Final Photo Of Man Trying To Visit Indigenous Tribe On ‘No-Go’ Island
North Sentinel Island, nestled in the Bay of Bengal within the Indian Ocean, is home to one of the world’s most enigmatic uncontacted tribes.
The Sentinelese people have lived in seclusion for over 60,000 years, fiercely guarding their land and traditions from the outside world
Their isolation has left the island untouched by modern civilization, and their hostility toward outsiders has become well-known, with fatal consequences for those who venture too close to the 23-square-mile island.
Despite these risks, American missionary John Allen Chau paid local fishermen in 2018 to transport him to North Sentinel Island, determined to preach Christianity to the tribe. Though warned of the danger, Chau wrote to his family, asking them “not to be angry at [the tribe] or at God if [he got] killed.”
On November 15, 2018, Chau approached the island in a dinghy, offering fish as a gesture of goodwill. However, he was met with a hail of arrows. In his diary, Chau recounted: “I hollered: ‘My name is John, I love you and Jesus loves you.’ … I began to panic slightly as I saw them string arrows in their bows. I paddled like I never have in my life back to the boat.”
Undeterred, Chau made a third attempt two days later and was reportedly killed
Fishermen claimed to have seen tribesmen dragging his body along the beach and burying it. Despite authorities’ efforts, his body was never recovered.
Following his death, Chau’s family released a statement: “He loved God, life, helping those in need and had nothing but love for the Sentinelese people. We forgive those reportedly responsible for his death.”
