American killed by tribe in India

Frank Bullitt · 21-11-2018 08:08PM #1

Sounds like a nasty enough way to go.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46286215

Local media have reported that Chau may have wanted to meet the tribe to preach Christianity to them.

I hope this isn't true, would be pretty tragic if that was why he was going to the island.

Feisar · 21-11-2018 08:11PM

Watched a youtube vid on them last night.

Bloody idiot, they are known to kill outsiders on sight.

Frank Bullitt · 21-11-2018 08:13PM

The fishermen who brought him to the island have been arrested. His body was just left on the beach as well.

Zaph · 21-11-2018 08:14PM

Why the fcuk did he think that those people needed to hear about Jesus? This isn't the 19th century where missionaries went out to tame the savages and spread a bit of Godliness while they were at it. Those people have been cut off from the rest of the world, probably since long before Christianity ever existed, they weren't bothering anyone so he should have respected their right not to be bothered in return. I'm not saying that he deserved to be killed for what he was doing, but when the Indian government makes contacting the islanders a criminal offence it's for a reason, so he really has nobody to blame but himself. I just hope he didn't give them some disease that they have no immunity against, that would be equally tragic.

TheValeyard · 21-11-2018 08:15PM

"Dont go to the island they will kill you"

*goes to the island*

I'm shocked. Shocked they killed him.......if only there was some warning....

Atoms for Peace · 21-11-2018 08:16PM

Good on them.

Ten of Swords · 21-11-2018 08:16PM

Aside from the obvious dangers of hostility there is a real danger of an 'outsider' accidentally transmitting something viral that they would have no immunity to. If there are so few of them they must have a pretty fragile ecosystem on the island.

Ipso · 21-11-2018 08:17PM

He'll get his reward in heaven.

smelly sock · 21-11-2018 08:18PM

Gintonious wrote: »

Sounds like a nasty enough way to go.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46286215

I hope this isn't true, would be pretty tragic if that was why he was going to the island.

The island should be bombed. Wiped out. Evil people.

Feisar · 21-11-2018 08:19PM

Reminds me of the two idiots that went cycling in Tajikistan that were killed by ISIS.

Frank Bullitt · 21-11-2018 08:19PM

"He tried to reach the Sentinel island on November 14 but could not make it. Two days later he went well prepared. He left the dingy midway and took a canoe all by himself to the island," a source told news agency AFP. "He was attacked by arrows but he continued walking.

As tragic as his death is, its also sound more and more bizarre.

They are searching for his body but no sign, they can't land on the island because of the tribe being so hostile.

Wibbs · 21-11-2018 08:20PM

Fundamentalist Christian wins Darwin Award. What a deluded fool.

Those particular Andaman islanders have been isolated for centuries. Throughout that region other groups have contacted and then avoided outsiders for a very very long time. They represent a very early group of Africans that migrated from there into the rest of the world. They even still look like African folks.

Frank Bullitt · 21-11-2018 08:20PM

smelly sock wrote: »

The island should be bombed. Wiped out. Evil people.

duploelabs · 21-11-2018 08:21PM

Gintonious wrote: »

Sounds like a nasty enough way to go.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46286215

I hope this isn't true, would be pretty tragic if that was why he was going to the island.

Many many people have been killed trying to contact the tribe.

He was warned personally not to approach the island.

Ironic that he went to preach Christianity, yet was killed by Darwinism

LirW · 21-11-2018 08:22PM

Afaik there's a no-go radius around this island, a few kilometres.
It's a fascinating tribe when you read up about the very few encounters they had with the outside world - they're not particularly welcoming and one of the few contactless tribes that are still around.

So yeah, hard to feel sorry for that guy.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 21-11-2018 08:23PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Fundamentalist Christian wins Darwin Award. What a deluded fool.

Those particular Andaman islanders have been isolated for centuries. Throughout that region other groups have contacted and then avoided outsiders for a very very long time. They represent a very early group of Africans that migrated from there into the rest of the world. They even still look like African folks.

How did the photographer not die :eek:

gctest50 · 21-11-2018 08:23PM

I hope they didn't catch anything off the cnut when they were killling him

It could wipe out the whole lot of them

Noveight · 21-11-2018 08:24PM

If only he had a gun...

Wibbs · 21-11-2018 08:24PM

smelly sock wrote: »

The island should be bombed. Wiped out. Evil people.

Wut nonsense is this? They have made it abundantly clear for many decades they want to be left alone. The government of the region respects that wish and makes it illegal to contact them. Once or twice they have been friendly to passing fishermen so long as they didn't step onto their land. Moron goes to convert them into a culture nor religion they want to have anything to do with, a moron that could kill them with a sneeze and they kill him. Sounds like a pretty good basis for self defence to me.

smelly sock · 21-11-2018 08:24PM

Gintonious wrote: »

Its shocking though. If some idiot knocks on my door looking to sell some ****e im not permitted to kill them because i dont want contact with them.

Police should possibly get involved.

Ipso · 21-11-2018 08:25PM

If only god had more than one son, then there would be no need for missionaries.

Feisar · 21-11-2018 08:25PM

Veronica Cold Frame wrote: »

How did the photographer not die :eek:

I'd say it was one of those jobs Attenborough would be using, about a mile away.

cdeb · 21-11-2018 08:26PM

Feisar wrote: »

Reminds me of the two idiots that went cycling in Tajikistan that were killed by ISIS.

Yes, I can see how it reminded you of that given there's no similarities whatsoever.

TheValeyard · 21-11-2018 08:26PM

Veronica Cold Frame wrote: »

How did the photographer not die :eek:

Zoooooooooooom lense.

troyzer · 21-11-2018 08:26PM

They've killed someone before and I remember reading that the government decided that basically no laws apply there and they couldn't be prosecuted.

Feisar · 21-11-2018 08:28PM

cdeb wrote: »

Yes, I can see how it reminded you of that given there's no similarities whatsoever.

To me they are very similar.

Idiots going somewhere they had no business going to.

Wibbs · 21-11-2018 08:28PM

Veronica Cold Frame wrote: »

How did the photographer not die :eek:

Different tribe. They're an odd bunch of cultures as far as anything novel in their environment goes. An extreme case of "not invented here" going on. For most of the history of the colonisation of the islands by outsiders, most of the tribes stayed away and isolated. Every so often for no apparent reason one of these tribes would emerge from the bush and engage with the foreigners. Sometimes for years, but then they often for no apparent reason, just melt back into the bush en masse overnight. Interestingly, though they never domesticated the dog, they have no fear of them. Doesn't sound so interesting, but then we're used to dogs. If you'd never seen one you'd see it as an obvious predator and likely stay the hell away.

cdeb · 21-11-2018 08:30PM

LirW wrote: »

one of the few contactless tribes that are still around.

Uncontacted.

Unless you're saying they're going around tapping debit cards at people.

cdeb · 21-11-2018 08:31PM

Feisar wrote: »

To me they are very similar.

Idiots going somewhere they had no business going to.

Why would you have no business going to Tajikistan?

Fairly ignorant comment tbh.

21-11-2018 08:34PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Different tribe. They're an odd bunch of cultures as far as anything novel in their environment goes. An extreme case of "not invented here" going on. For most of the history of the colonisation of the islands by outsiders, most of the tribes stayed away and isolated. Every so often for no apparent reason one of these tribes would emerge from the bush and engage with the foreigners. Sometimes for years, but then they often for no apparent reason, just melt back into the bush en masse overnight. Interestingly, though they never domesticated the dog, they have no fear of them. Doesn't sound so interesting, but then we're used to dogs. If you'd never seen one you'd see it as an obvious predator and likely stay the hell away.

How do we know they never domesticated dogs? I'm always extremely sceptical when it come to the *ahem* soft sciences.

rainbowtrout · 21-11-2018 08:34PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Its shocking though. If some idiot knocks on my door looking to sell some ****e im not permitted to kill them because i dont want contact with them.

Police should possibly get involved.

No, it really isn't. Someone knocking on your door selling crap isn't going to kill you because you are largely immune to the same things as they are. This tribe do not have immunity to illnesses we largely see as trivial.

Also, it is illegal in India to contact them, so it makes it wildly different from a randomer knocking on your door. This guy knew that, and still went there like an idiot. This is all of his own doing. The tribe don't want contact from the rest of the world and they are protecting themselves.

American killed by tribe in India

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