Clothing and backpack belonging to the missing British journalist and Indigenous expert found by small but determined search team
The objects were discovered on Saturday thanks to a
“They felt it, they imagined it and they went in rowing [their canoes],” said Binin Matis. “Indigenous people can feel these things, like a spirit. [It was like] a forest spirit saying, ‘There is some object in there.’ This is how Indigenous people think.
A firefighter holds a phone with a picture showing the moment a backpack was found during a search for Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips.Indigenous experts and witnesses said the breakthrough would have been impossible without the efforts and profound local knowledge of the Indigenous search teams who have been scouring the jungles and rivers of the Javari region for any trace of the two men.
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