The American tourist arrested for leaving a canon of diet coke on a remote island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a 24 -year -old YouTuber known for his thrilling material.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov traveled nine hours to reach the North Sentinel Island for one of the most isolated tribes in the world. It is forbidden to travel within three miles (5 km) of Indian or foreign, island, to protect people from external diseases and to maintain their way of life.
They are known for being hostile to strangers and have no contact with the outside world. Earlier, people tried to enter the island, but were killed by the tribe. The last person going to the island was an American Christian missionary, John Allen Chow, but was killed after landing on the island.
Shri Polykov tried to attract the attention of the Swadeshi tribe by quitting a whistle on the island and leaving a coconut as a tribute to the diet coke and coconut.
According to the police, after reaching the northeastern coast of YouTuber Island, he used telescope to spot the tribe with his boat. He tried various ways in the hope of spotting the tribe and hoping to attract their attention, but no one appeared.
He was waiting for an hour, finally gave up defeat and left the place after making a video on the beach. Local fishermen saw him on his return and informed him to the authorities. The video recovered by the police later caught him, saying, “I landed here. I am a single traveler. No one has landed here before. It is opposed to it. Nobody has done so before.”
This was not the first time he p for the way to reach the Sentinel tribe. He planned to visit the island in October 2024, but was stopped before the hotel staff left.
Later, he posted a secret image on YouTube, showing a boy moving towards the island, which looked like a North Sentinel, on a boat with his dog.
This was not the first time mykhailo viktorovych polakov took such a risk. In January, he also visited Baratang Island and recorded another indigenous group, called Jarawa tribe.
Earlier, Mr. Polycova visited Afghanistan and met with the Taliban as part of his Daredevil Adventure. He organized with automatic weapons and swords borrowed from Islamist fighters.