North Sentinel Island

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A 27-year-old American Christian missionary is killed upon landing on North Sentinel Island in an effort to convert the indigenous Sentinelese people. He is the first person killed by the isolated islanders since two Indian nationals in 2006

 

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This is what wikipedia has about him:

In November 2018, John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old American evangelist from Vancouver, Washington, travelled illegally to North Sentinel Island with the help of local fishermen in hopes of making contact with the Sentinelese and converting them to Christianity. According to First Post India, he had made several prior visits to the Andaman Islands.

On 14 November, Chau hired a fishing boat and crew in Port Blair, South Andaman Island, to travel to North Sentinel Island. He paid the fishermen ₹25,000 (about USD384) to transport him to the island. According to police, he waited until nightfall to start his journey to avoid detection by authorities.

On 15 November, Chau attempted his first visit to North Sentinel island, and the fishing boat took him around 500–700m from the shore. The fishermen warned Chau not to go further, but he continued his journey to the shore alone in a kayak, carrying a Bible. The islanders attacked him with bows and arrows as he reached the shore, but he kept walking. He returned to the boat later that day with arrow injuries. He wrote about his visit on 15 November and said the islanders were angry with his visit while he had attempted to sing worship songs to them.

On 16 November, Chau made a second attempt to land with a kayak. Before leaving the boat, he gave the fisherman a long note addressed to his family, saying that he believed Jesus had given him the strength to go to the most forbidden places on Earth and that "You guys might think I’m crazy in all this but I think it’s worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people." During this attempt, the Sentinelese broke his kayak, after which he swam back to the boat. Chau had told the fishermen he did not plan to return from the island with them and instructed them to leave without him.

On 17 November, Chau visited the island again and did not return. The fishermen who had transported him to the island reported that they later saw the islanders attaching a rope around his neck and dragging his body, whereupon the fishermen fled. They returned on 18 November and saw Chau's body on the shore.

The fishermen reported his death to a local preacher and friend, who called his family in the United States. The family called the United States Embassy in New Delhi. Following this contact, Indian authorities arrested seven fishermen who, as of November 2018, may face a number of charges including being accessories to Chau's homicide. No charges can be brought by India against Sentinelese islanders. Indigenous tribes human rights group Survival International said it was possible that Chau had infected the tribe with pathogens to which they have no genetic immunity, "with the potential to wipe out the entire tribe".

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

He could have avoided his death had he merely watched the 2008 movie "Rambo" several times.

"Death by Misadventure" is another way Nature thins the stupid gene pool.

It's automatic, completely fair and impartial, and there is no appeal.

He may actually win this year's 2018 Darwin Award for this.