‘Flying Aliens’ Harassing Village in Peru Are Actually Illegal Miners With Jetpacks, Cops Say
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkazgy/peru-aliens-illegal-miners-with-jetpacks
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkazgy/peru-aliens-illegal-miners-with-jetpacks
33 Comments
distantsounds@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 3y
Aliens sounds more believable than that
kamiheku@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 3y
Miners with jetpacks sounds like something straight out of a Commodore 64 game
Demigod787@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y
I was thinking the same thing. Even in Dubai they barely use them and now you're telling me it's a common commodity for illegal miners in Peru. Ya right.
livus@kbin.social · 12 pts · 3y
The miners are not Peruvian nationals. It takes a lot of capital to sneak into the Peruvian jungle and start mining.
I'm a bit dubious about the jetpacks but the rest - that miners are trying to scare Indigenous locals - is legit, and it's far from the first time this has happened.
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc · 3 pts · 2y
Obviously they doesn't want sand to get everywhere in Dubai.
TheSmartDude@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I've never even seen one in practical use in Dubai. The most I've seen are prototypes of lab designs.
Aux@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 3y
Commercial jetpacks are available for some time now, there are even jetpack attractions.
HWK_290@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
You keep saying that like you expect us to believe you...
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 3y
Hope they crash and get nursed back to health by the indigenous people, undergo a spiritual awakening, and lead a violent uprising against the mining company.
Fapper_McFapper@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 2y
I think this could make a great movie!
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
We could call it Fern Gully: Origins and make it a realistic CGI with expressionless talking animals (and whoever is doing the work of Robin Williams and Tim Curry these days but worse).
br3w0r@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 3y
Oh, it's just miners with jetpacks... Wait, wtf?!
Aux@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
Commercial jetpacks are available for some time now, there are even jetpack attractions.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute · 4 pts · 3y
Miners are the last people in my mind that would use jetpacks. I mean, they're usually deep underground, right?
Snorf@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
Not when they're harassing villagers obviously
Shanedino@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I feel like underground mines are more and more a thing of thr past, I have seen many an operating surface mine but only old mines that were converted to attractions.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 24 pts · 3y
Not quite as fantastical as aliens, but miners with jetpacks sounds sci-fi as fuck.
HWK_290@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Miners not minors!
(speaking of scifi...)
Mr_TheMoviePhone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Great movie and a fantastic reference
Aux@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 3y
Commercial jetpacks are available for some time now, there are even jetpack attractions.
DaleGribble88@programming.dev · 13 pts · 2y
I wish I was a flying miner pretending to be an alien so that I could harass villagers in Peru. That would be so awesome.
Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 3y
Rock and Stone!
ezures@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 3y
RnD really outdid themselves with the new rocket boots.
schroedingershat@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
Hypothesis: Attacks were just regular miners without jetpacks, but the villagers knew the cops wouldn't do shit about them getting attacked or kidnapped.
A bunch of rich white UFO-seekers livestreaming via satellite uplink and getting footage of it on the other hand would be far too hot for the police to bury. Plus some bonus tourist income.
Especially_the_lies@startrek.website · 9 pts · 3y
It's never aliens, unfortunately.
5BC2E7@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
Aliens make more sense than ilegal miners flying in jetpacks.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
I'm doubting either explanation in this case.
bundes_sheep@lemmy.one · 8 pts · 2y
For the jetpack doubters (I was one too), someone posted this link on slashdot. Scroll down a bit and you'll see a picture of a girl who snapped a picture on her phone of what is very clearly a guy in a jetpack of some kind. The theory is the miners use them to scout new locations to see if enough minerals are present to clear a road to them.
ThankYouVeryMuch@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
echodot@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 2y
I think this might be the first time that the official explanation is less believable than the conspiracy.
BarbecueCowboy@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
The cops were watching Scooby Doo, and were like "Yes, lets go with that".
phillycodehound@geddit.social · 4 pts · 2y
I thought Vice.com went under.
JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com · 3 pts · 3y
What a genius getaway vehicle.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
CJ agrees.