Paul Rosolie
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And I'm standing.
Me and this guy were sharing a tree as cover.
And he's got a shotgun and he's looking back into the forest and peering through.
And what was happening was the women of the tribe had come silent foot and they were just pulling the yucca out of the ground and taking the banana plants and ruining the farm completely.
But they were raiding the farm behind us.
while the men were talking up here.
So, again, were they peacefully contacting us, or were they like, hey, we need some food, so go make a diversion and take the food out the back?
have murdered all of you probably.
Easily.
We were outnumbered five to one at the least.
They don't know if we have backup.
They also, they had questions.
They were asking, some of their questions were incredible.
How do we tell the difference between, how do we know who the good guys and the bad guys are?
Because to them, all you outsiders are the same.
So who are the ones cutting down the trees?
And those are the ones they know are the bad guys.
The big trees seem to have incredible significance to them.
They're significant to us in a different way, but to them, it's offensive on an almost religious level to cut a big tree as if you're killing their gods.
So there's a spirituality to the trees.