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Daily Mirror
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Adam Caller & Ryan Fahey

Last surviving tribesman of his community who burrowed deep into Amazon found dead

A lone tribesman who burrowed deep into the Amazon when his entire community was poisoned by outsiders has died.

The man, who became known as the Man of the Hole, lived alone on the Tanaru indigenous lands of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Rondonia state.

The hermit - who repeatedly shunned contact with outsiders - was given the nickname by indigenous activists Funai for his peculiar hunting techniques.

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