The Broken Ear
Ridgewell is a British explorer who travelled into the South American rainforest occupied by the Arumbayas. He first appears in "The Broken Ear" and appears later in "Tintin and the Picaros". Ridgewell settled down with the Arumbayas and decided to stay, not caring if the outside world knew if he was dead or alive. When Tintin ventured into Arumbaya territory, Ridgewell initially fired darts at him in order to scare him away, but later agreed to take him to the Arumbaya village for information.