{"id":103003,"date":"2026-01-17T03:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103003\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:46:22","slug":"paul-rosolie-describes-moment-uncontacted-amazon-tribe-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103003\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rosolie describes moment uncontacted Amazon tribe attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American conservationist and author who captured extraordinary footage of an uncontacted Amazon tribe<\/a> recalled the horrifying moment his guide was shot through the chest with a 7-foot arrow by the suspicious tribesmen.<\/p>\n

Paul Rosolie, who has spent two decades working in the Amazon, detailed the encounter on Lex Fridman\u2019s podcast as he aired the never-before-seen, high-definition footage showing the isolated indigenous people<\/a> during a friendly interaction the day before.<\/p>\n

The incredible clip shows the tribesmen<\/a>, armed with bows and arrows, emerging onto a beach through a cloud of butterflies, staring and pointing warily at the strangers filming them, before ultimately laying down their weapons.<\/p>\n

\"PaulPaul Rosolie discovered an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon and recalled the horrifying moment his guide was shot through the chest with a 7-foot arrow. Lex Clips\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The next day, however, Rosolie described how they were suddenly surrounded by 200 members who shot arrows at them, forcing them to hit the deck.<\/p>\n

Their guide, George, was driving the boat and trying to speed away as fast as possible when \u201cone arrow came in just above his scapula and came out by his belly button,\u201d Rosolie told Fridman.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the boat afterward and there was just, you know, horrific amounts of blood all over the boat and he had to be medevaced out and somehow he lived,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The previous day, the naturalist and explorer said, he was scared when he first met the tribe\u2019s \u201cwarriors,\u201d but they later relax after they give them plantains \u2014 and even sing to him, the video shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking in every direction \u2018cuz I\u2019m going, \u2018Which way is the arrow coming from?\u2019\u201d Rosolie said, noting that one of the men was armed with a \u201cfarm shotgun\u201d that requires a stick to kick off the shell.<\/p>\n

But they suddenly begin to lay their weapons down to show they mean him no harm.<\/p>\n

\"SixThe Amazon tribesmen, who later attacked, stand on a beach staring and pointing warily at the strangers filming them. Mohsin Kazmi and Stephane Thomas via Storyful<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are warriors \u2026 it really looked like they\u2019re ready for violence. And now they\u2019re all standing in a relaxed \u2026 and smiling,\u201d Rosolie told Fridman as the clip plays.<\/p>\n

Rosolie and members of his group offered the tribe boatloads of plantains, which they rushed into the river to grab, showing how hungry they were, he said, and gave them other gifts \u2014 including their own clothes.<\/p>\n

As tensions eased, the tribe\u2019s curiosity spiked and \u201cthere was this very human moment of just sort of joking\u201d and dancing back and forth, Rosolie said.<\/p>\n

The most jaw-dropping experience happened just before they left when the tribe, impressed at Rosolie\u2019s warrior-like height, asked him to come forward.<\/p>\n

He stands before the tribe on the other bank of the river and they start to sing to him, holding up their hands, the video shows. Rosolie returns the gesture.<\/p>\n

The tribe then disappears into the jungle with their loot.<\/p>\n

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But despite seemingly forging a good relationship, the tribe turned violent on their return.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave them bananas and we in every way possible said, \u2018We mean peace,’\u201d Rosolie recalled.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then the next day, they attacked,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what to make of it. And the only thing I can think is that the way they hid the women from us \u2014 you don\u2019t know,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The American conservationist and author who captured extraordinary footage of an uncontacted Amazon tribe recalled the horrifying moment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[586,9,11,10,47065,1076],"class_list":["post-103003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-amazon","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-tribe","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}