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Congo’s Giant Snake Sighting of ’59, Serpents in Stone: Sacred Symbols of the Ancients
Thursday, 19 March, 2026

In this episode I recount the 1959 story of a retired British Royal Air Force fighter pilot named Colonel Remy Van Lierde who was flying over the Congo's remote jungle forests when he spotted something unbelievable - a giant 50 ft long snake...Why did ancient civilizations all over the world deify serpents? Why did the ancients of South America depict serpents even within their monumental building projects? When we take a deeper look at the oral traditions of the Andean region such as the legend of Viracocha,as well as the legend of the “Hanan Pacha” that whispers of an underworld symbolized by “Amaru” (the serpent), we can begin to connect the dots on why the serpent is so strongly depicted. JOIN ME ON A TOUR

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