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THIS STORY OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES WILL SHOCK YOU

February 02, 2026 / 02:14

This episode discusses communication methods among uncontested tribes, animal mimicry, and a tragic personal story of loss. Key topics include animal sounds, tribal strategies, and firsthand experiences.

JJ's father, Don Santiago, warned about the dangers of the forest, suggesting that unusual animal sounds indicate the presence of tribes. He explained that these tribes can communicate using animal calls, such as those of capuchin monkeys.

A friend of the host shared a harrowing experience where his father was shot by a tribe while they were in a stream. This incident highlights the lethal consequences of misunderstandings in the forest.

The conversation emphasizes how these tribes utilize animal sounds to coordinate their actions, making it difficult for outsiders to detect their presence. The host reflects on the chilling effectiveness of these strategies.

Overall, the episode presents a mix of folklore, personal tragedy, and the complex relationship between humans and nature in remote areas.

TLDR

Tribal communication through animal sounds leads to a tragic story of loss in the forest.

Episode

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He said, "If you're ever in the forest and you hear the animals sound a little
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off, feel like something's not right about the way the animals." He said,
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"They've surrounded you and they're all watching with their bows and arrows."
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>> You said that they also speak the same language, some of these unconted tribes,
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as the monkeys. >> Yes. So, what they do is they will emulate capacin calls, bird calls, the
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unrelated tinn tinugos. [whistles] the capins. I can't do their call, but they these [music] guys have
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it down perfectly. >> Capagans being >> capagin monkeys and they'll use those
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sounds. And JJ's father, Don Santiago, had told us years and years ago, we thought he was just trying to scare us.
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He said, "If you're ever in the forest and you hear the animals sound a little
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off, if you ever just feel like something's not right about the way the He said, they've surrounded you and
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they're all watching with their bows and arrows." >> The tribes have.
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>> Yeah. And so they'll go and you'll go and he'll go and you go,
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"Wait, wait a sec. You don't hear three tinamus in a row. That's not how it
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works. That one tinu talks to the other tinu and all of a sudden I got five tinamus around me. Uh-uh." And then you
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know you got the tribe [music] around you. So this is where the local people know how this stuff works. And to anyone
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from the outside, they go, "There's no such thing as [music] unconted tribes
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and they don't communicate with you. They do." [snorts] And one of my friends
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was in that exact situation where they were communicating with animal calls in a circle while he was in a stream with
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his father. And unfortunately they shot his [music] father in the stomach and his father died. And then he ran for it
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and he lived to tell the tale. [music] And the next day the his community, our friends came back and they found this
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guy who had just bled out through his stomach. And why they killed him, we do not know.
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>> They use animal sounds to communicate with each other. Yes. >> Because then the prey, which in this
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case might be a human, >> won't know that it's >> exactly. >> Okay.
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>> We're unconted tribes now. And we go, "Okay, there's loggers over there. Let's
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split up, surround them. We'll see how many of them there are >> and use the monkeys language." So,
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>> use the monkey language. They don't think anything of it. They'll just keep
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doing what they're [music] doing. And then when we give the go-ahad, everybody, we just slice them with seven
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foot arrows and they're all going down.

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This episode stands out for the following:

  • 80
    Most shocking
  • 75
    Most heartbreaking
  • 70
    Most dramatic
  • 70
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Episode Highlights

  • The Tragic Tale
    A friend's father was shot while communicating with animal calls in the jungle.
    “Unfortunately they shot his father in the stomach and his father died.”
    @ 01m 28s
    February 02, 2026
  • The Unconted Tribes' Strategy
    How unconted tribes use animal sounds to communicate and ambush threats.
    “We’re unconted tribes now.”
    @ 01m 56s
    February 02, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • They've surrounded you and they're all watching with their bows and arrows.
    THIS STORY OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES WILL SHOCK YOU
  • They do communicate with you.
    THIS STORY OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES WILL SHOCK YOU
  • Unfortunately they shot his father in the stomach and his father died.
    THIS STORY OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES WILL SHOCK YOU
  • We’re unconted tribes now.
    THIS STORY OF UNCONTACTED TRIBES WILL SHOCK YOU

Key Moments

  • Animal Communication00:20
  • Tragic Incident01:28
  • Ambush Strategy01:56

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