It gets worse: According #Brugger 's record of #Tatunca 's story 2,000 Nazi soldiers made it to Brazil in WWII, teaming up with the #Ugha.
Their (of course white) descendants still living in the underground cities to this day, being the rightful heirs to all that ancient super technology etc. pp.
For one, #Tatunca / Hauck turned his fame into a business, guiding tourists into the jungle - a prospect of ancient #Akakor included.
But after some of his clients went missing under unclear circumstances (at least one found dead), questions were raised:
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Cover of Rüdiger Nehberg's book "Der selbstgemachte Häuptling. Tatunca Nara alias Günther Hauck - oder wie man der Welt einen Bären aufbindet".
In 1990 German confectioner-turned-adventurer and activist #RüdigerNehberg dug deeper.
Together with film maker #WolfgangBrög he convinced #Tatunca into taking them on an expedition into the jungle and in the course ... exposed the #hoax:
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#KarlBrugger, a German author and foreign correspondent was one of those who would listen to #Tatunca’s tale, apparently believing enough of it (or it's potential) to publish this "#ChronicleOfAkakor" in 1976 (preface contribution of English edition depicted here major spoiler).