‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say
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Authorities announced their theory after visiting the isolated Indigenous community where the attacks took place.

‘Flying aliens’ harassing village in Peru are actually illegal miners with jetpacks, cops say::Authorities announced their theory after visiting the isolated Indigenous community where the attacks took place.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.socialEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I never thought I’d say that I think aliens are more plausible than illegal miners with jetpacks, but uh… I actually think aliens might be more plausible than miners with jetpacks. I mean, there have to be more reasonable explanations than aliens or jetpacks, right?

    “Miners with jetpacks” feels like something someone would say if they don’t give a shit but are being forced into making a report. I just can’t see a bunch of people who’re mining gold illegally as being capable of rigging together jetpacks, nor can I see them having the money to buy one. Surely if they had the money to buy one then they could have bribed the right officials to make their illegal operations legal; and if they had the skills to make one themselves then I don’t think they’d need to be illegally mining for gold.

    • JoBo@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Read the article right to the end. And think about why illegal miners might want to drive the locals away. And what illegal mining is. The people funding it are not poor and they do have a great deal to gain by not having witnesses around to report on their activities, or to stop them mining their land.

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    That raises even more questions.

    What type of jetpack is it? What sort of fuel does it use? Who made it?

    Why would miners need jetpacks? Why can’t I have a jetpack? They promised me flying cars and we don’t have them yet it’s bullshit.

    • LiquorFan@pathfinder.socialEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure you can get a jetpack nowadays if you have enough money. I have no idea if it’s legal to use it though.

      Also flying cars is a stupid concept. And we have had the better equivalent for ages, they are called helicopters. And you can also get an actual flying car nowadays if you have enough money…

  • Majestic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Literal Scooby-Doo shit. Villains trying to scare locals to get at resources.

  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I thought we hadn’t figured out a reliable jet pack technology yet other than those stupid water things. Are you telling me Peruvian miners have figured out jet pack technology and are using it to prank villagers?

    • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.socialEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      At £380,000 starting price, I have doubts on whether illegal gold miners have the money for that. If they had £380,000 they’d probably be able to bribe their way into legitimacy and still have some money left over.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        Depends on who is funding them, and how expansive their operations are. Drug Cartels have been caught using these already. Theyre hardly a controlled product.