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MAG 133 - Dead Horse

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🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Case #9302706


Statement of Percy Fawcett, regarding his final expedition into the Amazon. Original statement given June 27th 1930.


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Written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J Newall, produced by Story Sylwester.


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Hi everyone, Alex here. I'd just like to take a moment to thank some of our patrons.

0:04.8

James Wilson Smith, Jordan and Virginia Nickens, Prima Raman, Jordan Elhawk, Cat Cunico, Chad Belt,

0:14.9

Charlie, Alonamitt's Neffes, Arissa, Alexi Gladielovich. Thank you all, we really appreciate your

0:22.6

support. If you'd like to join them, go to www.patreon.com forward slash Rusty Quill and take a look at our

0:30.0

rewards.

0:32.4

Rusty Quill presents The Magnus Archives.

1:02.4

Episode 133 Dead Horse

1:33.4

You sure? No, it's fine. It's just the series busy. I understand. Honestly, I'd actually appreciate

1:46.8

your insight for this one. Just keep quiet during the statement and that. Sure, I can do quiet.

1:54.0

Right. Oh, do you want a chair? No. Oh, okay. Trying to get my legs right again? Of course.

2:05.4

Just ignore me. I'll stand in the corner. Okay then. A statement of

2:16.0

statement of Percy Forset regarding his final expedition into the Amazon. A original statement given

2:22.5

June 27th 1930, audio recording by Jonathan Sims, the archivist. Statement begins.

2:32.3

Tell nobody I am alive. I cannot be clear enough on that point. Do not try to find me after I

2:39.0

have left. Please. All I ask is that I'd be allowed to live what life I have remaining in

2:45.6

obscurity and anonymity. I will not allow myself to be found. Perhaps you will have read reports

2:55.2

of my disappearance or death, constructing wild theories of violence at the hands of

2:59.7

Calapolis tribesmen or a lack of adequate supplies or preparation. I can only wish my hubris had

3:06.5

been so mundane. I was hunting once again for the lost city of Zed. I have dreamed of it for decades,

3:14.7

ever since I first read Deciil as a Count of his own discoveries in 1753. The ancient ruins,

3:20.7

the statues and hieroglyphics, the sheer, unrivaled beauty of it all. Through the trenches and the

3:28.0

mud of the west and front it was the thought of Zed that kept me going. Whispered promises of discovery.

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