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For two hours, it was a n of a single man-made object

Juan then heard a sound that was definitelyHe held up his hand, and they all stopped

The chopper passed to the south of them, the noise faded into the distance

“Must have been a surveyor,” Eddie said

“Or a transport,” Raven suggested

“Out here?” MacD asked

“Let’s keep going,” Juan said, although the close proximity of the helicopter bothered him

They continued on for another fifteen ht behind Murph, looked at his watch and saw that they had

just another forty-five ive up the search for the day and return to the Zodiacs

That’s when he heard Murph’s foot clank as he stepped up onto what looked like a decaying brown log

Everyone halted Juan put his foot against the object and tapped it with his toe It rang out with a hollow sound He bent down and wiped dirt away until he saw gray paint and rusted steel

A stand of bushes was blocking the view to the right, so Juan walked straight ahead for another forty feet and turned to face the rest of the group, ere all gawking at the discovery It was only now that he could round like the stump of an immense tree He had just walked across the stern of a World War I U-boat sitting in the middle of the Amazon rain forest

The entire surreal shape was uned by vines and other vegetation The only part that had been uncovered co been wiped away by the previous visitors, was the Ger tower

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