Comments on: Venezuela’s Invasion of Guyana Threatens CFZ Trek

By: bucko

bucko — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:25:32 +0000

Glad to hear the people are safe. Man, it’s a dangerous world. You all have my admiration. Please continue to be safe.

By: jon_downes

jon_downes — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:10:41 +0000

They are safe! But I have to admit that for the last few days I have been getting increasingly worried. There is one heck of a lot of news to update you all on, so check out the Guyana blogsite…

But I am increasingly pleased with what they have found. We have the scorpion, and now we have first hand accounts of all three cryptids, plus something that appears to be entirely new.

Well done guys.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:34:58 +0000

Any uninvited transgression by foreign troops on your soil is, by definition, an invasion. Pancho Villa invaded the United States in 1916, and the Japanese did too when they took the remote Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska in 1942. Certainly neither action compares to D-Day, but they were invasions all the same. The destruction of 2 mining dredges seems more serious than a nighttime raid of revolutionaries and more serious than the outright seizing of small pieces of territory by a foreign power. Hopefully, it was simply saber-rattling with the blade drawn, and that will be the end of it, but it could always be the start of something more.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:24:00 +0000

One person’s “invasion” just may be another’s “border dispute.” But if the media in Guyana is calling it an “invasion” that gives you some insights about how they are feeling about it.

No one who has commented here yet appears to be in the country, so let’s be patience and see how this unfolds for the CFZ crew who are the only ones who can know for themselves.

By: ned-kogar

ned-kogar — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:44:22 +0000

Invasion seems a little alarmist. It’s a border dispute. It shouldn’t have much effect on the CFZ, as it’s unlikely to escalate into much more than a diplomatic flurry.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:51:05 +0000

This is sad to hear as I was starting to think, with the scorpion discovery and what not, that this trek was showing promise and might turn up something very interesting. Hopefully the team members will be aware of their safety and not put themselves in too much danger trying to follow up on leads. It must be frustrating to have the trek potentially shut down so early on, but safety should come first. I hope they have the good sense to get out when the need arises.

By: Dr Kaco

Dr Kaco — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:34:30 +0000

This is why we can never get to the bottom of something. It’s almost like…why bother? But you know what, it’s every reason to bother.
Keep the fight alive all cryptid hunters of the world…BRAVO! and yes indeed be safe.

By: sschaper

sschaper — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:26:18 +0000

The UN won’t oppose communist invasion in South America. Not these days. Likewise with the MSM.

Though Chavez’ slogans sound like a combination of Pol Pot’s brand of Maoism combined with fascism. It won’t be pretty. We will be wishing we’d come to the aid of the democratic demonstrators back when he was briefly overthrown.

By: cmgrace

cmgrace — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:46:09 +0000

Wow. That is horrible, I too hope the team is and will remain safe.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:35:07 +0000

“Porqué no te callas?!”

His Majesty Juan Carlos de Borbón, to Hugo Chávez, at the Iberoamerican Summit