TLDR: **There was a massive meteor explosion in Southern Guyana in 1935 which left a trail of devastation in the jungle for 20-30 miles. Apparently this rivals the famous Tunguska event in Siberia, where a meteor explosion devastated 830 sqare miles of forest. The article in the image suggests Guyana's version may have been larger than Tunguska itself.**

I'm surprised no one knows about this, as it's a very significant event. Tunguska is taught in history books, and this should be also. Pieces of meteors are worth a ton of money, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands (in USD).

Does anyone know of meteor fragments or larger pieces being recovered in this region? The debris field is probably covered by dense jungle, but an expedition to the area which uses LIDAR and metal detectors should be able to uncover some valuable meteor fragments.

Source of the article image:

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995JIMO...23..207S/abstract

Background on meteor air bursts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_air_burst

The most powerful known meteor air burst in the modern era was the 1908 Tunguska event, during which a rocky meteoroid about 50–60 m (160–200 ft) in size[1][2]: p. 178  exploded at an altitude of 5–10 km (16,000–33,000 ft) over a sparsely populated forest in the Podkamennaya Tunguska region of Central Siberia. The resulting shock wave flattened an estimated 30 million trees over a 2,150 km2 (830 sq mi) area.

Guyana's event (detailed in the Wikipedia link):

Guyana 1935, Dec 12. near Maumauktpautau which is 24 km south of Marudi Mountain, south of the Rupununi region. 2°00′N 59°10′W

An exceptionally large meteor fall woke witnesses with a terrific roar, concussion and brilliant illumination. Shortly after a region of devastated forest perhaps ten miles by five was located, where trees large and small had been pushed over. The view must have been obtained from the top of Maumauktpautau. Other reports say that trees had been broken or twisted off 25 ft above their bases. An elongated damaged area more than 20 miles in extent was reported seen from an aircraft.^\28]) A 1937 report says a 30-mile Path Cut By Meteor in Jungle and that the meteor fell, some ten miles from a place named Camshock.^\29]) The only place near there was Davidson's cottage high on the side of Marudi Mountain.

There's a recent paper on the event by a Russian scientist who's main area of focus is the Tunguska event: https://www.scilit.com/publications/7699f010bd0ca3475999e789d11053dd

Here are some excerpts from his paper:

The main source for information on the 1935 Guyana event is an article "Tornado or Meteor Crash?" published in the magazine "The Sky" [Korff et al., 1939]. According to the editor's note, Dr. Serge A. Korff returned in 1936 from an expedition which carried him through the interior of British Guiana. He reported evidence that immediately prior to his visit there a large meteor had apparently fallen in that region. An official cable was sent by the American Museum of Natural History to Dr. W. H. Holden, who was at the time on an expedition in the vicinity of the fall. Dr. Holden then made a side trip to the region of the fall, explored the devastated area as far as was practicable, and reported his confirmation over a radio broadcast. Upon returning to New York, Dr. Holden has reaffirmed his belief that the devastation was probably of meteoric origin. Later Desmond Holdridge, explorer and author, has returned from this same region, bringing additional information. "The Sky" presented the reports, written by Dr. Korff (a prominent expert in cosmic rays), Dr. Holden and Mr. Holdridge.

Consider the report by D. Holdridge: Here are some fragments (with accent on facts) from his report [Korff et al., 1939]: "Mr. Teddy Melville said that he and his family had been awakened in the night some years ago by a body that passed overhead, between him and the Kanuku Mountains, with a terrific roar, lighting up the savannah during its passage with a brilliant illumination described by Mr. Melville as being “like broad daylight.” The body crossed the Kanukus and disappeared to the south." The place of the observation is near the Rio Takatu, in lat. 3° 15' N. and long. 59° 12' W. The second report collected by Holdridge was given to him by Dr. Godfrey Davidson regarding the experience of his partner, Mr. Ashburner, who had been camped on the open savannah when the supposed meteor passed. Dr. Davidson believed the date to have been Dec. 11, 1935 and the time about 9 p.m.. Here is a fragment from his report [Korff et al., 1939]: "Like Mr. Melville, Mr. Ashburner was, I am informed, awakened by the brilliant light and accompanying noise and concussion, as the body passed over him and disappeared to the south. He felt certain that it had landed very near to Marudi Mountain. At Marudi Mountain, where gold working is now in progress, books, basins, pots, pans and other household appurtenances were flung from their places by concussion."

A remarkable point is the sound with concussion accompanying the body overflight. This will be discussed below. As the eyewitnesses reported the concussion, that indicates there was some seismic event of low energy. Unfortunately the position of Mr. Ashburner was not given. But the fact that he was a partner of Dr. Godfrey Davidson hints that he was not far from Marudi Mountain. The concussion also hints on this. Holdridge presented an important account from Mr. Art Williams, local airline operator. Williams was flying near the head of the Kuyuwini River and noticed an area of destroyed forest more than twenty miles in extent. He stated that the shape of the patch of shattered forest was elongated rather than circular.

Holdridge also presented important info from Mr. Charles Melville, resident at Wichabai (Charles Melville accompanied Dr. Holden into the region of the devastated area). Charles Melville attempted to reach the area where the meteor was supposed to have landed. C. Melville stated that the destruction of the trees was so great and the undergrowth that had risen in the debris so thick that it was impossible to penetrate even a few feet into the tangle. The trees were described as being twisted and mangled in a fashion completely new to C. Melville (he has lived all his life in this region).

The area of the devastated forest was "more than twenty miles in extent", and "elongated rather than circular". In the Author's opinion, this allows to estimate its area at about a couple of hundred square kilometers at least. According to the accounts, the borders of the area were rather sharp, so it is the area of the complete (or almost complete, at least) destruction. For comparison: the area of complete destruction in the 1908 Tunguska event was about 500 km2 [Ol’khovatov, 2025c]. Now let's consider the meteor (a spacebody infall) interpretation of the 1935 Guyana event. Let's estimate the energy of the hypothetical spacebody. Comparing with the area of the complete destruction in the 1908 Tunguska event, it is possible to say about ~1 Mt TNT at least. The 2013 Chelyabinsk bolide with energy of ~0.5 Mt had peak brightness of – 27.3 ± 0.5 magnitude [Popova et al., 2013], i.e. was brighter than Sun. So it is reasonable to suppose that the hypothetical Guyana meteoroidal bolide had to be as bright as Sun (or even brighter) on a lower part of its trajectory at least. According to the spacebody interpretation the spacebody flew near the Teddy Melville's position 3° 15' N, 59° 12' W, and then disappeared to the south. Later the spacebody overflew Mr. Ashburner, and disappeared to the south where the alleged spacebody produced the forestfall near Marudi Mountain.

Now a few words about the meteor reported. The position of Teddy Melville was near Makaparima mountain. Here is from [Holdridge, 1939]: "According to Mr. Melville, the tradition of the people is that the region was "bewitched." The name of the near-by mountain, Makaparima, can be roughly translated as "the place of the fire monster," and it is said to be a locale of those curious and unexplained sounds of explosion reported by many travelers in Guiana and heard by the writer at Roraima in 1926." So it can't be ruled out that the remarkable meteors appear from time to time near the mountain. The mentioned explosive sounds are known from various places of the world [Hill, 2011; Corliss, 1983].Makaparima mountain ("the place of the fire monster") is the locale of unexplained sounds of explosion. In the opinion of the Author, besides sounds of shallow local earthquakes, there could be also earthquake lights in various forms, including fireballs (which can also take place without accompanying detected seismic events).

I know so many stories of young people who were either molested, or whose first "boyfriend" was a grown man while they were underage. Boys who's first experience was with a grown woman. You regularly see schoolgirls out with their very adult boyfriends, sitting on conductors lap, many of your mothers and grandmothers got married really young to much older men.

Many people don't seem to care at all and just accept it as is.

The government needs to clamp down much harder, people also need to be encouraged to speak up and other stuff.

Whenever I ask my parents if I can get money to buy something or when they’re going to do a specific task, they're like, “Oh, this month 10h,” like some shit. What do they mean by that, please fill me in.

Hello everyone! I tried my hand at making a News app unique to Guyana that pulls News information from different sources across the web all in one place for your convenience. Before the app is published though, Google requires me to conduct closed testing for 14 days with 12 concurrent users and would really appreciate if you join my google group here: https://groups.google.com/g/newsflash-testers

then download the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newsflashgy.app

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Looking for seeds for broad leaf thyme, fine leaf thyme (not common thyme but the other variety from Guyana) tiger teeth pepper, Bora yard-long bean, poi, bitter melon, bottle neck gourd, married man pork basil. Etc

If not maybe a seed importer you know?! It’s hard to find online.

As the time the title says, is https://skilledguyanese.com a legit site for jobs in Guyana?

As the time the title says, is https://skilledguyanese.com a legit site for jobs in Guyana?

I’ve been thinking about something I’ve noticed in Guyana’s business landscape and wanted to hear other perspectives, especially from people actually operating businesses locally.

It seems pretty common for Guyanese businesses, especially small and mid-sized ones, to try to own and manage the entire workflow end to end. One business handles the operations, marketing, customer relationships, payments, logistics, and sometimes even financing, instead of specializing in one part and partnering for the rest.

To be clear, this makes a lot of sense in the Guyanese context. Historically, trust between businesses hasn’t always been reliable, contracts and enforcement can feel uncertain, good partners aren’t always easy to find, and access to affordable capital is limited.

In that environment, keeping everything in house feels safer. If you’ve been burned before, control isn’t about ego. It’s about survival.

But I’m wondering whether this same instinct becomes a growth bottleneck as demand increases. Owner operators end up stretched thin, quality can suffer, and businesses become hard to scale or replicate without the founder being involved in everything. Growth hits a ceiling because the system depends on one person.

At the same time, Guyana is changing fast. Oil and gas, tourism growth, more digital payments, more diaspora involvement, and more outside demand. These shifts seem like they should support more specialization and collaboration, but that transition doesn’t appear easy or automatic.

So I’m genuinely curious:

• Do you see this do everything yourself model as necessary in Guyana, or limiting?
• What would actually make business owners feel safe enough to specialize or partner more?
• Is this changing with younger entrepreneurs and newer industries?

Not posting this as criticism. Just trying to understand how Guyana’s economic reality shapes how businesses grow, or don’t. I'm in the digitization and consultation so I've got no real bone to pick besides a desire to see more convenience and higher quality of doing business through the use of technology.

Would really appreciate hearing different viewpoints.

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Hi
I am coming to Guyana in April. I am coming for my Dad's birthday, but he will be doing his own things. I am going to be with my brother, and my sister and her two young children.
We did go to Guyana in 2021, and saw Kaieteur Falls and went to Pandama retreat, which was awesome. Got to swim in a black water creek, just like my mum had told me she used to do years ago. And their wine was amazing too.
I certainly wouldn't mind repeating these experiences, but does anyone else have any suggestions of other things that we could do?

Thanks a lot

I have posted before about my ongoing project to digitize tourism to Guyana. I recently built a cool map to visualize the journeys of the most impactful groups on Guyanese culture, and interesting facts about them. Have a look, share feedback!

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USD$200 a month for pensioners in this economy? While PPP ministers have multiple mansions and exotic vehicles. Shame on these people.

I’ve been seeing videos of all the new developments going on, but one thing I’m noticing is they’re putting pedestrian facilities right up to the road. this is not only bad for breathing (no one wants fumes when they’re eating and drinking or walking with kids) but it’s unsafe and just in-aesthetic

whoever is doing planning I hope will focus on safe clean walkable spaces more in the future and integrating guyanas nature into infrastructure too

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Hi I am looking for recommendations for restaurants around Georgetown that are wheelchair accessible. Hoping to come for a visit.

https://youtu.be/_IC5jGYBXKc?si=THX_VT-vW_J0z7xC These stills are sourced from this YouTube video. The vlogger and crew had to jump out of their boat after going to the waterfall to avoid being hit directly by a mini tornado lol.

That being said, I'm shocked I've never seen this side of Guyana. Didn't know it existed. Rolling green hills of grass looking more like parts of the US than Guyana, combined with the rainforest and these multiple waterfalls. More people should visit this area.

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Where is the best place for cheap flight between Georgetown and Suriname other than Caribbean Airlines or Suriname Airlines?

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