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19 Nov 2011 15:17 #61140 by ketchim
             

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19 Nov 2011 15:18 #61141 by ketchim
It's hard to believe that Jonestown ever existed !!

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19 Nov 2011 15:19 #61142 by ketchim
The patch of rainforest in remote north-eastern Guyana where Jim Jones

moved his People's Temple in the 1970s :

has been almost entirely reclaimed by the jungle...... :shocked:

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19 Nov 2011 15:20 #61143 by ketchim
Locals say if you search long enough, you can still find remnants of a tractor

used for transport and agriculture :

and a filing cabinet that would have kept documents about the community.... :embarrassed:

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19 Nov 2011 15:21 #61144 by ketchim
The metal drums in which Jones mixed cyanide and fruit punch

in preparation for the mass murder-suicide which took place

at the site 33 years ago :

are also still in place. ::eek::

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19 Nov 2011 15:22 #61145 by ketchim
Guyana unwittingly became the focus of media attention when Jones leased land there

in 1974 to set up a branch of his People's Temple.

In Jones' native United States, the cult had garnered criticism;

some members had defected.

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19 Nov 2011 15:23 #61146 by ketchim
English-speaking and largely undeveloped, Guyana offered a place for Jones

to set up a commune away from prying eyes.

Cult members built a school, a pavilion and cottages,

growing what food they could in the tropical heat.....

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19 Nov 2011 15:24 #61147 by ketchim
But the worst fears were realised on 18 November 1978  ::redcard::

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19 Nov 2011 15:28 #61148 by ketchim
After escaped cult members complained that the organisation was being run like a

prison camp, US Congressman Leo Ryan visited Jonestown :

to try to help some residents to leave.  :huh:

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19 Nov 2011 15:29 #61149 by ketchim
As they got ready to board a plane at a nearby airstrip,

some of Jones' security guards opened fire.

Ryan was killed, along with four others.... :sad:

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