Skeptoid #893: Finding the Lost Tribesmen: Aure and Aura

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Were these two men from an Amazon tribe that had been massacred, or could their story be explained more simply?

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0:00.0	The standard history of these two young tribesmen who emerged from the Amazon jungle is that they
0:08.9	were the last survivors of a massacre tribe and spoke only an unknown language.
0:14.6	But a 2018 documentary film about Al-Rai and Al-Ra unintentionally reveals that the truth
0:21.7	about them may be very different and much more human.
0:27.6	Al-Rai and Al-Ra are coming up next on Skeptoid.
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1:09.4	That's 877-215-0277 or Skeptoid.com slash giving, S-K-E-P-T-O-I-D.com slash giving.
1:24.4	I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
1:29.8	Finding the Lost Tribesman, Al-Rai and Al-Ra.
1:35.5	Today we're going to meet two of the most interesting people you're ever likely to learn
1:39.3	about.
1:40.3	And if you've heard of them before, it was almost certainly from the 2018 NHK documentary
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