A self-proclaimed “danger tourist” is facing up to five years in prison after putting an uncontacted tribe in mortal danger.
The 24-year-old illegally set foot on North Sentinel Island, a highly restricted area in India’s Andaman Islands, where the Sentinelese, a highly vulnerable tribe without the antibodies needed to handle outside viruses, live.
Identified as Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, the man was arrested last Monday (March 31) after authorities discovered his attempt to interact with the tribe. Equipped with a GoPro camera, he recorded the process, offering the natives a coconut and a can of Diet Coke.
