they weren't murdered, the girl's parents keep pushing that narrative because they don't want to admit their little babies were idiots. lots of tourists come down here and underestimate the jungle. some areas are so difficult to traverse that it can take an hour or two just to hike one mile and you can just be swallowed by the ground because there are cliffs, karst caves or fault lines or just slopes covered in thick plants that you can't see because of how dense it is. tourists also underestimate how dark it gets, how quickly it happens, and how disorienting it is. i go into the jungle multiple times a year and the main thing if there is a chance that you might come out at night is that everybody needs to bring multiple flashlights along with everything they will need. if you bring one and it fails and carry no redundancy it's pretty much over, you will be going nowhere without it becoming a huge risk. another thing people underestimate is how quickly the trail disappears. if you step off the trail and walk 10ft away from it you won't see it anymore, turning back at that distance and finding it is easy, but if you are a stupid girl who thinks they are fine on their own and mother gaia is their friend you will probably just keep walking away and then not be able to return that easily
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