The Body of John Allen Chau, the American missionary who was killed when he went to
North Sentinel island, is still buried on the beach somewhere.
And now, the indian authorities are having a really hard time retrieving his body.
Like I get that this really sucks for Chau’s family and friends, but is it even worth retrieving
his body from the island if it means putting authorities in danger?
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The world is still shocked by the story of John Allen Chau, the American missionary who
was killed by the tribe on North Sentinel Island.
The Sentinelese are one of the last, if not the last pre Neolithic tribes on earth.
They live on North Sentinel Island, the most isolated island on earth, and they have done
so for tens of thousands of years.
We don’t know a lot about them but its believed that they migrated to north sentinel from
Africa around 50 thousand years ago.
The island is not only isolated because it’s illegal to go within 3 nautical miles of the
island, its also because the Sentinelese do not want anything to do with the modern world,
and they will kill anyone who sets foot on their island.
When John Allen Chau heard about the tribe, he made hit his mission to try to live among
them, and to convert the tribe to Christianity.
He was convinced that he would be able to win the tribe over, and he tried to go there.
It was the 3rd time John Allen Chau had visited the island.
The last time, an arrow narrowly missed him, and hit the bible he was holding in his hand.
He took this as a sign and returned to the island, once again.
Unfortunately, on November 17th, john allen chau was killed by a bow and arrow shot by
one of the tribespeople on North Sentinel Island.
According to local fisherman, they put a rope around his neck, dragged his body, and buried
him in the sand.
One thing we did not cover in our previous video, is that john allen chau did not act
alone.
He was sent by an organization called All Nations.
It’s a Missouri based group that supported him in his quote, lifes calling, instead of
preventing him from going on this suicide mission.
Its still uncertain where the John Allen Chau’s body is.
With the help of fisherman who witnessed what happened to john, they have mapped the area.
They have conducted an aeriel survey and two boat visits.
They have a general idea of where his body could be, but they need access to the beach,
and time, in order to get to it.
Police approached the island on Saturday, and their boat was around 400 meters off shore.
They used binoculars to look at the shoreline, but they ended up having to retreat because
they saw the Sentinelese lining up with bows and arrows.
Back in 2006, the sentinelese killed two indian crab fisherman who washed up on the shore
of the island.
A week later, they dug up the bodies and hung them on bamboo poles facing the ocean.
This is a clear message, it means, stay the hell away or you will end up like these guys.
The bodies of these fisherman were never retrieved, and their deaths were never investigated.
Not only has john allen chau’s mission put him in danger, it now seems that the people
trying to retrieve his body are also in danger, and the tribe themselves.
According to Anthropologists, attempts to remove the body pose an existential threat
to the endangered tribe that killed him.
Many experts say that authorities shouldn’t bother retrieving the body.
After all, he made illegal visits to the island.
In his diary, john allen chau specifically wrote ‘please do not be angry at them or
at god If I get killed.
He also wrote, don’t retrieve my body.
And going to the island to retrieve the body is also violating the tribes wish to be left
alone.
Authorities have no way of communicating with this tribe.
They cant tell them that all we want is to remove the body.
We don’t know their language, their history or their culture.
They are also extremely vulnerable to outside disease.
What do you think guys, should john allen chau’s body be recovered?
Let me know in those comments.
But on behalf of IO, our hearts go out to John Allen Chau’s family and friends during
this difficult time.
For now I’m going to respond to some comments from our last video on this story.
Sweetkiwi - #introvert problems.
I mean, when I’m being an introvert I also feel like I want to shoot people with arrows
so I get it.
Jim Paul Adams – I’m not sure if this was the same island but the same thing happened
to other missionaries back in the 1960’s or 70s.
I think it probably was the same island.
Missionaries have gone to north sentinel before and the tribe has resisted conversion.
Christian Silva – I’m going to go there and drop hundreds of pizzas from a plane because
I don’t think the tribe has ever experienced happiness.
I mean pizza does not always equal happiness but I see your point.
Levar hollis – just found this channel…awesome…love your raspy voice too.
It is not always raspy but welcome to IO. Brett West – You are my favourite youtuber
I get all my news from you thanks.
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