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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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it’s 2023, and… yeah… this story sounds like bad sci-fi, so it’s probably true. I’d read he article, but I’m afraid I’d see the word “unobtainum” and throw my phone across the room.
No it sounds like scooby doo
I never thought I'd say that I think aliens are more plausible than illegal miners with jetpacks, but uh... I actually think aliens might be more plausible than miners with jetpacks. I mean, there have to be more reasonable explanations than aliens or jetpacks, right?
"Miners with jetpacks" feels like something someone would say if they don't give a shit but are being forced into making a report. I just can't see a bunch of people who're mining gold illegally as being capable of rigging together jetpacks, nor can I see them having the money to buy one. Surely if they had the money to buy one then they could have bribed the right officials to make their illegal operations legal; and if they had the skills to make one themselves then I don't think they'd need to be illegally mining for gold.
Read the article right to the end. And think about why illegal miners might want to drive the locals away. And what illegal mining is. The people funding it are not poor and they do have a great deal to gain by not having witnesses around to report on their activities, or to stop them mining their land.
That's some Scooby-Doo level shit
Dude........ they don't need no jetpacks for that. They can just do what they usually do. Do you think an illegal mining company is going to invest (and possibly R&D) in fucking jetpacks rather than just sorting it out the way they always have (which is roughly the cost of an AK and two mags for the AK).
Yeah, sorry. It was deffo aliens. My bad.
Sounds like something an alien would say to throw us off.
Nice try, Little Green Lemming. We're on to you.
Where do I sign up for who're mining?
More plausible than miners with jetpacks, but less plausible than over-imaginative people in a self-fueled rumor frenzy.
That raises even more questions.
What type of jetpack is it? What sort of fuel does it use? Who made it?
Why would miners need jetpacks? Why can't I have a jetpack? They promised me flying cars and we don't have them yet it's bullshit.
I'm pretty sure you can get a jetpack nowadays if you have enough money. I have no idea if it's legal to use it though.
Also flying cars is a stupid concept. And we have had the better equivalent for ages, they are called helicopters. And you can also get an actual flying car nowadays if you have enough money...
I thought we hadn’t figured out a reliable jet pack technology yet other than those stupid water things. Are you telling me Peruvian miners have figured out jet pack technology and are using it to prank villagers?
from another comment:
That thing looks amazing, but also like, one poorly thought out move/ maneuver away frame plasma slicing off your leg.
at least it would be a cool story ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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/¯I saw a tiktok of people racing with jetpacks. Pretty cool. Using what looks like mini rockets attached to each hand for control and then the main rockets on the back. Seems pretty simple to me 🤷
Edit: i see someone already posted a link to it. Aint technology cool.
Since people keep asking, if its anything, I bet its a Gravity pack: https://gravity.co/
Lots of search and rescue teams train on these as they are simple to fly, and fairly maneuverable.
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.
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.
Do you have a link? I didn’t find anything to support this when I searched. It sounds far fetched.
you can almost certainly just rent them for a short time.
I'm pretty sure you could rent them for the rest of your life if you aren't careful.
Were these cops named Fred, Velma and Daphne, cause this headline sounds like it came right out of a Scooby-Doo episode.
OK, I obviously didn't believe it was aliens (because come on), but now I know it has to be. Well done, coppers.
Oh yeah yeah jetpacks no worries totally normal
I don't even know anymore...
Literal Scooby-Doo shit. Villains trying to scare locals to get at resources.
Just FYI, there are some really wild drugs available in the Peruvian jungle.
Sure, blame it on the illegal miners. It could have been anybody with resources.
You can have resources and mine illegally.