Island Visitor Killed by World's Most Isolated Tribe

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A 27 year old American bonehead apparently decided to visit the restricted island of North Sentinel in the Andamans, an island territory of India that is actually closer to Myanmar and Thailand. Reportedly he bribed some fishermen to illegally drop him off and then was attacked by bows and arrows then buried in the sand.

The Sentinelese are one of the last isolated tribes of the world and their island is off limits. They are known to be hostile to the outside world, and the outside world has diseases that are no doubt likewise hostile to their dwindling numbers. They are thought to be of a pre-Neolithic culture that is about 55,000 years old.

Reports have it that this nut job, John Chau, saw himself as a modern day Christian missionary. (thankfully, he was in a canoe and not a cruising sailboat)
Among his last words:
"I have been so nice to them, why are they so angry and aggressive?"



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46286215