John: I had a similar experience in that I was pull over by military
police in Panama when Noriega and the US were not very friendly to each
other. In any event, they wanted to throw me in jail for some made-up
traffic charge (I doing field work in the country), but I discovered
one of the cops liked birds so I struck up a conversation. By the end of
the day, he managed to get me out of the police compound and recovered my
truck before it was expounded. In latin american countries, it pays to
be nice and know a lot about the animal life - the people can talk hours
about what they have seen, etc. (there are a lot of made-up stories, but
to them it is pure entertainment, but never,never talk about politics)
Cheers, Jim
Dr. Wm. James Davis, Editor
Interpretive Birding Bulletin
On Wed, 13 May 1998, John Leonard wrote:
> Read in Time magazine in the doctor's waiting room this morning that a
> bird-watcher was kidnapped by guerillas in Colombia. However he talked to
> them constantly about birds and after 32 days they released him unharmed
> (bored, or convinced of his story?).
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