[mooncoin]

May he rest in peace

[Brooklyn Attitude]

Another article said the victim was an adventure tourist.

[PeteB570]

Dude went into an off limits area to make a forbidden contact with a protected tribe. One of the reasons they were protected was to protect them from diseases they had no protection from.

They were known to be hostile - which is why the local fishermen he bribed dropped him off a distance from the island.

He wanted to play by Big Boy rules - and lost.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The tip of the spear.

[Oratam]

After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, a group of goverment officials made a survey of the damge by helicopter to the Sentinel Islands. Upon its return the underside of the helicopter was found to be studded with arrowheads and spears. Everyone on FreeRepublic would recognize the message intended.

No one on this site could have predicted the interpretation of the liberal journalist who reported on it. According to him this was the Sentinelese saying to these government officials, "Don't forget us!"

Unbelievable

[Eternal_Bear]

Their border guards are really nasty.

[onedoug]

An island of murderers. How quaint.

[bgill]

If this tribe wanted outsiders, they’d have opened a resort and advertised it online. If they wanted to be saved, they’d have posted a job listing for a preacher on Monter.com. When a tribe lives on an island and resists outside contact, respect their wishes.

[gandalftb]

He is lucky he wasn’t eaten. Traveling to the Andamans is suicide.

[MeganC]

Darwin award nominee.