Tatunca Nara
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Tatunca Nara, born Hans Guenther Hauck (October 5, 1941 Coburg
), is German-Brazilian jungle guide and self-styled Indian chieftain, best-known as the sole source for stories of the lost city of Akakor
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met "Tatunca Nara", who told him of the history of Akakor, an underground city below the rain forest. Brugger was convinced and wrote "The Chronicle of Akakor“, published in 1976.
In 1984 Karl Brugger was shot by an unknown assailent in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. The German Police believes, Tatunca was behind the killing.
In 1990, German adventurer Ruediger Nehberg and film producer Wolfgang Brög tricked Tatunca to take them on an expedition, during which his story began to unravel. The result was an hour-long documentary "Das Geheimnis des Tatunca Nara" (The Mystery of Tatunca Nara), shown on the ARD
network in 1991.
Tatunca still lives in Barcelos at the Rio Negro/Brazil, and his passport apparently reads “Tatunca Nara, origin Indian”.
Coburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...
), is German-Brazilian jungle guide and self-styled Indian chieftain, best-known as the sole source for stories of the lost city of Akakor
Akakor
Akakor is the name of a supposed ancient underground city, located somewhere between Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.It was described by German journalist Karl Brugger, based on interviews with a self-proclaimed Brazilian Indian chieftain Tatunca Nara in his book The Chronicle of Akakor...
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Akakor
In the 1970s, German foreign correspondent Karl BruggerKarl Brugger
Karl Brugger was a German foreign correspondent for the ARD network and author, best-known for his book "The Chronicle of Akakor" about the alleged lost city of Akakor....
met "Tatunca Nara", who told him of the history of Akakor, an underground city below the rain forest. Brugger was convinced and wrote "The Chronicle of Akakor“, published in 1976.
Missing tourists
Still working as a jungle guide, Tatunca Nara led tourists and adventureres looking for pyramids and the underground city, but questions were raised after several of his clients went missing: American John Reed in 1980, Herbert Wanner of Switzerland in 1983, and Swede Christine Heuser in 1987 all disappeared in mysterious circumstances. 1984 a skull was found by Swiss tourists which could be identified by forensic analysis as Herbert Wanner.In 1984 Karl Brugger was shot by an unknown assailent in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. The German Police believes, Tatunca was behind the killing.
Exposure
Toward the end of the 1980s the German "Federal Criminal Investigation Office" confirmed that "Tatunca Nara" was born as Günther Hauck in Coburg (Free State of Bavaria) and disappeared in the early 1960s due to economic difficulties. He left a wife and three children in Nuremberg.In 1990, German adventurer Ruediger Nehberg and film producer Wolfgang Brög tricked Tatunca to take them on an expedition, during which his story began to unravel. The result was an hour-long documentary "Das Geheimnis des Tatunca Nara" (The Mystery of Tatunca Nara), shown on the ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
network in 1991.
Tatunca still lives in Barcelos at the Rio Negro/Brazil, and his passport apparently reads “Tatunca Nara, origin Indian”.