Mutant Monster RAEG-HAPYP Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 ...the natives, the Sentinelese people, will KILL anyone who sets foot on the island. The Indian government has a 3 mile exclusion zone surrounding the island, and, this was done after 2 illegal fisherman came on shore and were killed by the natives. http://www.odditycentral.com/travel/north-sentinel-island-the-worlds-hardest-place-to-visit-2.htmlhttp://northsentinelisland.com/ We know virtually nothing about the Sentinelese people, but they are believed to have been around for 60,000 years, and are a hunter-gatherer society. The Indian government has given up all attempts to contact them. As for the hostility, what do you think? It seems to be more of a survival instinct to me, tbh. What do you think about this in general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zauls Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 It's strange that there still are people like this living in the world, that modernisation left behind. I say leave them be, they'll probably out-survive the rest of humanity. As for the killing, it will be just survival instinct, kind of like how wild animals still run away from humans, despite us not having any intention of killing them. Imagine encountering this big metal floaty thing or a big metal bird with strange people on for the first time, you'd probably be terrified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sage Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 What's there to say about society when one person's first response to being confronted with this is "Let's just nuke them"?They're not a threat to the outside world in any capacity, they're potentially great research material…Although I guess there could be other exciting flora and fauna on the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Fascist Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Sounds like a fantastic European colony in the making. :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♪ ♪Aria ♪ ♪ Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 An isolated island is meant to hide something, maybe a secret lab? or even a hidden weapon of mass destruction?, no one knows, but given to the local instincts, the place seemed to be a sacred shrine to the locals, an has some religious significance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Don't really know about the hostility, but like Zauls mentioned, likely a survival or extreme territorial instinct. Think of a wild animal attacking another for the same purpose (come anywhere near my space and you're dead) or some dog that chases/bites anyone who comes within a certain distance of his territory. I'm not a fan of them trying to attack everyone who even tries to come close to the island (albeit unintentionally), even for peaceful purposes. Hell, the first article mentioned that they attacked a navy helicopter trying to HELP them after a tsunami. I would compare them to a recent anime character, but that wouldn't be an appropriate analogy. Despite objections, we can see why they do it. Once a civilization is modernized, it becomes extremely difficult to maintain old cultural practices and yes, they will probably die if exposed to whatever diseases we have now. If history hasn't proven it by now, when explorers entered native civilizations, many of them [referring to indigenous] died from that. ----In a way, we can use them as a window for how primitive man might have lived (albeit from a distance), but that's about it. And yeah, there may very well be some animals and plants that we currently don't know about. As to how I feel about the whole situation, while it would be nice to learn something about them; if they don't want to be bothered, then I'd say to leave them alone and not force our way into things (which a few people in the comments in one of the articles and a related Youtube video said we should do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Leave em the funk alone. That's all that needs to be said. Don't study em. Don't visit the island. Don't try to take over it. Let nature take it's course. Leave them alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♪ ♪Aria ♪ ♪ Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 Leave em the funk alone. That's all that needs to be said. Don't study em. Don't visit the island. Don't try to take over it. Let nature take it's course. Leave them alone.I agree with you, leaving things as it is might be the best and most viable option, since some things are better to be left alone than being intervened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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