FILE PHOTO: A Sentinel tribal man aims with his bow and arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter as it flies over the island for a survey of the damage caused by the tsunami in India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, December 28, 2004. REUTERS/Indian Coast Guard/Handout
NOVEMBER 21st 2018
By Patryk Krych | The World Daily
An Adventurer’s End in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
A young American by the age of 26, named Allen Chau, had reportedly been killed whilst on an illegal visit to the well-known and feared North Sentinel Island, of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. He was a relatively known evangelist, as well as a traveller, and hoped to introduce some of the locals of the islands to Jesus and his teachings.
His death had been confirmed by police on Wednesday. The tribe that inhabit the island are known to be isolated, and no civilians are allowed entry on the island. There have been incident involving death on the island on other occasions, but bodies hadn’t ever been retrieved, due to the dangers of approaching the island.
Back in 2006, 2 other victims -fishermen- had also died on the island, their bodies never recovered. An Indian Coast Guard helicopter was sent, but it was forced to retreat from the island after having been pelted by arrows from the community residing on the island.
The Sentinelese community, believed to be the last pre-Neolithic tribe in the world, are the island’s inhabitants, and are known to be dangerously territorial. The island is out of bounds for visitors, but that hadn’t stopped Chau from making an attempt to try and establish possible friendship and communication with the hunter/gatherer tribe.
According to the director general of police in Andaman and Nicobar; Dependra Pathak, who had spoken to Reuters, Chau was killed after being illegally ferried to the island by fishermen. The fisherman had been placed under arrest, it’s also been stated.
“A murder case has been registered against unknown persons,” Pathak said, what with the difficulty surrounding the situation. Whilst the case is indeed being treated as murder, not much can be done about it at the moment, nor can a killer be identified. The most that can be hoped for is that a body will be retrieved.
A little had been discovered about Chau from his travel blogs, in one of which he’d stated that one of his greatest desires and ambitions for an adventure was “Going back to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India,” and In another, tying in to his interests in visiting, he’d mentioned that “I definitely get my inspiration for life from Jesus.”
It was revealed by some of his other social media that he had travelled around quite a lot, having visited India on many occasions over the course of the last few years, preaching in some and spreading the word of Jesus. Travelling and showing others the love he came to understand through the religious figure was highly important to Chau.
A consulate spokeswoman said in an email that; “We are aware of reports concerning a US citizen in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,” though she hadn’t given any further details past this. According to the police, they started their investigations on Tuesday, following a missing persons concern from the United States consulate spokeswoman.
Pathak reported as such; that on November 15th, Chau had successfully made contact with the tribe, but had later returned to the boat. On the 16th, he’d sent the fishermen away, telling them that he would not be returning with them, giving them a written message along with a collection of notes to pass on to his friend.
A source with access to the notes had quoted some of the writing; “I have been so nice to them, why are they so angry and so aggressive?” which further went on to tell that whilst some of the tribes people were kind to him, others could not get over their aggression towards him.
The source went on, stating that Chau was merely “doing this to establish the kingdom of Jesus on the island...Do not blame the natives if I am killed.”
By Patryk Krych | The World Daily
