Influencers usually do silly things. Sometimes they do dumb things.
And then sometimes they do suicidally idiotic things:
Social media influencers pose a 'new and increasing threat' for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in an apparent attempt to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe, filming his visit and leaving a can of coke and a coconut on the shore.
Rolling onto an island of homicidal tribesmen like:
Seriously — the "Sentinelese," the ancient inhabitants of North Sentinel Island, are known to be at times violent and even murderous toward visitors. They have had "minimal contact with outsiders and [have] usually been hostile to those who approach or land on the island."
In 2006 the tribe killed two fishermen who had drifted too close to the island, while in 2018 they murdered Christian missionary John Allen Chau, who had come to the island to spread the Gospel:
He attempted to sing worship songs to them, and spoke to them in Xhosa, after which they often fell silent, while other attempts to communicate ended with them bursting into laughter. ... Eventually, according to Chau's last letter, when he tried to hand over fish and gifts, a boy shot a metal-headed arrow that pierced the Bible he was holding in front of his chest, after which he retreated again.
On his final visit, on 17 November, Chau instructed the fishermen to leave without him. The fishermen later saw the islanders dragging Chau's body, and the next day they saw his body on the shore.
So I'm kinda dubious that this guy, of all people, would have any luck in facing off against a tribe of killers:
To be sure, it looks like this guy likes to invade these types of places as part of his influencer brand:
The genius allegedly "blew a whistle off the shore of the island in a bid to attract the attention of the tribe for about an hour" before leaving his weird gifts, recording a video, and dipping out.
Sounds like he might be in a little trouble over there in India:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands' police chief HGS Dhaliwal told news agency AFP that 'an American citizen' had been presented before the local court and was remanded for three days for 'further interrogation.'
I'd say the dude got off lucky all things considered!
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