The Jungle:"Beware of the Bearded Snake"

“It will chase you, bite you, and you will die.”

That was the warning I heard in a dimly lit room in Manhattan, sitting across from Jesse and Leonardo—the two men who would become central to this story. I didn't know it yet, but the jungle was about to change me.

Leonardo, a native of Limon, Costa Rica, was steeped in ancestral traditions. Jesse, my partner at the time, was preparing for a perilous journey into the Talamanca jungle. The words “Bearded Snake” weren’t just a legend—they were a summons. And I said yes.

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The Jungle: Beware of the "Bearded Snake"