Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee Page #6

of Belize.

John moved us to

the mainland, to Orange Walk.

I finally had

a lab building built.

You know, so I just

I tried to keep my head down.

I tried to get back to work.

John would have

reporters come

John would have

reporters come

to view the lab.

And I said, "Look

you know, I have nothing."

These 22 acres,

on the banks

of what the Mayans once called

The River of Strange Faces,

are owned by McAfee.

So when I come back in a year,

this will look a lot different,

I would imagine.

Right, well, you'll see

shade cloth everywhere.

Mmhmm.

And hopefully

will be production

of some fairly unique

pharmaceuticals.

He was confused and upset

that I didn't have,

you know,

something more to show.

You know,

something more to show.

And so he would have me

just put, you know,

different colored dyes

in the bottles.

Or make up batches

of, you know,

what I had already researched.

And I said, you know,

"This feels dishonest."

And he said, "No, you know,

it's just business.

That's what we do.

We're just trying

to get investors,

and we wanna, you know,

get people's attention,

you know?

I promise you

it's gonna work out."

Ehh, yeah.

Ehh, yeah.

John was doing a lot

of press in Orange Walk.

I came across

several interviews,

including audio recordings

with print journalists.

I was the only

White man, the only foreigner

in the entire district

of Orange Walk,

which is 10,000 people,

and that covers

about 1/5 of the entire country

of Belize.

So it should have been

a warning sign to me

that I should have

walked more carefully

or acted less obtrusively.

Speaking Spanish

His attitude was changing

about paranoia, I think.

He was getting

a little paranoid.

Intense music

I start to see more

and more security people.

Like, a lot.

So he didn't mind

that you said

One day

I told him this, I said,

"John, why are you

surrounding yourself

with these people?

These people are gonna get you

into trouble."

And that's when he told me

the story, "These people,

nobody wants to hire them.

They're badass, they got

police record this long."

I said, "So you employ them

and put firearms

in their hand.

You think

that's gonna go right?

I think he really wanted to

create a sort

of a cult or a mystique

around himself

of a cult or a mystique

around himself

as a White man on the edge.

Like Colonel Kurtz.

And here he is

in the heart of darkness.

And did he travel

in town with a bunch of guys?

And did he travel

in town with a bunch of guys?

Like, how many guys?

Ooh, we had at least

12, 13 guys.

Is that normal

to have 12 security guards?

John got weirder

and weirder.

He would go on these rants.

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