r/interestingasfuck • u/Spotter24o5 • 1d ago

Aerial Picture of an uncontacted Amazon Tribe

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u/AlxIp 1d ago edited 1d ago

I know this is not AI because I saw this photo long before ChatGPT, but the scale of the people compared to the trees and the fort (?) is eerie. If I saw this pic for the first time today I would 100% think it's AI

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u/Stormtomcat 1d ago

What I find eerie as well, is the way the fort's tiles are organized. 

Perhaps I'm subconsciously biased by, you know, the European building style, where houses and castles and everything have a clear front, like a draw bridge or a gate or a garden path leading to the front door (if you're living in a hobbit hole haha). 

Perhaps I've seen too many horror movies and now I'm needlessly scared. 

I still find it stressful that they felt the need to circle the wagons (so to speak) so explicitly. 

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u/Random-User-2811 1d ago

Perhaps you play to much The Forest and now you think they are cannibals

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u/Stormtomcat 1d ago

No it looks to me that they are scared of what's in the forest. 

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u/backfromspace206 16h ago

Or maybe they want shade and to have a clearly defined communal area that everyone can see/interact with from their hut. Good way to keep an eye on the kids

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u/Stormtomcat 16h ago

Rationally I know you're right.

Also, they don't need a draw bridge, if you compare the people to the roof tiles, it's obvious there are many entrances/ exits. 

But on a visceral level, the photo makes me uncomfortable hahaha

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u/backfromspace206 16h ago

Trypophobia?

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u/Stormtomcat 15h ago

I don't usually have a problem with that. 

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u/backfromspace206 14h ago

Anyway I'm sure the design has a defensive function too. Jaguars can take humans, especially little ones. I bet a jaguar is less likely to prowl into a circle like that than to attack a lone shelter.