GUIANA In Venezuela, the region where myth, fable, and folly, embellish its lore, where formidable wilderness endures, is known as Guiana. Guiana sits upon and surrounds South America’s formative cradle, the first rocks to form the continent, referred to geologically as a “shield.” The region consists of vast, menacing tracts of rainforest and grassland built upon 3 billion-year-old rocks, nearly as old as the Earth, itself. But this tantalizing rainforest tract is much more than a single mountain, or river, or landmark. Indeed, it is the consummate whole of this “lost” region that has enticed soldiers of fortune, explorers, and noble men since the 16th century. This is a region of peculiarities intertwined within the most elaborate themes in South American historical romance, buried mysteries and secrets, where time has never seemed able to capture the present nor throw away the past.  Guiana’s tantalizing cabala instills inexplicable fascination even today, a land where fantasies are born and chimerical tales, emerging since the 1600's, still proliferate. It’ s tally includes but is not limited to mythical beasts, 50-foot serpents, headless creatures, wild men (didis), and tribes of White woman warriors. Among all regions of the world, none can say that their lore and mystique, or  fantastic legends outdistance an incredible store that is Guiana’s.

Angel said that in 1920 he discovered a golden river with an old Scotsman named John MacCracken. No one believed his story. But this grave stone, in conjunction with ERC exclusive photographs of John Henry MacCracken, have led to fascinating discoveries.