The Ngobe-Bugle people live along the caribbean coast and use these canoes in both rivers and the ocean. Here's a slightly funny story: whenever a fishing canoe doesn't come back from the ocean (say, after a storm), many Ngobes honestly believe the ''Red Chinese'' in submarines come and eat the people who were in those canoes. Accidental drowning doesn't seem to be a possibility. A lot of volunteers in Ngobe communities are frequently asked about these mysterious ''Red Chinese.'' One of my friends has just started telling them that China has enough people in its own country if its citizens want to eat humans. They don't need to send special submarines to Panama. Hmm.