#boiling river

The Yacumama is a giant snake said to live in the Amazon River Basin. The Yacumama is described as a giant anaconda that is 60 meters in length and it is believed to eat and attack anything that comes close to it. Locals believe that the Yacumama is the mother of all marine life and that she swims to a special part in the Amazon River known as the Boiling River. Locals also believe that if they blow a conch shell horn the Yacumama will reveal itself if it is in the area. In the 1900′s two men tried to kill Yacumama by putting explosives in the river and when they blew up Yacumama rose out of the river covered in blood and swam away. Experts believe that Yacumama could actually be a surviving Titanaboa. 

When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of a mythical city of gold deep in the heart of the Peruvian jungle. Though never believing the stories to be true, the legend of the lost city stuck with him into adulthood. Years later, as a geothermal scientist, Ruzo decided to investigate. To his surprise, he discovered an incredulous river deep in the Amazon, with water hot enough to kill a human. Historically a place of pilgrimage for shamans and sorcerers, the river now faces increasing threats from poachers, loggers and squatters. Now, Ruzo is working hard to protect it.

When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of a mythical city of gold deep in the heart of the Peruvian jungle. Though never believing the stories to be true, the legend of the lost city stuck with him into adulthood. Years later, as a geothermal scientist, Ruzo decided to investigate. To his surprise, he discovered an incredulous river deep in the Amazon, with water hot enough to kill a human. Historically a place of pilgrimage for shamans and sorcerers, the river now faces increasing threats from poachers, loggers and squatters. Now, Ruzo is working hard to protect it.

-Boiling River.Gardiner, MT  · ‘Ya know when the shit hits the fan and you need to summon your happy place’

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