The Most Controversial Places That You Can’t Get Into

Hostility Towards Outsiders

For years, researchers have tried to make contact. Each time, they are met with anger, yelling, and spears. The Sentinelese people have killed many outsiders, most recently of missionary John Chau, who decided to try and enter the island on a mission trip. As usual, the tribe attacked and murdered him on the spot.

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