I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.  - Carl Sagan, The Burden Of Skepticism

Dear Pastor Paul,

It's brilliant pink.

Immediately, I wonder why there would be a trinket of plastic garbage this deep in the jungle.  Then, looking closer, I realize – that's not garbage, that must be one of those biological study units.  A beaker placed in the jungle by a biologist, to measure something. I was inching my way down a cliff when I decided to head off the path to photograph a stream.  When I get closer to the strange funnel-shaped object, the discovery is stunning.  This is no man-made object.  It's a translucent pink mushroom. 

I crouch closer towards this surreal jungle fungus, and photograph it.  I accomplish the task, but lose my footing, and slide down the muddy cliff.  This is no made-for-movies adventure fall.  It is more a pathetic, muddy slide onto the riverbank.  Now I am covered with dirt, and realize my rather poor choice of wearing a linen shirt.  Along the streambed, the heat and deep jungle moisture are all-encompassing.