Well, I Laughed
Surviving the Wilderness pt.1: Feral People, Hermits and Uncontacted Peoples
Tie up your bandana and sharpen your claws for the comedy podcast 'Well I Laughed''s new series Surviving the Wilderness. Prepare to be surprised as Maia tells Grant about the rumors of feral people living in America's National Parks. The podcast explores the underlying facts of the rumor and other people who have and do survive in the wild such as hermits, and uncontacted indigenous people in America.
In this podcast episode, you will learn about the North Pond Hermit of Maine, the uncontacted Ayoreo groups in South America and Ishi, the last known uncontacted indigenous person in the US. Tune in for the next hit in your podcast recommendations!
Key Highlights
Rumors Of Feral People: The podcast begins with Maia talking about the rumors about feral people living in America's National Parks. After discussing the latest news stories regarding the sighting of the feral people in their podcast, Maia and Grant talk about the extent the rumors are true. They discuss the various perspectives regarding the reasons of the sighting, the lack of hard evidence and TikTok conspiracies regarding the rumors of feral people in their podcast.
North Pond Hermit Of Maine: Maia then steers the direction of the podcast towards Christopher Thomas Knight, better known as the North Pond Hermit of Maine. She tells Grant and their listeners about his story and how he ended up the way he did, by leaving everything he ever knew without any direction, on a whim. The podcast talks about interesting events in his story and how he uniquely survived through unpredictable situations, without any prior experience.
Uncontacted Peoples: In the final section of the podcast, Maia talks about the uncontacted people of various backgrounds e.g. Ayoreo groups in South America and Ishi, the last known uncontacted indigenous person in the US. The podcast goes to explore the dangers of contact to the uncontacted peoples, their unique ways of living life and the various incidents of when contact was initiated and what it resulted in.
Key Quotes
- “Here is a quote from him (North Pond Hermit),‘I had no plans, I had no map, I didn't know where I was going, I just walked away.’ This man had a deep mental health crisis.”
- “You know what, you get old enough and you look back at your heroes and you are like, ‘Oh you were unwell.’”
- “In the second half of the twentieth century, there were some truly unbelievably, mind boggling atrocities, that were mind boggling because we were able to document…and these stories that shredded the core of who we are still pale in comparison of the undocumented atrocities we committed against indigenous people who weren't recorded because we didn't think they were important.”
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Sources:
nypost.com "Why hundreds of people vanish into the American wilderness"
vox.com "The human feet that routinely wash ashore in the Pacific Northwest, explained"
arc.gov "Income and Poverty in Appalachia".
zioncamp.com "Feral People In National Parks – Truth or Tale?"
en.wikipedia.org "Christopher Thomas Knight"
thecrimewire.com "Christopher Thomas Knight: The North Pond Hermit"
iwgia.org "The Ayoreo: the last isolated people outside the Amazon"
en.wikipedia.org "Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area"
en.wikipedia.org "Uncontacted Peoples"
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