17, the fisherman saw some of the tribal people dragging a dead body and burying it on shore. He attended Oral Roberts University, an evangelical Christian university in Oklahoma and most recently resided in Washington state.Ĭhau had stayed for a month in the Andaman islands, a remote Indian territory closer to Myanmar than India, and had tried to contact the tribe five times, according to a source from Andaman who worked closely with the Indian police investigating. On his Instagram account Chau described himself as someone who was a Snakebite Survivor, Wilderness EMT (Emergency Medical Technician), Outbound Collective Explorer and Following the Way. He loved God, life, helping those in need, and had nothing but love for the Sentinelese people.” “To others, he was a Christian missionary, a wilderness EMT, an international soccer coach, and a mountaineer. “He was a beloved son, brother, uncle and best friend to us,” Chau’s family wrote on Instagram. The fisherman reportedly left him in the vicinity of North Sentinel Island around midnight, and Chau continued alone in a canoe in the early hours of Nov. The island is a restricted area and entry without permission is illegal. Phone messages left with some of his relatives were not immediately returned Wednesday.Chau visited the Sentinelese by bribing local fishermen to take him to their island, according to the press statement. Google MapsĬhau had lived in Oklahoma, where he attended Oral Roberts University, and in southwestern Washington state, where he attended Vancouver Christian High School. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Police charged the seven fishermen with endangering the life of the American by taking him to a prohibited area. They left for Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where they broke the news to Chau's friend, who in turn notified his family, Pathak said. But on the morning of the following day, the waiting fishermen watched from a distance as the tribesmen dragged Chau's body.
He set out again to meet the tribespeople on Nov. He spent the night writing about his experiences on pages that he then gave the fishermen, Pathak said. But the tribespeople became angry and shot an arrow at him, hitting a book he was carrying, Pathak said.Īfter his kayak was damaged, Chau swam back to the fishermen's boat, which was waiting at a prearranged location. He interacted with some of the tribespeople, offering gifts such as a football and fish. 15 and sent the boat with the fishermen out to sea to avoid detection, Pathak said. The American went ashore in his kayak on Nov. A Sentinel tribal man aims his bow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter as it surveyed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2004. North Sentinel is in the Andaman Islands at the intersection of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.Ĭhau organized his visit to the island through a friend who hired seven fishermen for $325 to take him there on a boat, which also towed his kayak, Pathak said. It was not his first time in the region: he had visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 20, Pathak said. 16 and stayed in a hotel while he prepared to travel to the island. Chau was apparently shot and killed by arrows, but the cause of death can't be confirmed until his body is recovered, Pathak told The Associated Press.Ĭhau arrived in the area on Oct.
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