Percy Fawcett: The Explorer Who Walked Into the Amazon and Never Returned

In 1925, legendary explorer Percy Fawcett set out with his son and his son’s best friend to find a lost city he called “Z.” They walked into one of the most unforgiving regions of the Amazon rainforest and vanished without leaving a single confirmed trace behind.

This episode breaks down the theories that have followed the case for nearly a century. You will hear about the belief that Fawcett reached a hidden community he had written about for years. You will also hear the idea that he crossed into something stranger, such as a portal or a shift in time. We look at the possibility of conflict with an isolated tribe, along with the very real dangers of the Amazon itself, including starvation, sickness, predators, and exposure.

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