‘Flying aliens’ harassing village in Peru are actually illegal miners with jetpacks, cops say::Authorities announced their theory after visiting the isolated Indigenous community where the attacks took place.

  • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    At £380,000 starting price, I have doubts on whether illegal gold miners have the money for that. If they had £380,000 they’d probably be able to bribe their way into legitimacy and still have some money left over.

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      1 year ago

      Depends on who is funding them, and how expansive their operations are. Drug Cartels have been caught using these already. Theyre hardly a controlled product.

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        1 year ago

        Do you have a link? I didn’t find anything to support this when I searched. It sounds far fetched.

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        1 year ago

        I’m pretty sure you could rent them for the rest of your life if you aren’t careful.