An American Tourist Sailed To North Sentinel. It Ended Badly

On the 15th of November 2018, John Allen Chau took a boat to North Sentinel Island expecting a peaceful welcome. He never made it back home. His bizarre plan was to convert the Sentinelese to Christianity, although as you'll come discover, they had no interest in being converted, and John Allen Chau's fate still isn't truly known.
This is, An American Tourist Sailed To North Sentinel. It Ended Badly
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Also, the idea for this video was inspired by EXPLORE WITH US who posted a video on a similar topic in February 2021 titled "Man Sneaks Onto Restricted Island to Visit Uncontacted Tribe: His Story is BIZARRE" You can watch their version here - • Man Sneaks Onto Restri...

[@boblee2683]

The fact that he shouted at them in english tells you all you need to know about this genius

[@kylehankins5988]

I mean tbf shouting displays distress in an language

[@boblee2683]

@@kylehankins5988 I was more thinking when he was trying to tell them about Jesus

[@pablocasas5906]

According to a video Geno Samuel made about the Sentinelese, Chau also tried to speak to them in the South African language Xhosa for some reason. He seriously expected that the population of an isolated island thousand of miles away from Africa would understand it just because

[@mlhx9181]

​@@pablocasas5906that's certainly odd. When the linguistics courses were mentioned as part of the preparation, I'd thought he was learning the language of the local Andaman areas or the like since I heard their language was (thought to be) similar.

[@zacharycannon-bryant6942]

@@pablocasas5906I’m not a an expert in linguistics, but if people migrated from Africa to other parts of the world thousands of years ago, wouldn’t it make since that this isolated group might share commonalities with African languages similar to how the language in Iceland is similar to Old Norse.

[@punksonlyy]

"he had nothing but love for the sentinelese people" dude called their homeland satan's last strong hold 💀

[@nesswhopees]

dude tried to colonize them 💀💀 christopher columbus goofy ahh ass

[@marny3559]

Common Atheist L

[@theworld01268]

​@@marny3559you Christians think it's normal to disrespect other people's religion and traditions? No wonder your death cult is in decline.

[@alipetuniashow]

@@marny3559Jesus is gay

[@lolstans285]

@@alipetuniashowbro you play genshin impact literally not a single morsel of a soul cares about your not your opinion

[@alexwest2573]

“I stood up to show them I had two legs” like did he think they were so primitive they didn’t have an understanding of what humans other than them looked like?

[@lephinor2458]

Probably a way to make them empathize like looking someone in the eyes or showing a picture of family.

[@juliocbp9389]

LMAO, right? He thought these 'primitives' were going to see him as a monster or a demon... no, dude. They see you as an invader and want you to piss off.

[@danielclark739]

So from what I understand, the Sentalese are aware of outside humans and can understand that they generally mean no harm when visiting. However, They remain hostile when someone approaches their island because those visitors bring diseases that can easily wipe out their entire tribe from a single contact.

[@lephinor2458]

@@danielclark739 but if they have already met people and killed some. Wouldn't they have already gotten diseases? And it is shown that civilized people have given them supplies so they would have probably already gotten the diseases.

[@gon6152]

​@@danielclark739 they didnt have a problem with that when getting coconuts from indians

[@Memelander]

The Sentinelese prefer isolation so much because they have observed that whenever the island made contact with an outsider for longer than a short encounter like with the anthropologist, disease ravaged their community (since they probably have no immunity to the diseases of the outside world). Such observations must've been carried down orally, each generation warning the next to not let an outsider stay, lest disease follow him and rip through their community. And since the island is so small, even a handful of deaths is their equivalent of the Black Death. Thus, generation over generation this belief has only been reinforced: "do not let the unfamiliar man stay, for Death himself accompanies him."

[@DenyTheWitch]

Imagine how much inbreeding would be going on there though. By space year 2050 anyone on that island will be a creature from something from a horror movie.

[@rigby0world1]

Your theory? That is the standard understanding of the Sentinelees. Literally every single documentary about them mentions that.

[@Memelander]

@@rigby0world1 oh

[@nicholasprakash3411]

Also Portman was a pervert.

[@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive]

no, they are just violent killers... they dont have TV and newpapers genius.

[@DarkRebecca]

I just want to take a moment to point out that the Sentinelese thought Chau was so dumb that they used the opportunity to teach their children how to shoot. If being target practice for their kids wasn't going to get through to him, nothing would.

[@thatbachus]

Lmao I didn't realize that

[@remag-yx4ed]

And the fact the kid was right bang on target for his chest, their raising a tribe of PREDATORS over there.

[@bramakumbara1185]

Bruh i just realised that lmaoo. Bro got disrespected so hard they turned him into target practice

[@Foscko]

He showed them he was unarmed. They knew he wasn't a threat.

[@williamanthony915]

@@Foscko He should've brought armor and a war hammer.

[@N0TLater]

who would’ve guessed going to an island inhabited by murderous natives was a bad idea?

[@RandomTrinidadian]

Hey, they are not cannibals. Okay?

[@jytvreal]

Oh i remember this story, They gave the guy multiple warnings to be fair

[@praytogarfield9526]

They aren’t cannibals

[@N0TLater]

@@jytvreal yeah, they shot near his boat rather than aiming for him and he still continued forward, his fault he died.

[@eadweard.]

​@@N0TLater What makes you think they weren't aiming for him?

[@inner_light5754]

It always grinds my gears when some people think they sanctimoniously know what’s better for someone else. Would u accept their way of life? No? Then why should they accept urs?

[@notyourbusiness1352]

Exactly! Great point made here

[@TheAnalyst-ib9rr]

I expect some evangelicals to be seething at this comment.

[@thecomedypilot5894]

You have interesting phraseology.

[@ilevakam316]

Agreed. This also applies to the non theist religions which dominate the West.

[@jw9737]

​@@TheAnalyst-ib9rr try saying that to a member of the LGBTQ+ cult and try not to get canceled. I'll wait.

[@Mama_Badazh]

If someone needs to be violent to get you to leave them alone, then you are being absolutely disrespectful. Clearly, this young man had no real sense of self-preservation.

[@Gig484]

Or those cavemen can stop playing castaway, grow up, and get a job in the real world

[@sleepyjoescumbag1663]

Shut up

[@alessandrob8507]

​@@Gig484you're just fucking around aren't you?

[@Ssj4Samurai012]

⁠@@Gig484well if they want to be left alone that’s that nothing wrong with it lol but I know what you mean tho

[@Slavesforsale1]

@@Gig484 "NOOOOOOO, YOU HAVE TO BE A WAGE SLAVE LIKE ME" Go deep throat a taser.

[@philobrain]

Dude being saved from death by the arrow landing in the Bible, then deciding to go back is about the most perfect, “God helps those who helps themselves” moment.

[@sweatysunder4681]

Even my extremely religious family would have taken that as a sign of God being like "Here's your one chance. Get out now."

[@RustyShackleford76]

@@sweatysunder4681 yeah I would’ve definitely taken that as a sign from God to haul ass out of there

[@ggez3684]

What a dumbass he was lol, probably chased for that insta clout post

[@BlandSkate7861]

@@ksiofficiallwe got prime boys!

[@no_social_skill1369]

​@@sweatysunder4681 as a Christian myself I too would have taken that as a sign to leave

[@Hank..]

"Satan's last stronghold" I'm surprised an American like John could live whole life without hearing about LA

[@amarson2322]

whats so bad about LA the city of dreams

[@number1kenyan]

@@amarson2322h you sweet summer child

[@tylere.8436]

Los Angeles The city of angels, more like fallen angels

[@oopstags6784]

LA is a nightmare. You’re correct

[@thejoker49]

What John know only God..God...God...nothing else😅

[@Literally_thad]

I believe that instead of searching for these people with curiosity, we should educate ourselves on how they should be left alone.

[@negloblaxon7616]

Why they should be left alone: White Supremacy is why

[@TheRealForgetfulElephant]

It frustrates me how much we overestimate the importance of our physical life. This man was trying to preserve the natives eternal life at the risk of his own physical life. He is a straight up hero.

[@mrgrassblock9005]

@@TheRealForgetfulElephantfr amen

[@definitelynotabot1743]

💀​@@TheRealForgetfulElephant

[@BbCcac]

​@@TheRealForgetfulElephant bro can you send me a recording of "heavens eternal life" cause you sound like you visit heaven every month for routine checkup of "eternal life".

[@johannesalvarez4057]

"Jesus Christ gave me authority to come to you" LMAO

[@ChadLady-he9ik]

I was flabbergasted 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ThePharaoh.1053]

fr bro isnt the g man

[@Ddddddyyg]

How do people hear things like that and not think Christianity is a cult

[@hugomoura4553]

How petulant...

[@Jonna-vm2wd]

@@Ddddddyyg Because you don't know what a cult is and worship billionaires.

[@ChrisHoopes1]

Regardless of the eventual fate of those two crabbers who were killed, getting blackout drunk in a tiny fishing boat out in the ocean is one of the worst ideas imaginable.

[@teerollings6919]

Aye Matey many an Irish shanty owes its beginning to those fishermen with a fondness for a drink ARRRRR

[@TheGenezi7]

Ever heard of finns during midsummer ? ^^

[@derdox6720]

@@TheGenezi7 i only hear of finns during winter, sorry

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

I believe getting wasted and going fishing is as old as getting wasted itself, historically speaking. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum .....and such.

[@eclectic2327]

@@teerollings6919I read this in a stereotypical Irish accent

[@ImposCoE]

You know... Looking at it from the Sentinelese, I kind of get it. If the island is their entire world view, and nothing else exists outside the island, seeing a helicopter fly over your land must be like seeing a freaking dragon!

[@eadweard.]

Well it's more like us seeing flying saucers landing.

[@itchiegames]

and dudes showing up in modern clothes and shit to them would be like us seeing some crazy secret military agency decked out in futuristic tactical shit we don't understand and scares us. these people are naked with spears, we're scaring the shit out of them and they want us to leave them alone.

[@just_some_greek_dude]

Maybe this is the reason as to why aliens haven't contacted us

[@vliuva6155]

imagine taking one of them to a big city with skyscrapers.

[@Hothrus]

Yea. You also look at some of the tribes in Africa and when they’re told about what America, Britain, China, etc is like, they think it sounds awful. Or at least a vast majority of them do

[@delavalmilker]

He was foolish and naïve for so obviously ignoring the dangers. But the real culprit is the missionary movement that encouraged and supported him in this "crusade". Even after Chau was killed, they still denied he had done anything wrong.

[@walkernicoo]

Eh, yeah. Like, there is a reason as to why the government there themselves marked it off as a no-go zone. Some people need to get over their hero complexes.. I'd get it if you'd like to help someone, and I admire the passion if so, however if it is clearly not reciprocated and you're forcing something as personal as religion, then wtf brother. Smh.

[@agentepolaris4914]

He was just very naive, I wouldn't go as far as calling him "fool". And no, he didn't do anything wrong, he was killed in cold blood, he's a victim here.

[@balabanasireti]

​@@agentepolaris4914 Nah

[@DeathsquadDemongods]

@@agentepolaris4914 Yeah, he didnt do anything wrong, except illegally visit the island, and get his fool ass killed as a result.

[@Chr.Monika6469]

​@@agentepolaris4914 He was a fool for trying to go there in the first place. There's no one else to blame but him

[@DHigable]

As Bishop Desmond Tutu said, “When the missionaries came, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes and prayed. When we opened our eyes, we had the Bible and they had the land.” Sounds like these Sentinelese people might have heard that story too!

[@kekedream]

Exactly. Christianity is just colonization dressed up pretty!

[@Tn-qr1kb]

Stop making ppl believe in Christianity smh

[@TheRealForgetfulElephant]

@@kekedream Couldn't be further from the truth. Christ is our lord and gives his followers strength to live in even the toughest of situations. Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean you can degrade it with nonsense like "Christianity is just colonization dressed up pretty". As hostile as a comment this may seem I mean no disrespect.

[@Elias-qj7dq]

@@kekedream wdym "Exactly" You didnt even understand his comment nor the historical context it refers to

[@lephinor2458]

Christian missionaries were usually the ones fighting and arguing against the colonization of land

[@moviewolverine89]

Apart from the danger of visitors being killed, I've heard it's also for the protection of the natives themselves that the island is off limits. Being isolated for so long, it's expected that they don't have immunity to a lot of diseases that the rest of the world does. If a visitor were to unwittingly bring a communicable disease with him to the tribe, they could very well be wiped out.

[@certibantz]

Yup. I watched a documentary about tasmania once. The UK would send prisoners ect there....they brought things as such as the common cold, and it wiped a big part of the community. This, paired with the violence they imposed on the people, pretty much made it mass genocide.

[@lebarondevalois605]

that already happened, and killed 2/3 of them

[@vicvinegarLLC]

But Jesus will save them all now thanks to this man. Right?

[@Chompdeez]

That’s likely why they are so hostile. When foreigners came in the past it lead to mass death of the tribe. It seems fairly obvious why they don’t want anyone to come

[@midnight_x_edits]

Why does everything have to be about diseases and sicknesses and immunity and this and that

[@chadfisher611]

I agree with his dad. He wasn’t driven by love. He was driven by ego and extremism.

[@xp1539]

like he was starting the next crusade

[@aaronyoghurt9210]

He though he was the main character. Typical american younglings

[@gdrsbnjm1126]

Step back from your own stupidity to realise "it's all in your head" and stay safe - ego at its worst.

[@kittykatz4001]

Toxic Christiananity!

[@jacobfromallstate4963]

​@@kittykatz4001yep. He came to the island to warn them that they need to believe in Jesus or else they will be punished. Smh

[@santroff5050]

Two very significant biblical oversights on the part of this missionary: preaching to those who cannot understand him, and disobeying the regional government. 1 Corinthians 14, 16-17: "Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified." Also, Romans 13:1 "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established."

[@tituslaird1265]

Don't quote Scripture when you obviously have zero clue what it is actually saying, and no desire to know beyond what fits your narrative. The verse you quoted in Corinthians is peaking about the gift of tongues which has nothing to do with this situation. Repent and believe in the Gospel.

[@pinkiepie7991]

You have to also consider the fact that he should have questioned if he was truly doing this for the glory of God. God gave him warnings to turn back and study the people, work with the government, secure funding, build trust, and bring God glory. All he did by going to the island and refusing the warnings was attempt to glorify *himself*, not God.

[@thiccboi5877]

@@tituslaird1265Religion is all about twisting the narrative to whatever tf you want lil bro🤣. Why do you think religion splits into so many different sects?

[@JesusIsKing9763]

@@thiccboi5877 QUIET

[@thiccboi5877]

@@JesusIsKing9763 classic christian behavior, silence anything that points out the truth lol

[@stymeyklein3986]

"Hey guys. We have a visitor." "Does he have coconuts?" "No." "ATTACK!!!!!!"

[@tobitempest4076]

😂

[@Gwenva-qe6sx]

That was so well played 😭😭😅😅😂😂🤣🤣

[@masterBong1]

what’s special about a island full of primitive monkeys(literally lol)

[@masterBong1]

what’s special about a island full of primitive monkeys??

[@masterBong1]

what’s special about a island full of primitive m0nk3ys (literally lol)?

[@facopse]

I'm rather surprised how many chances the tribe gave him to just leave.

[@NigerianCrusader]

cuZ THE TRIBE IS NICE ALSO ITS NOT A TRIBE ITS AN COUNTRY AND AN EMPIRE

[@thisisaname5589]

Don't give them credit. They murdered many people who wanted to leave and couldn't. Frankly, that island should be scourged of the evil creatures inhabiting it so sailors don't risk death if they're ever in trouble near the place.

[@pacer2310]

@thisisaname5589 you're acting like this is the age of sail and none had circumnavigated the globe

[@nonegone7170]

@@thisisaname5589 Oh shut up already, it's one of the last places on the planet where you can still find true indigenous humans. People should adhere to the damn exclusion zone!

[@IskandarTheWack]

They attacked him on the first time, he just got away, the second time even kids shot at him and he survived by chance. He died the next time

[@katyatheoaf]

He was not "well prepared." He managed to take two anthropology classes and still somehow came to the conclusion that he should go covert these people.

[@mibswashere]

its crazy what fundie brain rot can do to a person

[@Romans8-9]

@@mibswashere Your unregenerate heart clearly does not understand the point of the gospel. The gospel is to be preached even to those who reject it, even if it is met with hostility and being murdered. Jesus said, "if the world hates you, remember it hated me first."

[@bridgetgress]

@@Romans8-9I agree somewhat, but I also think God wants us to be prudent and not throw our lives away when there are plenty of people who need the Gospel. He was obviously not prepared to encounter these people, and he approached them with arrogance rather than humility.

[@edwarddavis6214]

He clearly doesn’t know Jesus but thinks he does😂😂😂😂

[@DogeickBateman]

@@Romans8-9No

[@advaith.t5861]

As a Hindu, The god who John believed saved him from death twice and he still did not get the sign. I don't understand what the need was to convert these people who were isolated for a very long time, and do not probably know what 'cast' is.

[@caffeinatedhypnos8048]

To be quite frank, the reason is because of the messiah complex some Christians have. They deem themselves "saviors" and believe it's their moral obligation to "save" others via conversion, which doesn't often end well. It's arrogant and insufferable, and for this poor man, it was fatal

[@hhere2stay]

@@caffeinatedhypnos8048 christians always try so hard to push their religion onto other people its annoying. They disguise it as "love" but its just pure delusion. I have nothing but respect for christians but not those who constantly try to insult and change my beliefs.

[@silentoccasion4359]

Even missionaries aren't this dumb to visit an island like this one. This tribe is one that has never been in contact with the outside world until recently. When archeologists visited the island, the people realized that diseases that are immune to them could easily kill their people. That's why they don't allow visitors. ​@caffeinatedhypnos8048

[@caffeinatedhypnos8048]

@@silentoccasion4359 Keep in mind, I said "some" Christians, not all. Some have too much of a savior complex and overlook things that prove fatal

[@silentoccasion4359]

@caffeinatedhypnos8048 true.

[@justinhamilton8647]

“He had nothing but love for the sentinelese people” This guy: these people are godless animals❤

[@tamtam21801]

Bro said satans last stronghold

[@justinhamilton8647]

@@tamtam21801 and we supposed to feel bad they killed him lol, dude’s gonna meet jesus at the pearly gates jesus gonna be like here’s your express ticket downstairs lucifer’s waiting😂😂

[@tamtam21801]

@@justinhamilton8647 Man had 2 chances

[@ReduckYT_]

John is literally the definition of “You are being rescued. Please do not resist”

[@yikes6929]

😂

[@Jameschau11]

Don’t disrespect John

[@taidordz]

@@Jameschau11you can tell from his notes that he thought he was entitled

[@Jameschau11]

@@taidordz For y’all to disrespect my uncle who was murdered by a bunch of savages is absolutely disgusting

[@frost8665]

@@Jameschau11do you have any other social media? I would like to chat

[@marcusgabriel8365]

The difference between Pandit and John is that one was there to simply study them with friendly and respectful gestures, and one was there to try to “save” and change them by ignoring and invading their boundaries

[@cristiantovar2336]

Yea that part is just pretty stupid, I get what they wanted to do, but come on turning it to a religious side of it is really reminiscent of colonizing

[@brockstieb3230]

Right?? This is literally an attempted micro colonization.

[@antoniocollie865]

@@cristiantovar2336 facts

[@ChatterboxFM]

To think that you’ll “save” natives who have made it very clear they want to be left alone is pure, uncut, hubris.

[@Jasper3346]

Just the part where he called the island "satans last stronghold" shows how ignorand he was about their culture (in my opinien)

[@charlesvanhorn53]

Apparently he didn't understand that the 1st arrow was a warning shot, so when he continued in his mission to witness, he was met with more arrows that hit their mark. Sad!

[@bororobo3805]

Bird shot, bird shot, buck shot

[@euphoria9119]

This man is the definition of fuck around and find out

[@Tn-qr1kb]

😂😂❤

[@Eidlones]

He was also risking wiping out the entire Sentinelese population. Part of the reason it's illegal to go near it, it for their own protection. Being so isolated, they don't don't have immunity to a lot of the diseases that people around the world do. He could have easily given them something which would rip through the population and kill them all.

[@doncorleone1553]

India should annex the Sentinelese and convert them to Hinduism

[@kawaibakaneko]

For all we know he did, we don't see a lot of them anymore

[@mnd7381]

​@@FakeFriendsForeverlike you deserve to have your f a m bu rn infront of you

[@FakeFriendsForever]

@@mnd7381 fuck the sentinels

[@tiffanyjoy4578]

@@FakeFriendsForeverjust like with his death

[@stormbringer9015]

Moral of the story: If people want to be left alone, leave them alone.

[@RPGmario64]

Except when it comes to whyte people. Whytes are not allowed to have a homeland!

[@ricardoquezada108]

Second moral: Know when to stop ffs

[@likeylewis9650]

​@@jakez5599 or you could just mind your business and leave them alone

[@ivandewolf2133]

@@jakez5599 what u talking about wiping them out? Just stay tf away from them mate

[@that_one_guy7037]

@@ivandewolf2133 No, people got lost and accidentally ended up there and these motherfuckers just kill instantly and wont let them leave. That tribe is selfish as fuck

[@BrooklynAvenue]

His father’s reaction nailed it.

[@kimiyoshi1818]

I am a devout Christian, so I believed that since God blessed you with a working mind, along with with knowledge and education you gained in your life, it is a GIVEN to use it. Guess somebody didn't receive the memo.

[@BellaFalk95]

In the bibel God prohibited Adam and Eve from eating the fruit of knowledge that would give humans wisdom. So God did not bless humans with a working mind. He wanted humans to mindlessly obey.

[@kimiyoshi1818]

@@BellaFalk95 actually it is the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, not the fruit of wisdom. In the first place, even before the fruit was eaten, Adam already has wisdom. How else can he name all the animals and other creatures? Not to mention, he has a responsibility to take care of the garden. How can a complete ignoramus take care of a garden? A simpleton could hardly take care of a single potted plant, let alone a vast garden. Also, following the single law in the garden is a choice, and they choose wrong.

[@tituslaird1265]

Imagine if Paul had your attitude, no one would have ever heard the Gospel beyond Jerusalem. Read your Bible until you reach Matthew 28, and then try to condemn what Chou did. You slander a brother, and a martyr no less. You should be utterly ashamed of yourself. Repent.

[@tituslaird1265]

Just like Paul who was one of the most educated men in Jerusalem, Chou used his education and knowledge for the Gosepl's sake. What have you used yours for? I hope you have done more with it than slander Christian martyrs.

[@kimiyoshi1818]

@@tituslaird1265 maybe learn the reality that the people in North Sentinel Island doesn't speak English or Hindi first before shouting at the top of my lungs about Jesus and the Gospel? Or consider that any contact with them may not caused with them killing me upon sight, but me killing them unknowingly by the diseases in my body that I am immune yet they are not? Or accept the numerous "obstacles" I faced as God telling me to reconsider my decisions, from stupidly lunging on an unknown island, of people whose culture, language or custom I have no knowledge of, and think for the last minute that I die there, would they really know the word of God or just see another outsider intruding their homeland? And also, they don't understand English, so no matter how I preach the gospel, I won't receive a response other than a spear in the face?

[@freddieari3592]

What more scary is the fact that they never retrieved Chau’s body. The fishermen who smuggled him to the Island said that they saw how the tribesmen dragged Chau’s corpse inside the jungle

[@retrozip]

Probably got eaten

[@arami187]

They turned him into Soup. 😳🍲

[@PonutsAreGreat]

@@retrozip Pretty sure most tribes are not cannibals, unless they are really desperate for food.

[@Vesdus]

@Ovis Militaris YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

[@egaglemaster6348]

​@@PonutsAreGreat why would they not be, its easy food

[@m.adenan3730]

kidnapping actual children with some adults, and then returning them alone to tell the most horrific tale they ever will tell probably played an important role towards their hostility

[@Wayoutthere]

That yes, but I was more horrified by the risk of importing foreign modern diseases to the tribesman..

[@scottwilly86]

@@Wayoutthere prob a huge reason they're so hostile. they realized anyone who contacted these outsiders brought disease back to the tribe

[@MHO999999]

It's like those smallpox blankets America gave its natives.

[@styxxalembers]

Exactly. That's why I can't specifically blame the people. They also see something flying in the sky, a most likely loud machine that is coming towards them, ect (and not forgetting about the people kidnapping Sentinelese two children). They would probably be hostile for also that reason. The Australian Indigenous (I'm making an example) killed 50 British colonists in protection, so they are not the only ones.

[@gamerstheater1187]

they got free stuff though

[@PsychoHell-uy2px]

He did this for the Fame and Status. As much as he wants to make himself seem like this Heroic figure, his actions were motivated by Greed and Selfishness, the same way any other social media "influencer" chases clout and Social status by posting attention seeking content for likes and views

[@abrahamjh5742]

I disapprove of this comment

[@renzotkac1236]

Bruh

[@ecstaticccs]

Wow you knew him

[@SadDrifter]

I’m an atheist but i honestly think that he was just extremely religious, risking your life 3 times and knowing that your probably going to die the third time yet still trying the third time is really stupid if he wanted fame and status, since the first 2 days already had a lot of things that would give him that. Also also do you even have any evidence?

[@lephinor2458]

It was obvious that he wanted to help the tribe to the point of risking his life.

[@greyLeicester]

The blind confidence and narcissism of a religious zealot... to think that he alone with the love of God would be able to win over these "savages"... A Yank with a saviour complex. His passing is a tragedy, but people need to understand we dont live in a fantasy world.

[@dal6984]

A Yank with a saviour complex is the most dangerous person in todays world. Just look at the mess they have created.

[@phillipsfamily27]

Blind confidence narcissism and a side of religion yumm yummy my favorite

[@detectoracehole940]

I know you're right those Islanders had too much narcissism and the only Justice too be had is to send the Navy seals to that Island what were they thinking that they can just kill someone one of us and it wouldn't be an act of war

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

No, it's hilarious!

[@Stefan.Neuhauser]

eeeeeehhh... not exactly whats going on. i mean this can be very well the chase. but theres also the chance that he and alot of other religious people feel themselfs to be inferior to god. in the sense that, psycologicaly seen, they themselfs, do not have any responsibilety whatsoever. because they are litteraly gods minions ackting out his will. they have fragmented schiziod personalitys. they posses no more acess to theyr own inner value and judgeing. for they have got it swoped out by an outside believe system that fitts to their liking, upbringing ect. because some people do convert whenever something finaly does happen to change in them... and then they mostly dont even get that far.

[@boringfish]

It's possible that the natives are incredibly hostile to outsiders because they already experienced a devastating epidemic correlating to an instance of contact with outsiders and now they believe us to be diseased or cursed. It makes a lot of sense honestly

[@ryangibson1901]

Lmao

[@Arqade420]

​@@ryangibson1901 this is no joke

[@yourealittlebitfat4344]

Huh funny, if i say that in Europe it's racist xD

[@scorchedearth4248]

Nah, they're just using their primitive instincts. It's why African tribe today are still fighting and killing each other.

[@sosmooth13]

Why are people in the comments so up in arms when stating this possibility? Mind you, it’s a VERY strong possibility since it’s happened on numerous occasions throughout history.

[@Vix584]

An arrow was blocked by his bible and instead of taking that as a sign that God is saying "I'm shielding you, GTFO!" He took it as "I'm doing to right thing and need to continue." What a smooth brain.

[@RandomEpicCake]

Bro if I was GOD and I protected this guy and he went BACK into the island, I would have went "womp womp" and then sent him to the void.

[@luvvamerist_155]

@@RandomEpicCakeokay now God would never say “womp womp” help me 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rykiz_Vidz]

​@@luvvamerist_155How do you know what God would say?

[@Rykiz_Vidz]

​@@RandomEpicCakeMakes me wonder if his family regrets teaching or pushing him into religion at a young age. Because this is what can happen when you do.

[@Warrioruk]

@@Rykiz_Vidz Probably they do regret it.

[@GamingatFullpower]

This tribe is so powerful that they managed to kill the cameraman

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

I thought forcing religion on people ended ages ago and was a pretty obvious bad idea, guess not

[@Tn-qr1kb]

It has never ended, what planet are u on?

[@BarnabyBaltimoron]

This kid absolutely knew where he was going and why it was dangerous. You don’t plan for a trip that long and have no idea. He also called it “satans last stronghold”

[@BarnabyBaltimoron]

This kid thought he was a character in the Bible, like he was Jeremiah or something.

[@jammybot2529]

@@BarnabyBaltimoron he thought he was the main character playing the final level 💀

[@TheMightyZwom]

He really should get a Darwin Award for his work, lol.

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

Agreed. He was an arrogant ass who like most Christians can’t learn to respect other religions or cultures and instead “had a calling” to force his beliefs on others who clearly did not want them. It’s funny how divided the community was on this with a lot of people thinking it was tragic until it came out this was a missionary trip with the sole goal of trying to force Christianity on “the savages” with the hope of “saving them”. Then it went from no longer tragic to his own damn fault.

[@nathanvarghese.]

I see many in the comment section not happy with him for trying to share the gosepl with the sentinelese people... Let me put it this way. You and 10 others are stranded in a desert. All of you'll are literally dying of thirst. Somehow you stumble across an oasis. After gulping the precious water what do you do? Run back and tell your dying friends right? Or would you be selfish and never go and tell them? And what if a friend thinks youre lying, wouldn't you attempt to drag him to the oasis even if it meant hurting his feelings?? That's what missionaries do. Christians believe they have found the creator of humans. He has a purpose for each human and died for every single human (including you). So if you believe in him and accept his free gift of salvation, you will spend eternity with him in heaven after death. I found this amazing news not by my own goodness... Not at all. One of the early church founder "Paul" described himself add the 'chief of sinners'. So it is not by our own virtue that we found Gods grace. We stumbled upon it and experienced it for ourselves and thus want to share it with the world... And ppl like this man and Jim Elliot are willing to even DIE just to share this good news. Not trying to spread a religion. These are not crazy people who are willing yo die just to add more followers to their religion. But they're doing it to share the good news of God, and salvation from sin that they have experienced themselves!

[@loonhauler]

Sounds like they have a fairly strict immigration policy.

[@Munchies2019]

Yup. It's almost as if allowing outsiders who seek to destroy your culture is a bad idea. If only that were applied to certain places I know.

[@keuron4674]

Lmfao bro that's the funniest thing I've seen all day

[@ststst981]

Sounds like they have a strong anti colonialism policy. If they were colonized they'd be worse off, subjectws to brutal savage violence of the white man, and their land sucked of all their resources. Just look at the horrific brutality of Belgium to the Congo

[@Theillive]

@@Munchies2019what culture is being actively destroyed and where? Genuinely asking for clarification!

[@hii8153]

​@@Theillivetheir culture, the tribe of indigenous people that killed the guy. The Culture that we do not know and will probably never know or understand.

[@aarongarcia2911]

Blows my mind that this is what he thought was good. Not giving to those in need, helping the hungry, sheltering the cold, the ones who truly need help. Instead he had a savior ego that he was saving those that didnt need saving.

[@CrosswaIk]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. He went back multiple times and survived, he was begging for death at that point. Clearly not familiar with parable of the drowning man

[@Ind0nesiannationalteamgoated]

I am also religious. but bro. calling an indigenous island as "Satan's last stronghold" is a whole other level

[@sitcomchristian6886]

I also disagree with his assessment - I think abortion mills are.

[@bruh1234lmao]

Seriously why can't people just let other people believe in their own beliefs?

[@kylehankins5988]

I would have thought the murder would be way more outrageous than any preconceived notions about the native population.

[@skyshofox]

He "brought Jesus to them people" the dumbest most man made masonic shit in existence fyi and he got bodied easily and naturally

[@skyshofox]

He really blamed God but when it went south now it's "Satan" the accuser which shows he didn't even understand the allegorical stories of the Bible. But lil bro tried to worship too idols. Either you been following God your whole life to this point. Or it's been "Satan" but you're dumbass can't pick and choose for convenience God said get bodied obviously

[@fayettevillain1171]

He referred to a basically near uncontacted tribe as "Satan's Last Stronghold", for all his knowledge he seemed to be quite ignorant. He also didn't care about the deaths of the other people who went to communicate with the Sentilenese. Chau was not well prepared.

[@anshuuu9708]

For Christians everything otherwise than their narrative is just Satan's Stronghold

[@djkid7427]

He’s saying that this tribe is the last tribe that needs Jesus

[@avanikale7083]

​@@djkid7427Why would THEY need jesus? I'm pretty sure they survived well all these years without jesus.

[@t4d0W]

@@djkid7427 lol the depths of arrogance from that guy. Considering there are other tribes like the Sentinelese who aren't as aggressive but choose to be isolated from the world (through various reasons) and for their sake, rational minded folks and even Christians who learned the from past know not to disturb their world and leave them be.

[@djkid7427]

@@t4d0W He was inspired by Jim Elliot which became friends with the Aucas which was a very isolated tribe like this in Ecuador so he thought he could do the same.

[@oldschoolsolarpower8077]

As a Christian, if Chau really wanted to do mission work, there are countless other places in the world that still need to hear the gospel. Going so out of your way to select North Sentinel Island after it has clearly been established that they do NOT WANT OUTSIDE CONTACT just seems like a dangerously novel stunt more than anything else. I’m not saying that they don’t need the gospel. I’m just saying that the North Sentinel people clearly don’t want it, while millions of others around the world do.

[@iSchmidty13]

It’s so insanely cool that the Sentinelese exist In 2024 there is still an uncontacted primitive human culture on Earth We can literally look with our own eyes thousands of years into our past by studying them, if we ever figure out a way to do so undetected

[@YeahForSure99]

The fact that the Sentinelese literally warned him multiple times is enough for me to know this guy was just asking to die.

[@anatolyburgovski]

Seriously. On top of that, if this guy wanted to take the religious mumbo jumbo seriously, the bible pages saved his life once, I think it should have been interpreted to him as not protection, but a warning.

[@stein857]

Lol even God tried to save him, he rejected God for his own pathetic ego

[@Hollylivengood]

Yes. These guys are always presented as antagonistic, but they always warn people before they do anything, and after all, it's not the Sentinelese who are invading someone else's home, it's other people antagonizing them. I got a kick out of the little kid who shot his bible. In one fell swoop, the kid said, "Look you, I could have shot you dead easily, but I chose not to. How 'bout you chose to leave while we are asking nicely." Pretty polite, when you think about it.

[@gregbors8364]

Now he’s with Ja-hay-zus. It was a win-win

[@MitchellWinning]

Maybe they more clued in that we thought, I’d be shooting the dude too if he wanted to bring those priest pedos to my kids

[@JessicaFolks-si1it]

The fact he survived twice an encounter with these people and said I don’t want to die and then went back a third time.

[@katylepetsos7512]

he is the epitome of the word "Dumbass"

[@AxleTrade]

Technology just gives imbeciles an even bigger platform to announce their stupidity.

[@Traydrill46]

three strikes

[@Historian12497]

3rd times the charm

[@vulfreyde]

The shot to the bible. He probably took it as a sign.

[@Ark09995]

Bro thought reading out genesis would immediately get him a 5 star rating from the sentinalese.

[@badmusicproducer_offical]

Also reading it in a luangauge they don’t understand, like if a creature started grunting at you, you would be confused

[@lanoche]

It was all about Ego, we all saw the letters assuming everybody did watch the video, the whole thing was about him rather than actually being there to change lives. He wanted to be that guy that either died "trying" to convert them or the guy that actually did get to convert them.

[@wonkydonk9073]

For those people they took from the island, that is 100% what it would feel like for one of us to be abducted by extra terrestrials. Crazy to think about.

[@sylvainprigent6234]

Not only that but the kids they brought back carried deadly diseases that are believed to have taken many lives. Those people don't have the same immunity to pathogens we have acquired a strong resistance force. This must have felt like a curse was brought upon them. No wonder they now don't want anything to do with anybody from outside the Island

[@lastblueride5]

we are pretty much the Aliens to these guys

[@hergyk6b]

especially the part when they put stuff in their butts

[@fmrscout33]

I had the same thought. They were taken to a place that would feel entirely alien to them. Sadly though, this has been the case throughout history. This is just the only recent example.

[@whatever66691]

Yes and that story was probably passed down from generation to generation on that island as being the worst thing that could ever happen to them… and they probably train every day to protect themselves from the next “alien invasion”. There’s no relationship to be made with these people - either leave them alone completely or conquer them completely and put up a 4 seasons resort there. There’s no in between

[@initialsleo2832]

The biggest mistake a person can make is to assume they’ll be the exception to the rule. If the native people are known to be violent towards intruders and basically the ONLY person to have peaceful relations with them spent decades slowly building goodwill before officially making contact….LEAVE THEM ALONE! I feel bad for John and his family, but his decision that he was somehow the chosen one whose grand plan was yelling at them about Jesus and immediately being welcomed as their savior was peak Darwin Award material. He had so many chances to walk away and survive, but he wasn’t taking the very obvious hints the universe was sending his way.

[@dwclifton11]

Not really, his biggest mistake is believing something false will keep you safe

[@NickTheBrrick]

He didn’t make a mistake, he knew the truth. “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭8‬:‭35‬-‭38‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

[@morbincentral3607]

Lol the universe giving him hints? What a dumb thing to say because Jesus is real buddy

[@randomless1840]

⁠it was his destiny, and if he truly believed in God, that means he went to heaven, so I’m happy for him because he wasn’t afraid, and who knows maybe he had a bigger impact on the tribe than we think, it sounds crazy but we don’t know..

[@subconciousego5517]

As a Christian, I think this guy is an idiot. You can’t preach to these people after a couple of days of illegally trespassing on their land.

[@TheAdaoo7]

That last tweet was so perfectly put

[@NyQuilDonut]

I appreciate your dedication to ending every sentence with "uhhhh..."

[@srizzyep1616]

"I was disappointed they didn't accept me right away" You know, with how "prepared" he was, you'd think he would have learned at some point that the only foreigner they've ever accepted took years upon years to gain that acceptance. Man fr thought the Bible was like a Disney FastPass to their trust...

[@anshum_kj]

@Son of Wessex only christians and muslims 🤣

[@anshum_kj]

@Son of Wessex hindus, jains, Buddhists, sikhs and taoism are the best

[@HowToChangeName]

Maybe he wants to full go Jesus, harmed and crucified

[@AK47_Aki]

Muslims don't evangelise.

[@anshum_kj]

@Joshua Brikinns Yeahh like? 😂 Like literally give one example to me throughout history

[@ishowasianheritage]

I've heard of this story before. They are very hostile and deadly whenever they see outsiders who are unfamiliar. Safe to say they will probably stay isolated for a long time.

[@This_Is_Something]

This story is literally everywhere. You can get it more in depth literally anywhere else.

[@PaganFears37]

​@@Dont_Read_My_Pictureok

[@brodieandshoot3681]

Won't be deadly when I drop naplam all over that island KABOOM

[@AJpenguin712]

our profile pictures are similar

[@ethansanchez6267]

​@@brodieandshoot3681 dam bro tf they do to you?

[@Lemon_Drums_USA]

It’s crazy to think how accurate the kid was. Dead shot to the arrow. I don’t even want to know how accurate their elite guards are

[@missScarlatine]

I like how everyone is like "they want to be left alone and I understand them."

[@Mediados]

These people make it VERY clear that they want to be left alone. So if you go there and die, it's your own fault.

[@kalui96]

Christian missionaries just cannot help themselves

[@higgsbonbon]

At the same time, why are we not allowed that same luxury?

[@dr.downvote]

@@higgsbonbon you are! All you need to do is pick a place, probably forest cuz there’s less people there and live your own life away from politics and internet. You just don’t want to do it is all. Freedom isn’t given, it should be taken.

[@higgsbonbon]

@@dr.downvote Every time people do that they're harrassed (and often murdered) by the feds.

[@HZP1991]

I'm catholic, and i'm not feeling sad about that dude.

[@zunjinn]

There is a joke that seems similar to the John story. There was going to be a big flood in small village, everyone was escaping, except one priest who sat silently on the church stairs. When people asked him why he's not going, he replied with "I trust God, He will spare me". Everyone just shruged and fled town. Several hours later a rescue boat appeared, swimmed to the priest who was now on the first floor of the church. The rescuers asked him to go with them but he replied with "I trust God, He will spare me". Rescuers tried to talk him out of it, but with no avail, so they went searching for other people. Several hours later the waters started to reach 3rd floor of the church, the rescuers swimmed again to the priest, asked him to go with them, but he again declined with "I trust God, He will spare me", so they went away. At night, the rescuers tried one more time, the water was so high the only visible thing around was the top of the church tower. Clinging to the cross at the top was the priest. Rescues swimmed to him, and begged him to come with them, because if he stay here, he will drown. The priest again declined with "I trust God, He will spare me". Rescuers swimmed away shaking thier heads. At midnight the priest fell asleep and fell into the water where he drown. At the heaven gates he asked St Peter "Why the God didn't spare me, I had all the trust in Him!" and St Peter replied "You moron, three times He sent the boat for you!"

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

i know this story, our priest tell this during the communion but there is one thing i like is that he said that if someone has a different beliefs or religion you should respect them and dont force them. Love your neighbor and respect them as they will do the same to you

[@Michael-Gianas]

Broo i get it omg it makes so much sense THAT WAS GOD HELPING HIM

[@ye4501]

@@joshuajoaquin5099 love in the bible also says to follow the commands of Jesus Christ and one of those commands is to spread the word of God. If you are hesitant to spread the word of God, do you truly follow Christ?

[@nadersaid2215]

@@ye4501 there’s multiple religion that believes in God should you spread only one or simply try to convert the supposed person to believe God?

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

@@ye4501 im a Catholic and i will never force anyone to convert, i respect the religion of the others. Trying to force others will make them think that our religion is no better. Like i said, i prefer to respect other belief and dont shove it down the throat. That's why i hate this thing on our religion. We lack respect to others

[@tushar8529]

"Jesus never fails" taken too seriously 😂😂😂😂

[@Lesposito25]

It’s crazy how animal we can be. It seems like when you see them you think “there’s no way they can think” or “there wild”, but no there us they just adapted to life on that island

[@ghostlychameleon6061]

This reminds me what happened after people climbed Mount Everest for the first time. A perfect definition of the phrase "Just because you can doesn't mean you should"

[@VG-fk6nk]

A lot of breakthroughs in science, which have helped or outright saved billions of lives, were done with the mentality "eh, I'll see if I can". You're using bad logic, is my point.

[@edschelchang6123]

I think this quote from Jurassic Park works better "They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to think if they should"

[@uhjeff3651]

This just reminds me that this is the true culture of black people if white people never got involved with them. Asians never wanted anything to do with them. I guess there's a reason why Asians have the highest intelligence score in all races.

[@zezom3341]

What happened?

[@nothanks5520]

that phrase made famous in the first Jurassic park.

[@PixelReaper]

His obsession with making an isolated tribe with 0 communication ability or respect to them feels borderline psychotic.

[@beanybeansable]

Thomas Baker

[@PWNINSWAGMASTER]

That’s a lie and you know it.

[@theoriginalman9426]

@@PWNINSWAGMASTER Bro what lol

[@protogensvisiontimelost254]

@@theoriginalman9426 its ironic to call him the psychotic one when he's the one who ended up getting killed, not the other way around.

[@Johannesburg_]

what are you saying? you're comment is unbelievably hard to read

[@charliepremostudios8869]

He really thought to himself "I could fix them"

[@Levely4234]

When I say colonialism and “manifest destiny” is rooted in western Christian practice, this is what I mean. Zeal can make you do so many illogical and unethical things, the desire to “spread the gospel” is inherently an invasion of their rights as people. It’s genuinely awful

[@kekedream]

Yes, excellent comment 👏🏾

[@negloblaxon7616]

White Supremacists would litve to remove them from their lands and say they came from Africa by way of a crash landed slave ship, which are conveniently on the island.

[@Fishpasta4]

It's almost like he believed speaking an unknown language, waving his arms around and repeatedly invading their land would somehow get them to all of a sudden convert to Christianity, start attending church and speak perfect English. Sometimes there's just no saving people when they get a bad idea stuck in their head.

[@rcarlson8203]

I think you forget how other tribes have been introduced to Christianity. The model here is well established and has worked hundreds of times throughout the past 2000 years.

[@ReigoVassal]

Honestly I still can't get over the language thing. Do he truly believe they understand English? Like in cartoon and movies?

[@friedkake1876]

@@rcarlson8203Christianity is the colonizers religion and has been used to gentrify and uproot many cultures.

[@psychedelicpunk5031]

@@ReigoVassal Yes. He was a very stupid American who thought the entire world is english, they just have to unlock it subconsciously. Its like going to a african american community and preaching about living by the law and working like the rest of the country, you will end up dead.

[@santivelosa513]

​@rcarlson8203 except for the killing, raping, and slavery

[@believeinmatter]

I remember reading about this story, the guy literally ignored every warning given to him, thought he knew better. Pretty insane

[@Dont_Read_My_Picture]

Don't read my name.!!....

[@einienj3281]

It's against the law to go there and the tribe warned them too..

[@believeinmatter]

@@Dont_Read_My_Picture try harder

[@king_vasuki2692]

Don't forget he believed he could turn them into Christians or alike, which is what occurred to the native americas, southern Americans, Africans and such, which did not end nicely, and is horrible to do.

[@1......Caesar......1]

​@@Dont_Read_My_Picture nobody asked about your existence

[@ambientobsession5298]

Did they really have no clue they’d be potentially sharing diseases that could take them out. So selfish.

[@desmond-hawkins]

He should have been reading about Daniel Everett, not that other missionary. Daniel Everett went to live with the isolated Pirahã tribe of the Amazon rainforest in the 70s. He ended up losing his faith after they questioned his beliefs, asking him simple questions like "but these miracles you're describing, did _you_ see any of them happen? do you even know _anyone_ who saw any of it?" and they were completely unconvinced by his baffling approach to just "have faith" in these fantastical stories.

[@BODEGAtrashofficial]

He had multiple opportunities to rethink his choices and ultimately, his ignorance and disrespect for the tribespeople got him killed. I feel for the family who lost a son and for his friends, but it is hard to feel sympathy for him when the signs were all there. I hope this deters any future idiots from attempting contact because if history has taught us anything, it is that the tribespeople want to be left alone and we should respect that.

[@OmkarG88]

God saved him twice yet he ignored the warning and went back the third time.

[@millenialmusings8451]

Religion does that to impressionable minds.

[@storm___]

anyone else who murdered people at random for just coming close to their land would be condemned and rightfully so. we give these people a pass for what reason? there should be no respect for such violent murderers

[@OmkarG88]

@@storm___ if the murderes are in a specific country then yes. This peace of land comes under no one's judisdiction. It's like going in a jungle and getting killed by a wild animal. Consider them as wild animals. When you know they have their own rules on their piece of land. Which we have no right to go on. Why on earth would we go to a specific region which we are not welcomed

[@storm___]

@@OmkarG88 lol wow you are calling humans wild animals. Thats rich. They can understand what killing people means. They are literally killing unarmed and non threatening people who are by themselves and severely outnumbered. They are just brutal and violent and should know better as humans. Also its under the jurisdiction of india which last i checked murder was against the law. We should not tolerate these people killing unarmed innocent people just because they floated to the wrong place. We should go to the island and prosecute them for their crimes. They literally kill obviously unarmed and unthreatening people. Ignorance of modernity isnt an excuse for murder. Theyve had family die on the island maybe even be killed and they know what the reprecussions are for that. They shouldnt be so eager to murder at random even people who are there by accident. Your argument allows for the various murders and human rights abuses in north korea because "its their piece of land". We have the capability to put a stop to these lunatics. We should

[@guts60]

Never ever underestimate a bow. The Sentinelese have simple bows, but they are still highly effective. The bows are very large, and thus can launch arrows with incredible force. One of those 2.5 meter long arrows can likely penetrate all the way through a person. And these people use bows as their primary weapon, other than spears, so they are highly skilled with using them.

[@derpyboi8591]

Literally any modernized army will steamroll the savages on the island, and their "simple bows" would be useless. Stop being dumb

[@fakhrianuar9264]

2.5 meter? Is that thing can still called arrow?

[@rax1899]

@@fakhrianuar9264 sounds like a spear to me

[@LethalByChoice]

@@rax1899 more like a speargun

[@LineOfThy]

avatar moment

[@stevenehrhardt4860]

All I see is a person blinded by faith doesn’t matter how intelligent he was or wasn’t.

[@666venus]

13:23 damn, that's so heartbreaking. There is so much that could've been different.

[@svby]

The anthropologist’s bit made my day, he was so dedicated to making contact for so many years and they ended up trusting him, then he retired and left them to themselves, I don’t know that’s just so wholesome

[@VG-fk6nk]

Sounds like the most pointless time-dump in history.

[@mheurtevent1]

I think the guy threatening to cut his heart out probably convinced him to retire honestly - 20+ years of offerings to be threatened? Yeah, I’m leaving them alone haha

[@scriptmore]

pretty sure he was forced to retire by the government and didnt choose to retire

[@siddharthakvr5154]

It's the ideology of Hinduism, live and let live. We are not obsessed about "the one true god" and all that nonsense...

[@russianmafia420]

avg hindu way vs avg Christian way

[@alexg1778]

Crazy how he believed God had given him a mission but didn't see the Bible stopping an arrow from piercing his chest as a sign from God that he should get out of there. I mean, I'm not religious but if a Bible saved me from an arrow I'd see that as a sign from up above to leave immediately.

[@DarthVader99.]

Was looking for this comment God told him to stop but he carried on

[@katrinek-lg2wz]

yeah. i appreciate his drive and that he wanted to help, but he wasn’t very smart and didn’t listen to God.

[@PotatoVoid255]

God has lost faith in John

[@SNP2082]

Maybe they fired the arrow into the book as a warning you know.

[@br0ken_107]

@@katrinek-lg2wz He wanted to help? I hope you are joking. He literally called the island "SATAN's last stronghold" he could have killed all of them if he came in contact with them due to them having no immunity to modern diseases as they have been isolated for a long long time. John was just an idiot trying to satisfy his ego.

[@kingeatking]

He reminds me of a fly that keeps trying to get to the blue light and eventually he finds it.........

[@Air_Serpent]

I refuse to believe he actually studies those classes. He probably either lied about it or it left his head as soon as finished the exam.

[@mrdavisdance]

I wonder where we would be as a society if we had more anthropoligists like the fellow in this video. He clearly loved what he did, he humanized what was considered a tribe od "savages", he sincerely earned their trust over years, and when he did what no one else has done, he retired. That's the proper way to study humans

[@justthisweeb]

probably a lot better than now.

[@Sodapop-rd5ku]

We call them "savages" but think of what everyone history was 100 years ago Humans are so weird

[@TestingTestTest-zr5jb]

Why you use quotes? They are savages lmfao

[@mossbergr]

they really aren’t savages lol, just humans like the rest of us

[@wertzupok1113]

fr

[@viciousyeen6644]

It’s hard to believe anyone would be willing to invest the time and money to travel there without reading (or believing in) anything about how the people there don’t want visitors and are killing visitors

[@miastrong151]

I believe that they are nosy and self-serving people. The island is not for them. Not every piece of grass is every person’s home. Fish don’t belong on land, and none of us belong on North Sentinal. People can say that their travels are for anything else, but it is pure selfishness.

[@johnassal5838]

But Jesus said. apparently.

[@elpenguinoofmexico1388]

he thought he was "that guy"

[@USNEM]

Bro, people voluntarily travel to NORTH KOREA. People are dumb as fuck.

[@mhaas281]

pretty sure he did all that and was well aware of the dangers.

[@Jordysegs89]

If a stranger shows up on your property unannounced and starts making a bunch of strange sounds, it’s not like you’re going to roll out a welcome mat

[@Adamslifesentence]

Why people feel their personal view should somehow be forced upon others is completely beyond me. It's a contradiction of ones own faith.

[@TH-zl6jz]

There is something to be said that the 'Sentinelese' are named in English. There are plenty of island tribes in the area that have shared their names. The Sentinelese are so guarded we don't even know what they call themselves.

[@kaigamingandshorts]

They call themselves 'HUMAAAUAAHAKA'

[@mrwhite2039]

Who cares. Thar are A holes

[@Stephanie-mv9iy]

​@ironv8121 they probably say something similar to that. The first words of all people, rhythmic grunts and noises.

[@monsteranimation3497]

@@Stephanie-mv9iy, so your an expert in isolated tribal academics and knowledge of tribal verbal communication

[@Stephanie-mv9iy]

@@monsteranimation3497 did I say that?

[@KP-ol3tc]

To be blunt, this dude's ego got him killed. Intention is shut down when you believe that you're more special than anyone who's attempted this type of situation before.

[@jordanmorris5827]

America should turn this savage island into a second Hiroshima

[@Heike--]

It's disgusting that they didn't open their hearts to immigrants. That is just straight up racist. It's the kind of reaction that racist Alabama rednecks would have to people who look different from them.

[@rachelchung3314]

@@Heike-- would love to hear your thoughts on a stranger randomly bursting into your home uninvited and unexpected with two fish-o-filets burgers and randomly screaming to accept their religion!

[@Heike--]

@@rachelchung3314 Nobody burst into anyone's home. It's an island, it's part of a country. A bunch of racist hillbillies reacting with violence towards immigrants is primitive behavior. The kind of behavior that we alter with teaching 5 year olds in kindergarten.

[@Personontheinternet4598]

@@jordanmorris5827why are so many people wishing for violence

[@dipakpatel2861]

The thing is he cracked what most people haven’t, he could of turned around and moved on to the next adventure but he decided to go back and let Jesus decide his own fate. Maybe he thought he can do a air b&b for the night with the sentinel tribe and return home.

[@MsM-ld7hh]

The absolute arrogance. No sympathy. None.

[@Mrcoldy1988]

I hate when somebody dont understand such simple words: "Leave us alone". They dont want gifts, friendship, Jesus, love or anything from you. THEY JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE.

[@icyhotbubblez3093]

FACTS 😭RIGHT LIKE IM SUPER INTETESTED IN THIS TRIBE BUT IF THEY WANNA BE LEFT ALONE THATS THAT 😭

[@T3n50r]

Ye, the entire rest of the world is yours to explore except for this and a handful other places where there's literally nothing of interest. Just leave them tf alone, they're running around with wooden bows wanting to be left alone.

[@alsimmons1650]

We're on the colonizers brain 24/7/365 your typical inferiority complex so they can't and won't leave us alone in peace.

[@black_skies650]

😂😂rightt

[@MikeMan001]

They need jesus , everyone does

[@Maverick14444]

One thing vaguely mentioned by Sunny and often theorized by many specialists concerns the 1880 British expedition (when they had the brilliant idea of abducting the children and the couple). I, like many others, believe that this was a breaking point in establishing friendly and lasting contact with them. But why? In addition to the whole incident of kidnapping kids (which is already very bad), they brought them back to the island apparently very sick. Just like the natives in the Americas during their first contact with the West, it was an epidemiological disaster. Unknown diseases, to which the natives had no antibodies, massively killed them. Unfortunately, the sentinel kids may have transmitted and created a huge epidemic on the island. I suppose that, for generations, the Sentinelese pass down the belief of a curse brought by strangers from outside the island. You can see them burying many of the outsiders' gifts as a reminder of the last time these gifts brought them diseases. Even though the anthropologist in the 90s did manage to establish some form of contact with them, it was only possible because of the 20-25 years of regularly bringing them supplies. And even then, some of them threatened him. Unfortunately, I think it is culturally accepted among them that the outside world is dangerous and that people will try to kill or hurt them...

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

Very Interesting Theory.

[@Maverick14444]

@@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 yeah indeed, of course nothing certain about it but quiet possible for many reasons.

[@mrcritical6751]

Makes you really wonder what would have happened if the 1800’s expedition didn’t kidnap the kids? I’m not saying we’d have a perfect relationship with them, for all accounts it seems even before the kidnapping they were hostile towards outsiders but maybe they’d be less aggressive towards random passer-by’s and people who end up there accidentally, hell maybe they’d build boats and see where the people beyond the island come from because in that timeline they wouldn’t have the mind set of “bad stuff happens to people who leave the island”

[@Maverick14444]

@@mrcritical6751 Exactly, quite an interesting idea to consider if things worked differently. However, now the island is heavily protected, and I don't think they will ever leave on their own to meet us or explore the world. It's sad, but in a way, I like to imagine that they may be happy with their way of life.

[@dar4061]

That's a rather complicated theory compared to the more obvious answer.. They're still living in a tribal community. IF you hear hooves coming at you.. You think it's a horse.. Not a zebra. Why choose the more complicated answer when the simple answer is the more obvious and logical answer. They're still living in a tribal mentality so they fight off invaders.. That's literally the answer. Theirs plenty of cases all over the world of this tribal mentality still being prevelant.. Now you're not trying to argue that the English took over every bloody tribe in the world and now universally all these tribes hate white people are you? Because that's hearing hooves and thinking it's a zebra.

[@cottonperson552]

“But was mainly disappointed the didn’t accept me right away.” DUH what was the boy thinking smh 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@stevenscummy1458]

I wish I could use a cheat code to teleport there invisible and also understand what they're saying so I could know what they talk about, what they think of the outside world, etc

[@poboxchristmas380]

I have a theory that after close contact with Pandit's crew, some of the tribe died. Sentinelese would be VERY vulnerable to any outside bacteria, viruses, etc. This would explain why they were friendly and then went back to being hostile.

[@hugmynutus]

Meet a man, people fall sick, then blame that man. Makes sense.

[@HCMCDrives]

That makes a lot of sense.

[@TheDaniela3112]

I don’t get why these anthropologists never put on an effort to wear a mask to protect the communities they visit

[@erenkushikuto921]

That sounds like a pretty good theory, it would explain why they don’t want anyone else there

[@meme._.mensch]

@@TheDaniela3112 They will probably think them as an another creature .

[@SomeRandodude222]

I have heard about this story before. There’s a reason why some things are off limits.

[@eadweard.]

You'd need to be more specific really.

[@ricniks4619]

Ikr idk what this guy was expecting going to a island where it's been historically documented that the people there kill any outsiders on sight with no warning.

[@Dont_Read_My_Picture]

Don't read my name!,,

[@Westcoast3d2a]

Of all the stories he had to cover the one that has 20+ videos out on it already..

[@albertfingernoodle3619]

Just bring a military squad to eliminate em

[@artistnaveennanda3339]

I'm from India this sentinel people are last symbol of our ancestors to stay there we should never disturb to them 😊❤❤❤

[@Collielord]

The mentality that comes from being a part of a cult is so wild, literally died fucking with something he shouldn't because he thought he was the main character

[@Endrgamr262]

Good to know I’m not the only one that views religion or just Christianity as a comically large cult

[@jordanp7927]

Not a cult. A relationship

[@phillipsfamily27]

​@@jordanp7927 with who? Sky daddy

[@sunny-is-not-real]

I cannot believe he assumed they would ‘accept him immediately.’ Why would he think that? What have we learned about this island? It seems entitled… it wasn’t the best decision, though I’m so sorry for his family’s loss.

[@akira-hr4tv]

When you are 100% convinced that the creator of the universe has chosen you to be the first person to spread the word of Jesus to them, why wouldn't God enact a miracle to make them understand? If it didn't work the first time then Maybe this is a test from God. If you die the 3rd time then that was all part of gods plan. The creator of the universe would want the word spread under any and all circumstances

[@EricWulfe]

​@@akira-hr4tv so, in order for a missionary to be successful, there have to be sacrifices, is that it?

[@akira-hr4tv]

@@EricWulfe it really depends on who you ask. when people are that deep into religion their decisions will always be justified to themselves as gods will or something god wants. There are plenty of other people this guy could have reached out to safely but he believed that he was chosen to help these people specifically. When it comes to the idea of sacrifice some it's kind of believed that you are to sacrifice everything for God. To do anything for yourself is selfish. I personally don't believe these things but it is what's taught.

[@akira-hr4tv]

@@EricWulfe this guy could have reached out to many people safely. I don't think his life (through death) needed to be sacrificed but as a missionary it is expected that he dedicate his life (sacrifice) to spreading the word of God. It really does depend on who you ask.

[@livetochange974]

​@@akira-hr4tv religious indoctrination and delusion is very scary to see in act

[@astronpk]

Prof. Pandit and team managed to contact them mainly because of a female member of their team. The sentinelese people were not provocative towards the female member of the crew. Despite US request, the person's body was not recovered. It was difficult to connect with the sentinelese people because of their hostile behaviour towards outsiders. Throughout history, these people were very clear about that they don't want to connect with outside people. The island is part of India and no one is allowed to be in contact with the sentinelese people. The area is guarded by the Indian navy. Let them live. They are not immune to our world diseases.

[@busypandey]

Dont give them ideas . These lunatics missionaries will come illegally with hooter babes now!!

[@oneshinyboi3083]

@@darnelljackson2160 Why in the world should we do that

[@Marc-lx2ni]

@@darnelljackson2160 WTF? Why?

[@arvt_]

@@darnelljackson2160 i really hope this is satire

[@fifofafo3999]

Just nuke em

[@random.videos007]

JeSuS gAvE mE aUtHoRiTy 😂😂😂

[@corytom4328]

On good earth you can see where he came to the island SW cove. Only cove with a narrow opening in that area. And you can see paths used by the tribe that start at a narrow beach then into the vegetated area.