Ben said stepping out of the door and onto the wide front porch. “It does not make sense. We’ve heard of guerillas and, of course, native tribes in the area where the Finleys disappeared but I can’t say I’ve ever heard of men dressed in black.” Lee got up slowly from her chair. She left her notes and iced tea behind. “I found something earlier,” she added in a perplexed tone. “But I’m not certain what to make of it.” “What is it?” asked Ben. “I decided to do some research on the Internet regarding reports of men dressed in black in the Amazon,” Lee explained. “I know it’s a long shot but I found some rather sketchy entries in the expedition papers of two groups in the same general area of the Finleys. One note was from 1963. A Belgian group of eight scientists and several bearers went into the jungle and disappeared. There was a search team formed but no trace was found. They were old school. They carried no radios and no way to communicate back to civilization other than courier. When they vanished, no one really knew where to look for them. Their trail led into the jungle but was lost after several days. One of the natives in the group looking for the scientists reported seeing black-dressed men. “The second set of reports was from 1972, similar yet different. This time, four scientists led by Dr.
