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John Allen Chau - American missionary who prepared for his meeting with the Sentinelese by training in a mock village populated by staff pretending to be hostile natives wielding fake spears (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

when he tried to hand over fish and gifts, a boy shot a metal-headed arrow that pierced the Bible he was holding in front of his chest

they may be primitive, but their grasp of symbolism is pure Hollywood.. are we sure they don't have HBO?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I mean it could've just been a fluke.

Like the kid was tryna kill him but the bible just happened to be in the way. I could see a Bible potentially stopping an arrow but it's not gonna stop the next dozen