10 Really Bizarre And Peculiar Things Found in the Jungle

Mystical Boiling Rivers

Folklore from deep within the Peruvian Amazon tells of a river whose boiling waters emanate a constant cloud of vapor, enriching the surrounding vegetation and told to have healing properties unless you are unfortunate enough to fall in. The mystical waters are still used as a sanctuary and healing retreat alongside other traditional spiritual Amazonian remedies like the hallucinogenic Ayahuasca. The hot springs of Mayantuyacu have only recently been studied thoroughly by Southern Methodist University Ph.D. student Andrés Ruzo for the first time. Though the boiling waters' origin is still a mystery, Ruzo believes that they must rise from within the Earth after being heated by geothermal features deep below.