pretty ironic that he won awards for defending human rights in third world countries but was convicted of treason so close to home and for similar actions; defending a people’s sovereignty against oppression. _Yeah, the “good ol’ days” when acts of “wanton treason” were punishable by execut!0n._

[@ricksanchez3176]

I worked with some people who worked jungle in SA in the 80s.. they said jaguars were a concern, but the narcos were number 1 danger.

[@tolin104]

The hunters of indigenous societies in the Amazon can actually see in the dark, but they have to avoid electric light to maintain it. Otto Placht, a Czech visual artist who lived with indigenous people in the jungle, talks about it.

[@HEADKICKMMA]

Interesting

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

I bet if you went 100% all natural lifestyle like that your testosterone would go up 10x and you'd experience real life dreams, have stone hard mind blowing orgasms 20 times a day and crime and pedophilia would disappear from society

[@desssval]

Great work, Lex. Great questions, humour, etc.

[@arnefines2356]

Etc.

[@theflamingo2968]

If you’re afraid of being ripped apart by an angry tribe maybe leaving fish for caymans is actually a decent defense system 😂

[@michaelbettisworth8938]

Good point 🤷

[@bea4790]

You want a bunch of alligators scratching at your door for dinner?

[@The_Crucible714]

Actually staying out of their territory is a much better idea. I somehow doubt a half-eaten, stinking fish will appease an angry tribe looking to disembowel you in the night. _just sayin’_

[@bryson1992]

It would be crazy to have an autopsy done on a deceased tribe member

[@philphilphil]

Very entertaining. Happy to have people like Paul fighting for the right cause.

[@terryrichmond4723]

If there were more people like this guy there would be no extinct species or endangered species, if we had our way humans would be the endangered species at the bottom of the food chain

[@philphilphil]

@@terryrichmond4723 there is no need to be on top or at the bottom. Humans simply need to learn to take what is only necessary and live in harmony with nature.

[@ClintWestVood]

lex has a way of not listening to the end of a good story

[@leedabrowski835]

Right??? Multiple times!

[@a_reflection_of_yourself]

The thing with being completely isolated is there is no interruption in your internal dialogue, like none whatsoever. I know that personally my internal dialogue can go to aome really dark places in a room full of people, even interrupted by the occasional conversation. When i have spent days alone i end up developing a very acid-like headspace, amyone who's familiar with lsd could probably understand what im getting at.

[@The_Crucible714]

Am I a Schopenhauer fan

[@sajjbrown2357]

This is so interesting that I am having trouble starting my day...just wanna watch this...need more

[@TamagoTamago77]

this guy is an amazing storyteller

[@apprentice_jedi]

@@K74t???

[@andrewcall8961]

I doubt some aspects of his story.

[@scottpitner4298]

He takes HUUUGE shits 😎

[@craigg5410]

​@@andrewcall8961leaving a fish outside his tent and waking up to 30 crocs and countless large mammals (can't remember their name) seemed unbelievable. A man like him would know that leaving a fish outside could be major trouble surely.

[@ThatGamerAlexIsThatBoy]

@@andrewcall8961Only some, but he’s one of those people who their talk sounds like it’s all talk but there’s also proof when he is with groups of peoples, there’s many videos and pictures of his work

[@humanuponearth]

This guy makes me want to stop chasing money and start focusing on protecting the planet

[@samuelharwood7835]

Cool thought bro. Lol

[@attilarza2488]

Just arm yourself to the teeth while doing it 😅

[@silvapoolplastering1730]

Lol we were he just east to do the same thigg nogs

[@empowermefitness618]

😂

[@axelstone3131]

In all seriousness, the planet cares as little about you as you do about it. I’m not saying destroy the environment or do anything like that. But most things on this planet is trying to kill you regardless. The planet doesn’t care about anyone.

[@DrAverage444]

That is def one of the coolest scar stories I’ve ever heard lol. I would be loving when people asked how I got my scar

[@brianjohnstone2922]

This was as awesome episode. Really enjoyed listening to this one. Because it’s the world we live in I think. Again awesome

[@shcaskey]

Lex that was an incredible explanation of life and how humans vs animals communicate and the undeniable fact that we all will Pass

[@adbc8213]

Best KZbin videos ever!! Thank you!

[@sims8717]

There was a point in my life where i became truely alone. My lifestyle made it extremely easy to just be in my room and not leave, and so i did exactly that. For over a month. I didn't even realise when i started talking to myself. I dont live like that anymore but to this day i still cant stop talking to myself when i am alone. Its messed with my head. Sometimes i dont even realise i do it. Sometimes my brain thinks I'm alone and start talking out load without tealising im in public. Almost like a tick. Its frustrating, embarrassing, and makes me feel like im losing it.

[@Cumconnoisseur69]

Everyone talks to themselves… chill out

[@joellarsson9486]

​@@Cumconnoisseur69yeah you have to talk to yourself. It's healthy

[@The_Crucible714]

You aren’t alone bruh. Being raised like an only child with only 1 sibling 10 years my senior probably helped me get through the covid restrictions. Entertaining myself has never presented a problem. Now I sometimes resent the intrusion of being interrupted or having to go run some errand. For some context I live in NYC where one can be more alone than most people realize.

[@mickroe8798]

This man is my new Hero, could listen to him all day.

[@largemargeog1023]

Dude. The idea of needing to check in with other humans to stay sane makes total sense to me. Sometime’s I’ll be auditing and doing math all day alone and by the end of the day the simplest problems become harder to solve without asking someone else for help.

[@Anonymous8317]

Try isolation for a month+

[@MrBLAA]

@@Anonymous8317have you never been camping/hunting??

[@The_Crucible714]

Makes you wonder how some (single) people survived the covid lockdowns.

[@jackanwyll8469]

This whole podcast was really incredible will listen a couple of times this guys got some crazy wild stories.

[@sssolventless7105]

when he describes "losing it " after a week alone in the jungle it reminded me so much of that movie "the beach"

[@shaner67]

Always the gentleman Lex.!! Great interview with such an interesting man. I'm sure you'll let us know when you go to the Amazon for the great adventure.. All the best to you and your guest. 🙏

[@moo-snuckle]

That was way more intense than I expected.he has some balls to even go that far in,alone,laugh off a close call with 27 kaymen, Hear stories of beaches getting painted red on a whim,but just picking eyes with a few of those people only for a few moment sent a shiver down his body talking about.then ran adrenaline fuel for several daysand he feels like he barely made it out of there ? You probably shouldn't mess with them at all .if you accidentally encounter them just hope they are too dumbstruck to make you one of those spider monkeys .so glad we don't have jungles where i live

[@andresmuaythai]

Where do you live?

[@moo-snuckle]

@@andresmuaythai missouri

[@davidmckayii752]

Respect to this podcast.

[@cossack814]

Hahahaha such a badass podcast clip, it genuinely is lol

[@flowstateofmind]

This story gives me the chills

[@anthonygudgeon4298]

I can’t believe I’ve just watch someone describe a BRUTAL ordeal he went through in the back of an Amazon van!

[@barrysmith8078]

These stories are amazing

[@comment3711]

Can’t recommend enough the documentary Beyond The Gates Of Splendor. It’s very interesting to hear what life was like for the tribe featured in the film before contact.

[@scottgray6238]

Where can I watch it mate?? 😎

[@daffedavidsen6306]

​@@scottgray6238 here on YT

[@moo-snuckle]

Thanks for the recommendation. My sense of fear and curiosity is piqued from this one so imma check it out

[@amandaszymczak388]

This is some of the most interesting an riveting podcast conversation ive accidentilly come across .... i didnt even know i had questions about these things . We forget how connected we are, but life is primal at its base

[@The_Crucible714]

I don’t know if it’s on this podcast but his ayahuasca story is wild.

[@danmorgan7737]

I live 50 miles from town and far from any neighbors, and often dont see anybody for months,I truly love the true peace and quiet and dont understand why anyone would have any problems with it.

[@Jez786]

Where do you live?

[@xBerreys]

to each their own

[@tatsuya4887]

I refuse to believe that there isn’t shit in the Amazon that won’t attack me

[@Sharris858]

Fully automatic &Night vision

[@Bravemouth2]

There’s loads of shit that will attack you. From insects to fish to anacondas. This guy’s selling something

[@The_Crucible714]

Like he said, jaguars don’t view humans as a prey species. They’re not going to attack you for religious or ethnic differences or differing sexual preferences. In fact the jaguars will attack the wild pigs who would potentially end you in a gruesome manner. Bottom line; be nice to jaguars.

[@Tepaneca]

Respect to this guy for talking about the natives like humans..not bloodthirsty savages just for trying to defend themselves

[@jameshickey1294]

Paul is a true pioneer- just heard of today an gonz watch more of his stuff - amazing man...respect- paul rosolie

[@The_Crucible714]

Tbh the fact he’s a native NYker it doesn’t surprise me that he’s equipped with the survival skills to survive in a jungle. Being one myself I can truthfully say “it’s a jungle out there!”

[@daviddwyer4376]

That wet paint analogy was so relatable

[@_pudu661]

wow this man has lived real adventure! :O such a great storyteller

[@jrbspacecowboy]

Paul is awesome, I need to learn more

[@bingbongkilla8524]

Wow that's scary ! Really good story!!! Thanks Lex❤

[@colleenbenson7755]

Great interview, Lex. 👍

[@davinod2]

Answering Alex question around 4’ mark: We are simply outsiders to them, and they are not friendly with outsiders. I was born in Brazil, not in Amazonia exactly, but I understand the mindset of this isolated tribes.

[@mylesanthony8672]

Wow this man had me more gripped than I think I ever have been with that story. Real stakes.

[@thatdarnmage1515]

looks kinda like John Stamos

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

​@@thatdarnmage1515 this man is Berberine

[@JohnnyBGood11]

My Uncle would take people mountain lion hunting in Colorado as a guide in the deep woods one of his groups canceled out and he was in the deep woods for 25 days not talking to a person. He said it's wild, having bears come into his camping site knocking messing around the door of his camper. He said one time he got lost for about 5 hours, but he didn't panic, he said you panic you die, 5 hours may not seem that long, but you have time to freak yourself out in 5 hours to panic.

[@genevatalento2639]

Wow. Thanks for the info. Interesting!

[@Cuefrost101]

Great way to bring true values into perspective. Swimming the Amazon... WOW... Respect !!!

[@TheMelonhead360]

I read mother of God when I was 16. I am now 23, I hope to meet this man one day, for someone who is also dyslexic his book helped me to get through a lot of challenges I have faced so far in a world of information ❤

[@Harry11enderson]

From what I'm seeing the people that met him claim he's a complete asshole so I wouldn't be that excited

[@Jo-sv6uw]

Really loving Lex's developing cauliflower ear, contrasting with his sharp suit- such a look.

[@captainamerica3531]

Amazing story! His storytelling at the point where he comes to the end of the journey is riveting because of the seriousness of it all. Most excellent.

[@nomadproductions2812]

great episode

[@samswords9993]

THANK YOU for what you said (Paul) about the uncontacted tribes being modern. It drives me bats when people refer to them as paleolithic or stone age people, partially because in the low jungle there is no rock, or very little, and secondly because they are not living in the past. Social evolution is not how it has been defined for us by 19th century explorers and others. (I spent my teenage years growing up near Pucallpa, Peru and had friends from a couple different tribes.)

[@jesusisking7495]

I wonder if the modern tribesmen are criticized by the elders like “ back in my day we didn’t have sticks to make a fire “

[@samswords9993]

@@jesusisking7495 In my experience and reading there are always "conservatives" and "liberals." It could be for just comfort, or for more deeply held reasons. When I visited the Matses for six weeks in '82 there was one old man who did not wear pants. Traditionally none of the men had worn pants, but began to wear them once exposed more to the outside world. While this elder, as far as I know, had not disagreement with wearing pants, he just couldn't get used to them and so didn't wear them. When he came visiting, he just word a long shirt.

[@jesusisking7495]

@@samswords9993 it’s amazing how culturally similar we are as a species. Customs and courtesies differ but in the core we are all similar

[@jesusisking7495]

@@samswords9993 thank you for sharing

[@samswords9993]

@@jesusisking7495 We are all made in God's image, that's as basic as it gets. From there differences happen according to geography and access to other cultures, attitudes towards other cultures, etc.

[@J.Kimaar]

“See this is why you’re good at this” …the sarcasm was warranted

[@mattiassvanberg8292]

I've been out in nature for 70 days without human contact. Only me and my dog in an isolated hunting cabin far out in Northern Scandinavia. I prepared by taking out food and other rations with a snowmobile during early spring. Then I spent late june, and the whole of july and august out there. Doing a little fishing and hunting. A lot of reading and hiking. Only with my dog. It was the most fantastic experience in my life. I was 17 then. I'm 35 now, and after 16 years of drug addiction I'm going to move out to a place like that for full time. I absolutely love being alone.

[@WillyOrca]

That arrow was probably meant for his eye, not for the center of his head. Which means it missed by as little as 3/4 an inch.

[@shoedil812]

I totally understand those tribes.... There's alot of "toxicity in the city"....

[@spartan11265]

This is crazy that he didn’t die from this expedition sort of, I love hearing this story also because it opened my eyes on how life could be there.

[@fraai]

theres currently couple big youtubers making alaska content. i want somebody like that but for amazon rainforest. so fascinating

[@richardshwe]

This is really a trivial comment. Lex has talked to a lot of Grapplers...this guy is on a totally different level. Holding Anacondas and Crocs! Total Respect and much food for thought. Go against Gordon Ryan or a 35 foot snake. I'll take the torn ligament thank you.😂🙏🙏🙏

[@dll7658]

I think I get you, but that kinda highlights how amazing our civilization has become

[@KenobiStark1]

“Stop killing the things that are keeping us alive” it’s so scary that that’s the only thing we have to do but will not stop doing.

[@anonADAM]

There are 15% more greenery on Earth today than a decade ago. Earth has been getting greener for decades.

[@The_Crucible714]

@@anonADAM Receipts…?

[@kanehunwicks5946]

“I’ll show you the pictures later” is just wild 😅

[@Raaa1111..]

Ive been analyzing his questions and they are devious is gathering information for training urself in mapping how to live and work around the amazon! Without having to go yourself and prep yourself before going for a better success than others for resources

[@Mackell314]

He reminds me of that one kid at school that swears his Uncle owns a space ship.

[@poleag]

7 foot arrows

[@Mackell314]

@@poleag lol exactly

[@poleag]

@@Mackell314 English longbow archers who trained for years to use 6 foot longbows for war were shooting 24-33 inch arrows with draw weights of 80-130 pounds. But yeah, some 5 foot 2 inch tall jungle natives are shooting 7 foot long arrows. Why would they even need a 7 foot long arrow if the biggest thing they'd be shooting at is a human or a monkey or a tapir or a catfish? They're not hunting rhinos and hippos. Makes zero sense. This guy tells some tall tales. It's sad because he could just tell the truth and it would still be interesting.

[@nickp5328]

@@poleag lol literally just look up “how long were Native American arrows” first thing that pops up is “up to 2.5 metres”

[@poleag]

@@nickp5328 You believe that?

[@Anonymous8317]

That would be horrifying if they saw you. If they wanted to chase you down, they absolutely could. You’d stand no chance.

[@mightyace3374]

Ive been lost in alaska the feeling of being alone for weeks is insane u dont think u just do

[@Aterhallsam]

One thing i noticed being isolated from people for a long time was my thoughts became louder and louder until you question if you become scizofrenic.

[@dans4645]

Did you read books at that time? It can help a little. Even though you read it in your own voice it still seems like a stranger is conversing with you.

[@tjwest2605]

This guy seems like he talks half truth, feels like he's making every story as interesting as possible.

[@blackboy6thst1]

Ya I haven’t felt this sus about someone in a minute. Scrolled through the comments to see if others felt the same

[@krb0123]

I agree

[@trentbosnic]

He’s a great story teller, which I think requires him to stretch the truth a bit. Definitely felt a bunch of half truths.

[@emsg24161]

Yeah like the part when he was floating side to side with a 16 feet croc down the river haha

[@Milesman100]

For sure, at the start of the story he implied he'd never had any interaction with the tribes himself, then by the end of his story he has the move style climax to his solo trip where he's chased by tribespeople.

[@sarahhale-pearson533]

Great interview. Awesome to know there are naturalists out there like this.

[@TheNorthwestWind]

Truly fascinating

[@K7TZ]

The crocs are so polite asking permission to have the fish first

[@Diogenesoruise]

I realized the social nature of myself after disconnecting. Gave my $5k pc to my best friend and moved focusing on work and improving my social life, only to realize everything is online now. Walking around social hubs in Asheville seeing people glued to their phones everyone ignoring everyone yet thinking they are being social. I’ll record next time I see the zombie crowds, it’s unnerving to see.

[@The_Crucible714]

Having spent a good part of my adult life in a world without cell phones it’s pretty scary what technology has turned society into. When you consider all the misinformation and propaganda bs that’s spread around online and realize most people eat it up it becomes all the more terrifying. Critical thinking needs to become a mandatory subject in schools; my advice is to “just question everything.”

[@Cuefrost101]

God bless you... Conservation is inspired by Heaven's love of Creation... Thanks for the content and beautiful sense of purpose. Hope to hear you play guitar again soon...!!! Be well !

[@briankarithi5358]

“I'm leaving for the Amazon jungle” Lex says, then boom! The algorithm recommends this video😂

[@chantalrochon3566]

Thank you for this video 😊