Tepui
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Sep 6, 2026
Tail DraggerHOST
In 1927, a mining engineer named J.R. McCracken hired Angel to fly him into the Venezuelan interior.
Tail DraggerHOST
McCracken had found something, a river up on the high ground somewhere near the Tepui country that ran gold, not just trace a significant gold ore that McCracken described in terms that made Angel's ears perk up.
Tail DraggerHOST
Angel flew him in.
Tail DraggerHOST
He flew him out.
Tail DraggerHOST
Some think parts of it are legend built up over years of retelling.
Tail DraggerHOST
What is not in dispute is this.
Tail DraggerHOST
By the early 1930s, Angel was making regular flights over the Grand Sabana and the Tepui country.
Tail DraggerHOST
He was filing reports with geographic societies and government offices and newspaper editors, anyone who would read them.
Christian HansenHOST
Yeah.
Paul BrassingtonHOST
It was probably at the time, maybe a Tapui.
Paul BrassingtonHOST
Yeah.
Paul BrassingtonHOST
Tapui.
Paul BrassingtonHOST
A regular Tapui you usually see.
Paul BrassingtonHOST
Yeah.
Paul BrassingtonHOST
On like a nice canopy, like not even a cheap one.
Felipe ShimonHOST
Uh, and then it would end up making $293 million in the US and Canada, $442 million in other countries, for a total of $735 million.
Felipe ShimonHOST
Um, this is the second Disney movie, uh, with a Tepui after Dinosaur, which we'll talk about in season three.
Felipe ShimonHOST
Um, this, uh, there was a 2004 vacation to Venezuela for three days.
Felipe ShimonHOST
We talked about this.