Foolish actions can get you killed. Many people never learn this, obvious though it seems.
TRESSPASSERS WILL BE SHOT
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When your family tree has no branches....
Balls of steel don’t protect you from stone-tipped arrows.
What a waste. The family must be freaking out. RIP.
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I always wonder if any tribal member has ever tried to leave the island.
From the article:
Local media have reported that Chau may have wanted to meet the tribe to preach Christianity to them.
But on social media the young man presented himself as a keen traveller and adventurer.
“Police said Chau had previously visited North Sentinel island about four or five times with the help of local fishermen,” journalist Subir Bhaumik, who has been covering the islands for years, told BBC Hindi.
The AFP news agency quoted a source as saying that Chau had tried and failed to reach the island on 14 November. But then he tried again two days later.
“He was attacked by arrows but he continued walking.
“The fishermen saw the tribals tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body. They were scared and fled,” the report added.
Chau’s body was spotted on 20 November. According to the Hindustan Times, his remains have yet to be recovered.
“It’s a difficult case for the police,” says Mr Bhaumik. “You can’t even arrest the Sentinelese.”
"And the tribal people that live there have a long-standing policy – if you set foot on our island, we will kill the out of you, slit your throat, dump your corpse on the beach, and then disappear into the jungle. We don't negotiate. We don't make friends. We don't make treaties. We defend our island to the death."
Maybe its just me - and my desire to avoid being savagely killed by tribesmen out of a pulp novel - but this is one place I've never wanted to visit.
Indians 1, cowboys 0
Death of John Allen Chau (2018)[edit]
In November 2018, John Allen Chau a 27-year-old American Christian missionary from Washington State,[29][30] illegally travelled to the North Sentinel island with the help of local fishermen in the hopes of making contact with the Sentinelese and converting them to Christianity.[31][32][33] He had reportedly paid fishermen ₹ 25,000 to smuggle him from Port Blair to North Sentinel (considered to be a sovereign island under Indian law, which recognises their desire to be left alone and also prohibits travel to the island). According to First Post India, Chau had made several prior visits to the Andaman Islands.[34][35] John Allen Chau was trying to spread Christianity to the tribe and had made attempts before too.[36]
On 15 November, Chau attempted his first visit to North Sentinel island and reached around 500-700 m from the shore by fishermen's boat.[37] Chau was warned by the fishermen not to go but he continued the ongoing journey to the shore with a Bible on a Kayak.[29] The fishermen who had taken him there (but had not themselves landed), saw him getting attacked by the islanders with bows and arrows as he reached the shore, but reportedly he kept walking despite the attack.[35]After his visit, he returned to the boat later on the same day with arrow injuries on his body.[37]
On 16 November, during his second attempt his canoe was broken by the Sentinelese after which he returned to the boat by swimming. On 17th November Chau visited the island again but did not return that day. They later saw the islanders attach a rope around his neck and drag his body, whereupon the fishermen fled, but returned on 18 November and saw Chau's body on the shore.[35]
The fishermen who had illegally taken Chau to the island then reported his death to a local preacher and friend, who called his family in the United States, and the family subsequently called the United States Embassy in New Delhi.[35] Following this contact, Indian authorities arrested seven fishermen who, as of November 2018, may face a number of charges including being culpable of Chau's homicide.[38][39][40] No charges can be brought by India against Sentinelese islanders following its declaration as a sovereign state by the Indian government. Furthermore, Chau was in direct violation of Indian law, which dictates that any passage within three miles of the coastline is illegal, and is enforced by the Indian Navy.[41][42] According to the local Police, Chau had given a long note to the fisherman before leaving in a kayak, the note said "Jesus had bestowed him with the strength to go to the most forbidden places on Earth".[29]
So they still make cool natives the old fashioned way in some places.
LOONEY TUNES (Looney Toons): Jungle Jitters (1938)
https://youtu.be/RkFhZMa-8Xw?t=9
Darwin Award.
Arrow pin cushion.
If he had carried a firearm, maybe he would have survived.
Idiot.