But I got side tracked by anacondas and was please to find that Colonel Fawcett is still alive and well - at least on the internet. His disappearance in the jungle of South America still attracts all kinds of wild, and frankly, barking (appropriate word in this context) mad theories.
What I did not know was Fawcett's connection to the Golden Dawn and the suggestion he intended to found a mystical colony deep in the jungle. How much he dabbled in the occult is hard to tell as there seems to be as much fantasy as fact written about him and I have to resist the temptation to get drawn in.
Read this page it will give you a taste.
As well as lost cities and mysterious unknown beasts and giant anacondas Fawcett also told of a lost tribe of - not exactly a 'tribe' - two nosed dogs, the Double Nosed Andean Tiger Hounds . And I was amazed... nay astounded, bowled over and flabbergasted to discover that this has been proved true. Just read this
So perhaps the Lost City of Atlantis still lies undiscovered somewhere in the green hell of the Matto Grosso. If any of you are inspired to set up an expedition, count me in. How I missed it when the news first broke, I don't know.
Meanwhile I have to get back to those bills and set off on my own trail after rare and elusive jobs.
I forgot to add this from the BBC in case some of you doubt the veracity of the Daily Mail
.Double-nosed dog not to be sniffed at
I would also draw your attention to the final paragraph;The explorers also carried with them a church organ from Dorset as a gift to local Bolivians in order to secure their help with finding the meteorite.
This is truly a kingdom of foxes.