Is called Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov And it’s not exactly a genius. In order to make numbers on his YouTube channel, this time he did not take a selfie on the edge of a precipice (perhaps in the past yes, given that his channel focuses on extreme travels), nor has he swallowed pounds of food in an unlikely challenge.
Worse: this 24 -year -old Youtuber had the amazing idea of going onNorth sentinel islandin the Golfo del Bengala, e to visit – with a diet coke and a coconut walnut – to the indigenous tribe known as the Sentinelesegroup among the last in the world to remain completely uncontaminated by modern civilization and which lives in total insulation, rejecting any contact with the outside.
An unconscious decision, therefore, that cost him thearrest.
According to reports from the Indian authorities, after having stayed in Port Blair, capital of the Andamanian archipelago and nicobar, Polyakov North Sentinel would be sailed on March 29, about 40 kilometers away. When he set foot on the island, the genius would have placed a can of Diet coke And a coconut“Gifts” – according to him – to be immortalized with his GoPro, and would have even blown a whistle to attract attention.
Some fishermen sighted him and immediately warned the police, who ran to arrest him.
Why is this such a big problem?
The island of North Sentinel is the home of the Sentinelese, a tribe that is believed to have between 100 and 300 people. They live in complete isolation and are known to resist ferociously in any contact with strangers.
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The island has been a protected tribal reserve since 1956 and the Indian government has made access to less than three nautical miles from the island illegal.
Health experts say the tribe has no immunity to modern diseases. Even something small like a cold could be fatal for them. That’s why visits like this are so dangerous, not only for the person who enters, but for the entire tribe.
It is incredible that someone may be so reckless and idiotic. The actions of this person not only endangered his life, but they also put the life of the entire Sentinelese tribe at risk, he leaves Carolina Pearce, of Survival International.
Polyakov was arrested on Sunday and brought to court. It is now in pre -trial detention for interrogation.
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