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believability

posted 10 years ago by daiagapeart
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Impossible that authorities wouldn't search for the people that go missing, and some of the hikers would have told people where they were headed before they set out. This part of reality is conveniently overlooked for the sake of a pretty good thriller.

I would have found it more believable if the area was more remote, such as the Amazon, and it was a tribe that had obviously not had contact with the outside world. The Yucatan has been well explored, and is full of tourists.
Of course, the story would have to be completely different, because a group of college kids wouldn't go on a hike by themselves in the Amazon region, so I guess there was no choice.

[–] PreachCaleb 10 years ago

How was it ignored? The characters themselves specifically say someone will come look for them after a while. They just didn't survive long enough.

Plus, who are the hikers going to tell? Total strangers?

Straightedge means I'm better than you.

[–] essex9999 9 years ago

Plus, who are the hikers going to tell? Total strangers?

The staff at the hotel where they're staying comes to mind. If they really thought they were doing something even slightly risky, they could also have told the nearest American consulate. (There's an office in Cancun.) This is not crazy talk. It's good advice that's given to tourists all the time: Don't go off the beaten path without telling someone where you're going, whom you're going with, when you expect to be back, and whom to notify when you inevitably disappear.

[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

Most people don't care enough to worry.